Monday, December 16, 1996 · Madison Square Garden
Whalers 2 at Rangers 5
Final
Three Stars
By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.
Scoring
1st Period
-
1:21
Bill Berg
(5)
Patrick Flatley (7)
HFD 0 – 1 NYR
-
3:44
Luc Robitaille
(11)
PPG
Wayne Gretzky (31), Brian Noonan (10)
HFD 0 – 2 NYR
-
11:36
Adam Graves
(11)
SHG
Mark Messier (15)
HFD 0 – 3 NYR
2nd Period
-
11:07
Doug Lidster
(1)
Unassisted
HFD 0 – 4 NYR
3rd Period
-
0:38
Wayne Gretzky
(14)
Niklas Sundstrom (9), Jeff Beukeboom (4)
HFD 0 – 5 NYR
-
3:18
Jeff O'Neill
(10)
Curtis Leschyshyn (7), Paul Ranheim (4)
HFD 1 – 5 NYR
-
14:57
Geoff Sanderson
(19)
PPG
Kevin Haller (6), Adam Burt (7)
HFD 2 – 5 NYR
Hartford Whalers
| Player | G | A | SOG | +/- | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Geoff Sanderson L | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.98 |
| Curtis Leschyshyn D | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0.70 |
| Jeff O'Neill C | 1 | 0 | 3 | -2 | 0.68 |
| Paul Ranheim L | 0 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0.63 |
| Adam Burt D | 0 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 0.48 |
| Gerald Diduck D | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.22 |
| Kevin Haller D | 0 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 0.18 |
| Kevin Dineen R | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0.15 |
| Robert Kron C | 0 | 0 | 4 | -1 | 0.15 |
| Andrew Cassels C | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.08 |
| Mark Janssens C | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.08 |
| Jeff Daniels L | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.08 |
| Alexander Godynyuk D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.08 |
| Steven Rice R | 0 | 0 | 3 | -2 | -0.08 |
| Nelson Emerson R | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | -0.15 |
| Keith Primeau C | 0 | 0 | 3 | -2 | -0.23 |
| Stu Grimson L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.68 |
| Glen Featherstone D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -0.68 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jason Muzzatti | L | 13 | 10 | 3 | .769 | 11:36 | -1.25 |
| Jean-Sebastien Giguere | — | 21 | 19 | 2 | .905 | 48:24 | 0.40 |
New York Rangers
| Player | G | A | SOG | +/- | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wayne Gretzky C | 1 | 1 | 5 | +1 | 1.75 |
| Luc Robitaille L | 1 | 0 | 6 | +1 | 1.35 |
| Doug Lidster D | 1 | 0 | 4 | +1 | 1.20 |
| Bill Berg L | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 0.98 |
| Adam Graves L | 1 | 0 | 5 | +1 | 0.97 |
| Mark Messier C | 0 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 0.93 |
| Jeff Beukeboom D | 0 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 0.93 |
| Patrick Flatley R | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 0.78 |
| Niklas Sundstrom R | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0.70 |
| Bruce Driver D | 0 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 0.30 |
| Brian Leetch D | 0 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 0.22 |
| Ulf Samuelsson D | 0 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 0.22 |
| Sergei Nemchinov L | 0 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 0.15 |
| Alex Kovalev R | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.15 |
| Daniel Goneau L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Brian Noonan R | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | -0.13 |
| Alexander Karpovtsev D | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | -0.15 |
| Shane Churla R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1.28 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Richter | W | 41 | 39 | 2 | .951 | 60:00 | 2.40 |