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Friday, December 13, 1996 · Marine Midland Arena

Rangers 3 at Sabres 0

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

G 94OVR Mike Richter Rangers First Star 30 SV · 1.000 R 91OVR Alex Kovalev Rangers Second Star 1G · 1A · 4 SOG C 97OVR Wayne Gretzky Rangers Third Star 2A · 4 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

No scoring

2nd Period

  1. 7:38 Ulf Samuelsson (2) PPG Alex Kovalev (14), Alexander Karpovtsev (14) NYR 1 – 0 BUF
  2. 9:49 Alex Kovalev (9) Wayne Gretzky (29), Brian Leetch (25) NYR 2 – 0 BUF
  3. 15:59 Brian Noonan (6) PPG Wayne Gretzky (30) NYR 3 – 0 BUF

3rd Period

No scoring

New York Rangers

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Alex Kovalev R 1 1 4 0 0 +1 0:00 1.83
Wayne Gretzky C 0 2 4 0 0 +1 0:00 1.70
Brian Noonan R 1 0 2 0 0 0 0:00 0.90
Brian Leetch D 0 1 1 0 0 +1 0:00 0.85
Ulf Samuelsson D 1 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.83
Alexander Karpovtsev D 0 1 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.63
Luc Robitaille L 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.08
Niklas Sundstrom R 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.08
Doug Lidster D 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.08
Bruce Driver D 0 0 5 0 0 0 0:00 0.08
Adam Graves L 0 0 3 0 0 0 0:00 0.07
Patrick Flatley R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Darren Langdon L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Daniel Goneau L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Sergei Nemchinov L 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 -0.08
Ryan Vandenbussche R 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 -0.08
Bill Berg L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 -0.15
Jeff Beukeboom D 0 0 1 0 0 +1 0:00 -0.22
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Mike Richter W 30 30 0 1.000 60:00 3.00

Buffalo Sabres

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Randy Burridge L 0 0 6 0 0 0 0:00 0.45
Brad May L 0 0 3 0 0 0 0:00 0.22
Brian Holzinger C 0 0 2 0 0 0 0:00 0.15
Barrie Moore L 0 0 2 0 0 0 0:00 0.15
Richard Smehlik D 0 0 6 0 0 -1 0:00 0.15
Jason Dawe R 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.08
Derek Plante C 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.08
Bob Boughner D 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.08
Darryl Shannon D 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.08
Alexei Zhitnik D 0 0 3 0 0 -1 0:00 0.07
Michal Grosek L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Donald Audette R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Mike Wilson D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Dixon Ward L 0 0 1 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.08
Garry Galley D 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 -0.08
Michael Peca C 0 0 2 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.15
Rob Ray R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 -0.45
Matthew Barnaby R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 -0.45
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Dominik Hasek L 26 23 3 .885 60:00 0.05