🗽 Away Rangers 5-7-0 before this game
2–2
Final / OT
🇨🇦 Home Canadiens 3-8-0 before this game
Scoring 1st2nd3rdOTF
NYR 11002
MTL 10102

Rangers at Canadiens

Rangers beat Canadiens 2–2 in overtime at Bell Centre on October 30, 1999.

🗓 Sat, Oct 30, 1999 · 18:00 CDT 📍 Bell Centre, Montréal 🏒 1999-00 🔁 Rangers lead the season series 1–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🗽 NYR
Brian Leetch
1 G, 1 A
7 shots · 30:33 TOI · +2
2nd star 🇨🇦 MTL
Saku Koivu
1 G, 1 A
5 shots · 22:43 TOI · -2
3rd star 🇨🇦 MTL
Martin Rucinsky
1 G, 1 A
4 shots · 20:11 TOI · -2

🚨 Scoring

4 goals · in order
1st period
🇨🇦 Martin Rucinsky PP Go-ahead 1st · 06:22
Assists: Saku Koivu, Trevor Linden · beat Mike Richter
0–1
🗽 Brian Leetch Tying 1st · 19:02
Assists: Tim Taylor · beat Jeff Hackett
1–1
2nd period
🗽 Mike Knuble Go-ahead 2nd · 17:07
Assists: Brian Leetch, Kevin Stevens · beat Jeff Hackett
2–1
3rd period
🇨🇦 Saku Koivu PP Tying 3rd · 00:30
Assists: Eric Weinrich, Martin Rucinsky · beat Mike Richter
2–2

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🗽NYR MTL🇨🇦
35 Shots on goal 31
0/4 Power play (goals / chances) 2/5
25 Hits 19
23 Blocked shots 17
18 Takeaways 12
23 Giveaways 28
10 Penalty minutes 8
NYR shooting 5.7% (2/35) MTL shooting 6.5% (2/31)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🗽Rangers
Mike Richter
29/31
.935 SV% · 2 GA · 65:00 TOI
🇨🇦Canadiens
Jeff Hackett
33/35
.943 SV% · 2 GA · 65:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–1
Rangers
Rangers — tied after 1st: 5-7 (42% win rate, 12 games)
Canadiens
Canadiens — tied after 1st: 3-8 (27% win rate, 11 games)
After 2nd — 2–1
Rangers
Rangers: no games found in this situation this year.
Canadiens
Canadiens: no games found in this situation this year.

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🗽Rangers
L1 Graves · Nedved · Fleury 21:28
L2 Stevens · Taylor · Harvey 17:49
L3 York · Hlavac · Knuble 14:09
L4 Langdon · Malhotra · MacLean 6:21
D1 Leetch · Schneider 27:35
D2 Quintal · Lefebvre 23:20
D3 Hatcher · Johnsson 14:04
🇨🇦Canadiens
L1 Savage · Rucinsky · Koivu 21:54
L2 Corson · Linden · Darby 19:10
L3 Poulin · Thornton · Stevenson 14:07
L4 Zholtok · Higgins · Cummins 5:46
D1 Ulanov · Weinrich 27:00
D2 Dykhuis · Lachance 24:00
D3 Bouillon · Richter 12:02

⚔️ Last meetings

Rangers lead the season series 1–0 Full head-to-head →
Feb 17, 1999
🇨🇦MTL @ 🗽NYR
6–3 · Canadiens won
Jan 16, 1999
🗽NYR @ 🇨🇦MTL
0–3 · Canadiens won
Nov 4, 1998
🇨🇦MTL @ 🗽NYR
4–1 · Canadiens won
Oct 10, 1998
🗽NYR @ 🇨🇦MTL
1–7 · Canadiens won
Apr 7, 1998
🇨🇦MTL @ 🗽NYR
3–2 · Canadiens won

❓ NYR vs MTL, answered

Who won Rangers vs Canadiens on October 30, 1999?

Rangers won 2–2 in overtime.

What was the final score of Rangers vs Canadiens?

The final score was Rangers 2, Canadiens 2, in overtime.

Who scored for Rangers?

Brian Leetch, Mike Knuble.

Who scored for Canadiens?

Martin Rucinsky, Saku Koivu.

How did the Rangers goalie play?

Mike Richter made 29 saves on 31 shots (.935 save percentage).

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Jeff Hackett made 33 saves on 35 shots (.943 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?

Rangers 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 24
🐋VAN @ 🗽NYR
3–0 · VAN won
Next game · Nov 3
🏝️NYI @ 🗽NYR
3–3 · NYI won
🇨🇦Canadiens
Previous game · Oct 27
🪶CHI @ 🇨🇦MTL
1–0 · CHI won
Next game · Nov 3
🇨🇦MTL @ 😈NJD
2–3 · NJD won
Also on October 30, 1999
🌵PHX @ 🏔️COL
5–3 final
⚔️BUF @ 🐻BOS
0–3 final
🔥CGY @ 🍁TOR
1–2 final
🐆FLA @ 🏛️OTT
0–5 final
🌪️CAR @ 🏝️NYI
4–0 final
😈NJD @ 🔔PHI
3–5 final
👑LAK @ 🪶CHI
3–1 final
🐙DET @ 🎵STL
4–5 final
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