2–1

Final

NYR leads 4–2

Scoring	1st	2nd	3rd	F
NYR	2	0	0	2
MTL	1	0	0	1

Rangers at Canadiens — First Round Game 3

Rangers, First Round Game 3, beat Canadiens 2–1 at Bell Centre on April 21, 1996.

🗓 Sun, Apr 21, 1996 · 14:00 CDT 📍 Bell Centre, Montréal 🏒 1995-96 playoffs View the series → Head-to-head history →

🏒 First Round — Best of 7

MTL vs NYR · NYR leads 4–2 Full series →

Game 3

2–1

Final · NYR

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🗽 NYR

Adam Graves

2 G

10 shots

2nd star 🗽 NYR

Mark Messier

2 A

6 shots

3rd star 🗽 NYR

Pat Verbeek

1 A

1 shots

🚨 Scoring

3 goals · in order

1st period

🗽 Adam Graves PP Go-ahead 1st · 15:30

Assists: Mark Messier, Brian Leetch

1–0

🗽 Adam Graves PP 1st · 17:50

Assists: Mark Messier, Pat Verbeek

2–0

🇨🇦 Mark Recchi PP 1st · 19:00

Assists: Vincent Damphousse, Pierre Turgeon

2–1

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🗽NYR MTL🇨🇦

35 Shots on goal 17

2/8 Power play (goals / chances) 1/9

18 Penalty minutes 16

NYR shooting 5.7% (2/35) MTL shooting 5.9% (1/17)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🗽Rangers

Mike Richter

0/1

.000 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI

🇨🇦Canadiens

Jocelyn Thibault

0/2

.000 SV% · 2 GA · 58:47 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 2–1

Rangers

Rangers: no games found in this situation this year.

Canadiens

Canadiens: no games found in this situation this year.

After 2nd — 2–1

Rangers

Rangers: no games found in this situation this year.

Canadiens

Canadiens: no games found in this situation this year.

⚔️ Last meetings

Full head-to-head →

3–2 (OT) · Canadiens won

2–2 (OT) · Canadiens won

Jan 3, 1996

🇨🇦MTL @ 🗽NYR

4–7 · Rangers won

❓ NYR vs MTL, answered

Who won Rangers vs Canadiens on April 21, 1996?

Rangers won 2–1.

What was the final score of Rangers vs Canadiens?

The final score was Rangers 2, Canadiens 1.

Who scored for Rangers?

Adam Graves (2).

Who scored for Canadiens?

Mark Recchi.

How did the Rangers goalie play?

Mike Richter made 0 saves on 1 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Jocelyn Thibault made 0 saves on 2 shots (.000 save percentage).

Where is Rangers vs Canadiens played?

At Bell Centre in Montréal, the Canadiens home rink.

Have a different question? Ask the Oracle — it answers from this season's box scores.

🧭 Around this game

Each team's schedule either side of it

🗽Rangers

Previous game · Apr 18

🇨🇦Canadiens

Previous game · Apr 18

Also on April 21, 1996

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