🇨🇦 Away Canadiens 12-10-4 before this game
2–6
Final
🗽 Home Rangers 12-13-1 before this game
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
MTL 1012
NYR 1326

Canadiens at Rangers

Rangers beat Canadiens 6–2 at Madison Square Garden on December 1, 1996.

🗓 Sun, Dec 1, 1996 · 18:00 CST 📍 Madison Square Garden, New York 🏒 1996-97 🔁 Season series tied 1–1 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🗽 NYR
Wayne Gretzky
1 G, 1 A
6 shots
2nd star 🗽 NYR
Brian Leetch
1 G, 1 A
4 shots · +2
3rd star 🗽 NYR
Sergei Nemchinov
1 G, 1 A
4 shots · +2

🚨 Scoring

8 goals · in order
1st period
🇨🇦 Mark Recchi Go-ahead 1st · 06:52
Assists: Vladimir Malakhov, Saku Koivu
1–0
🗽 Sergei Nemchinov Tying 1st · 07:45
Assists: Patrick Flatley, Brian Leetch
1–1
2nd period
🗽 Jeff Beukeboom Go-ahead 2nd · 00:16
Assists: Mark Messier
1–2
🗽 Luc Robitaille 2nd · 06:35
Assists: Niklas Sundstrom, Wayne Gretzky
1–3
🗽 Brian Leetch 2nd · 11:08
Assists: Mark Messier, Alex Kovalev
1–4
3rd period
🇨🇦 Martin Rucinsky 3rd · 02:36
Assists: Vincent Damphousse, Brian Savage
2–4
🗽 Wayne Gretzky 3rd · 11:54
Assists: Patrick Flatley
2–5
🗽 Brian Noonan 3rd · 12:36
Assists: Ulf Samuelsson, Sergei Nemchinov
2–6

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🇨🇦MTL NYR🗽
37 Shots on goal 49
8 Penalty minutes 12
MTL shooting 5.4% (2/37) NYR shooting 12.2% (6/49)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🇨🇦Canadiens
Pat Jablonski
0/0
.000 SV% · 0 GA · 07:24 TOI
Jocelyn Thibault
0/6
.000 SV% · 6 GA · 52:36 TOI
🗽Rangers
Mike Richter
0/2
.000 SV% · 2 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–1
Canadiens
Canadiens — tied after 1st: 12-10-4 (46% win rate, 26 games)
Rangers
Rangers — tied after 1st: 12-13-1 (46% win rate, 26 games)
After 2nd — 1–4
Canadiens
Canadiens: no games found in this situation this year.
Rangers
Rangers: no games found in this situation this year.

⚔️ Last meetings

Season series tied 1–1 Full head-to-head →
Oct 12, 1996
🗽NYR @ 🇨🇦MTL
2–5 · Canadiens won
Apr 28, 1996
🗽NYR @ 🇨🇦MTL
5–3 · Rangers won
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

❓ MTL vs NYR, answered

Who won Canadiens vs Rangers on December 1, 1996?

Rangers won 6–2.

What was the final score of Canadiens vs Rangers?

The final score was Canadiens 2, Rangers 6.

Who scored for Canadiens?

Mark Recchi, Martin Rucinsky.

Who scored for Rangers?

Brian Leetch, Brian Noonan, Jeff Beukeboom, Luc Robitaille, Sergei Nemchinov, Wayne Gretzky.

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Pat Jablonski made 0 saves on 0 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Rangers goalie play?

Mike Richter made 0 saves on 2 shots (.000 save percentage).

Where is Canadiens vs Rangers played?

At Madison Square Garden in New York, the Rangers home rink.

What is the Canadiens vs Rangers season series?

Season series tied 1–1 after 2 games.

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
🇨🇦Canadiens
Previous game · Nov 30
🦅WSH @ 🇨🇦MTL
2–0 · WSH won
Next game · Dec 4
🐻BOS @ 🇨🇦MTL
4–3 · BOS won
🗽Rangers
Previous game · Nov 27
🗽NYR @ 🏔️COL
5–2 · NYR won
Next game · Dec 4
🔔PHI @ 🗽NYR
1–1 · PHI won
Also on December 1, 1996
🐆FLA @ 🐙DET
4–2 final
🐋VAN @ 🔔PHI
3–4 final
🦈SJS @ 🎵STL
4–3 final
🛢️EDM @ 🦆ANA
2–4 final
Canadiens season page Rangers season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule