🗽 Away Rangers 2-3 in series
5–3
Final
NYR leads 4–2
🇨🇦 Home Canadiens 3-2 in series
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
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Rangers at Canadiens — First Round Game 6

Rangers, First Round Game 6, beat Canadiens 5–3 at Bell Centre on April 28, 1996.

🗓 Sun, Apr 28, 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 1
3–2
OT · MTL
Game 2
5–3
Final · MTL
Game 3
2–1
Final · NYR
Game 4
4–3
Final · NYR
Game 5
2–3
Final · NYR
Game 6
5–3
Final · NYR

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🇨🇦 MTL
Pierre Turgeon
1 G, 2 A
5 shots · +1
2nd star 🗽 NYR
Pat Verbeek
1 G, 1 A
5 shots · +1
3rd star 🗽 NYR
Alex Kovalev
1 G, 1 A
2 shots

🚨 Scoring

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📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🗽NYR MTL🇨🇦
26 Shots on goal 30
2/5 Power play (goals / chances) 1/6
14 Penalty minutes 12
NYR shooting 19.2% (5/26) MTL shooting 10.0% (3/30)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🗽Rangers
Mike Richter
0/3
.000 SV% · 3 GA · 60:00 TOI
🇨🇦Canadiens
Pat Jablonski
0/1
.000 SV% · 1 GA · 48:32 TOI
Jocelyn Thibault
0/4
.000 SV% · 4 GA · 10:18 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Rangers
Rangers — tied after 1st: 49-27-11 (56% win rate, 87 games)
Canadiens
Canadiens — tied after 1st: 46-32-9 (53% win rate, 87 games)
After 2nd — 0–0
Rangers
Rangers — tied after 2nd: 49-27-11 (56% win rate, 87 games)
Canadiens
Canadiens — tied after 2nd: 46-32-9 (53% win rate, 87 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

Full head-to-head →
Apr 26, 1996
🇨🇦MTL @ 🗽NYR
2–3 · Rangers won
Apr 23, 1996
🗽NYR @ 🇨🇦MTL
4–3 · Rangers won
Apr 21, 1996
🗽NYR @ 🇨🇦MTL
2–1 · Rangers won
Apr 18, 1996
🇨🇦MTL @ 🗽NYR
5–3 · Canadiens won
Apr 16, 1996
🇨🇦MTL @ 🗽NYR
3–2 (OT) · Canadiens won

❓ NYR vs MTL, answered

Who won Rangers vs Canadiens on April 28, 1996?

Rangers won 5–3.

What was the final score of Rangers vs Canadiens?

The final score was Rangers 5, Canadiens 3.

How did the Rangers goalie play?

Mike Richter made 0 saves on 3 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Pat Jablonski made 0 saves on 1 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 26
🇨🇦MTL @ 🗽NYR
2–3 · NYR won
Next game · May 3
🗽NYR @ 🐧PIT
3–4 · PIT won
🇨🇦Canadiens
Previous game · Apr 26
🇨🇦MTL @ 🗽NYR
2–3 · NYR won
Next game · Oct 5
🏛️OTT @ 🇨🇦MTL
3–3 · OTT won
Also on April 28, 1996
🐧PIT @ 🦅WSH
3–2 final
🐙DET @ ✈️WIN
4–1 final
Rangers season page Canadiens season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule