Tuesday, December 31, 1996 · Ice Palace
Rangers 2 at Lightning 4
Final
Three Stars
By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.
Scoring
1st Period
-
2:52
Chris Gratton
(13)
PPG
Roman Hamrlik (15), John Cullen (23)
NYR 0 – 1 TBL
-
3:37
Alexander Selivanov
(10)
Brian Bradley (11), Paul Ysebaert (2)
NYR 0 – 2 TBL
-
8:05
John Cullen
(10)
PPG
Alexander Selivanov (4), Chris Gratton (13)
NYR 0 – 3 TBL
-
12:56
Adam Graves
(13)
PPG
Bruce Driver (12), Alex Kovalev (19)
NYR 1 – 3 TBL
2nd Period
No scoring
3rd Period
-
18:27
Brian Noonan
(7)
Unassisted
NYR 2 – 3 TBL
-
19:30
Roman Hamrlik
(6)
Bill Houlder (7)
NYR 2 – 4 TBL
New York Rangers
| Player | G | A | SOG | +/- | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brian Noonan R | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.90 |
| Adam Graves L | 1 | 0 | 3 | -1 | 0.83 |
| Alex Kovalev R | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0.78 |
| Bruce Driver D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.55 |
| Luc Robitaille L | 0 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 0.22 |
| Niklas Sundstrom R | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.15 |
| Jeff Beukeboom D | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0.15 |
| Shane Churla R | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.08 |
| Wayne Gretzky C | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.08 |
| Brian Leetch D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.08 |
| Mark Messier C | 0 | 0 | 3 | -1 | 0.07 |
| Daniel Goneau L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Bill Berg L | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0.00 |
| Doug Lidster D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Patrick Flatley R | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | -0.08 |
| Sergei Nemchinov L | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | -0.08 |
| Alexander Karpovtsev D | 0 | 0 | 1 | -2 | -0.38 |
| Ulf Samuelsson D | 0 | 0 | 3 | -1 | -0.45 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glenn Healy | L | 32 | 29 | 3 | .906 | 59:38 | 0.65 |
Tampa Bay Lightning
| Player | G | A | SOG | +/- | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alexander Selivanov R | 1 | 1 | 6 | +1 | 1.98 |
| John Cullen C | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1.60 |
| Roman Hamrlik D | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1.53 |
| Chris Gratton C | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1.45 |
| Bill Houlder D | 0 | 1 | 3 | +1 | 1.00 |
| Paul Ysebaert L | 0 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 0.93 |
| Brian Bradley C | 0 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 0.93 |
| Daymond Langkow C | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0.30 |
| Drew Bannister D | 0 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 0.30 |
| Rob Zamuner L | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.08 |
| Jeff Toms L | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.08 |
| Cory Cross D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.08 |
| Igor Ulanov D | 0 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 0.07 |
| Mikael Andersson R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Brantt Myhres R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Dino Ciccarelli R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.15 |
| Patrick Poulin L | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -0.23 |
| David Shaw D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | -0.30 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rick Tabaracci | W | 27 | 25 | 2 | .926 | 60:00 | 1.00 |