Hartford Whalers vs New York Rangers
Regular season · Friday, February 15, 1991 · Madison Square Garden
Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the Hartford Whalers 5–3 on Friday, February 15, 1991 at Madison Square Garden. The Rangers outshot the Whalers 34–29.
Kevin Miller scored twice and Pat Verbeek scored twice. Ray Sheppard, Miloslav Horava, Sylvain Cote and Brian Leetch also scored.
Mike Richter made 26 saves on 29 shots for the win; Peter Sidorkiewicz stopped 29 of 34.
Scoring
1st period
Ray Sheppard (23)Bernie Nicholls (36), Jan Erixon (15)0–101:47 NYR
Miloslav Horava (1)Ray Sheppard (22), Jan Erixon (16)0–211:14 NYR
2nd period
Sylvain Cote (4)Kevin Dineen (21), Ron Francis (44)1–215:49 HFD
Kevin Miller (15)Mike Gartner (11), Kris King (9)1–318:33 NYR
3rd period
Brian Leetch (12)Ray Sheppard (23), Randy Moller (13)1–402:04 NYR · 
Pat Verbeek (32)Ron Francis (45), Adam Burt (7)2–404:56 HFD · - Kevin Miller (16)Mike Gartner (12)2–510:45 NYR
- Pat Verbeek (33)Ron Francis (46), Brad Shaw (22)3–516:56 HFD ·
Team stats
HFDNYR
2934
0%0%
2/41/3
1719
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 2:36 into the second period
Todd Krygier · tripping2 min - 8:41 into the second periodDean Evason · roughing2 min
- 8:41 into the second period
Troy Mallette · roughing2 min - 11:15 into the second periodMark Janssens · tripping2 min
- 15:27 into the second periodRob Brown · roughing2 min
- 15:27 into the second periodMark Janssens · roughing2 min
- 20:00 into the second periodAdam Burt · high sticking2 min
- 20:00 into the second periodAdam Burt · high sticking2 min
- 4:35 into the third periodKris King · elbowing2 min
- 9:18 into the third periodBobby Holik · fighting5 min
- 9:18 into the third periodTroy Mallette · fighting5 min
- 15:09 into the third periodJody Hull · high sticking2 min
- 15:09 into the third periodMark Janssens · roughing2 min
- 19:55 into the third periodKevin Dineen · slashing2 min
- 19:55 into the third periodMark Janssens · roughing2 min
Season series
Hartford Whalers
| 10Ron FrancisC | 0 | 3 | 3 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 16Pat VerbeekR | 2 | 0 | 2 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 11Kevin DineenR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 6Adam BurtD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 21Sylvain CoteD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 32Brad ShawD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 4Rob BrownR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 12Dean EvasonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 13Carey WilsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 14Christopher GovedarisL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Todd KrygierL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 18Paul CyrL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 5 | – |
| 24Bobby HolikC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 28Mike TomlakC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 37Chris TancillR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Doug CrossmanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 5Ulf SamuelssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 29Randy LadouceurD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Peter SidorkiewiczG | L | 34 | 5 | .853 |
| 31Daryl ReaughG | 0 | 0 | – |
New York Rangers
| 23Ray SheppardR | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 20Jan ErixonL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 22Mike GartnerR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 32Kevin MillerC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 9Bernie NichollsC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 12Kris KingL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 2Brian LeetchD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 6Miloslav HoravaD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 24Randy MollerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 0 | – |
| 11Kelly KisioC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 15Mark JanssensC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 19Brian MullenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 21Jody HullR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 25John OgrodnickL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 26Troy MalletteL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3James PatrickD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Normand RochefortD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27David ShawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34John VanbiesbrouckG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Mike RichterG | W | 29 | 3 | .897 |