2–5

Final

🇨🇦 Home Canadiens 1-0-2 before this game

Scoring	1st	2nd	3rd	F
NYR	0	1	1	2
MTL	1	4	0	5

Rangers at Canadiens

Canadiens beat Rangers 5–2 at Bell Centre on October 12, 1996.

🗓 Sat, Oct 12, 1996 · 18:30 CDT 📍 Bell Centre, Montréal 🏒 1996-97 🔁 Canadiens lead the season series 1–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🇨🇦 MTL

Pierre Turgeon

3 A

2nd star 🇨🇦 MTL

Valeri Bure

2 G

3 shots · +2

3rd star 🇨🇦 MTL

Vincent Damphousse

1 G, 1 A

2 shots · +2

🚨 Scoring

7 goals · in order

1st period

🇨🇦 Brian Savage PP Go-ahead 1st · 09:38

Assists: Saku Koivu, Pierre Turgeon

0–1

2nd period

🇨🇦 Benoit Brunet 2nd · 02:40

Assists: Pierre Turgeon, David Wilkie

0–2

🇨🇦 Valeri Bure 2nd · 04:08

Assists: Martin Rucinsky

0–3

🇨🇦 Vincent Damphousse PP 2nd · 05:16

Assists: Pierre Turgeon

0–4

🇨🇦 Valeri Bure 2nd · 13:55

Assists: Martin Rucinsky, Vincent Damphousse

0–5

🗽 Luc Robitaille 2nd · 17:14

Assists: Wayne Gretzky, Alexander Karpovtsev

1–5

3rd period

🗽 Daniel Goneau PP 3rd · 02:47

Assists: Mark Messier, Brian Leetch

2–5

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🗽NYR MTL🇨🇦

45 Shots on goal 29

1/4 Power play (goals / chances) 2/5

19 Penalty minutes 17

NYR shooting 4.4% (2/45) MTL shooting 17.2% (5/29)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🗽Rangers

Glenn Healy

0/1

.000 SV% · 1 GA · 34:44 TOI

Mike Richter

0/4

.000 SV% · 4 GA · 25:16 TOI

🇨🇦Canadiens

Jocelyn Thibault

0/2

.000 SV% · 2 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 0–1

Rangers

Rangers: no games found in this situation this year.

Canadiens

Canadiens: no games found in this situation this year.

After 2nd — 1–5

Rangers

Rangers: no games found in this situation this year.

Canadiens

Canadiens: no games found in this situation this year.

⚔️ Last meetings

Canadiens lead the season series 1–0 Full head-to-head →

❓ NYR vs MTL, answered

Who won Rangers vs Canadiens on October 12, 1996?

Canadiens won 5–2.

What was the final score of Rangers vs Canadiens?

The final score was Rangers 2, Canadiens 5.

Who scored for Rangers?

Daniel Goneau, Luc Robitaille.

Who scored for Canadiens?

Valeri Bure (2), Benoit Brunet, Brian Savage, Vincent Damphousse.

How did the Rangers goalie play?

Glenn Healy 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.

What is the Rangers vs Canadiens season series?

Canadiens lead the season series 1–0 after 1 game.

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 · Oct 10

🇨🇦Canadiens

Previous game · Oct 9

Also on October 12, 1996

Rangers season page Canadiens season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule