New York Islanders vs New York Rangers
Regular season · Wednesday, October 9, 1991 · Madison Square Garden
Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the New York Islanders 5–3 on Wednesday, October 9, 1991 at Madison Square Garden. The Rangers outshot the Islanders 39–32.
Brent Sutter scored twice and Mark Messier scored twice. Brian Leetch, Tom Kurvers, Kris King and James Patrick also scored.
John Vanbiesbrouck made 29 saves on 32 shots for the win; Glenn Healy stopped 34 of 38.
Scoring
1st period
Brian Leetch (1)Unassisted0–103:16 NYR
Brent Sutter (2)Derek King (1)1–116:56 NYI- Brent Sutter (3)David Volek (3), Derek King (2)2–119:03 NYI
2nd period
Mark Messier (1)James Patrick (2), Tony Amonte (1)2–204:24 NYR
3rd period
- Mark Messier (2)James Patrick (3), Darren Turcotte (1)2–304:25 NYR ·
Tom Kurvers (1)Jeff Norton (2), Brent Sutter (1)3–307:37 NYI · 
Kris King (1)Mike Gartner (2), Randy Moller (1)3–419:44 NYR
James Patrick (2)Mark Messier (4)3–519:49 NYR ·
Team stats
NYINYR
3239
0%0%
1/61/5
2517
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 7:30 into the first period
Darren Turcotte · high sticking2 min - 14:13 into the first period
Jeff Norton · hooking2 min - 19:54 into the first periodRandy Moller · high sticking2 min
- 6:01 into the second periodKen Baumgartner · fighting5 min
- 6:01 into the second periodTie Domi · instigator2 min
- 6:01 into the second periodTie Domi · fighting5 min
- 18:28 into the second periodRandy Hillier · holding2 min
- 3:59 into the third periodTom Fitzgerald · hooking2 min
- 7:28 into the third periodTim Kerr · interference2 min
- 7:50 into the third periodJohn Vanbiesbrouck · delaying game2 min
- 14:37 into the third periodJohn Ogrodnick · hooking2 min
- 17:58 into the third periodRob DiMaio · holding2 min
- 19:49 into the third periodGlenn Healy · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 19:49 into the third periodGlenn Healy · misconduct10 min
Season series
New York Islanders
| 21Brent SutterC | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 27Derek KingL | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25David VolekL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 8Jeff NortonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 28Tom KurversD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 4Bill BergL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 9Dave ChyzowskiL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 11Randy WoodR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 12Mick VukotaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 14Tom FitzgeraldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Ken BaumgartnerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Patrick FlatleyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 5 | – |
| 32Brad LauerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 33Ray FerraroC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 34Rob DiMaioR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 23Randy HillierD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 29Joe ReekieD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 47Rich PilonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Steve WeeksG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Glenn HealyG | L | 38 | 4 | .895 |
New York Rangers
| 11Mark MessierC | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 3James PatrickD | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 8Darren TurcotteC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 19Kris KingL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 22Mike GartnerR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 9 | – |
| 33Tony AmonteR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 2Brian LeetchD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 24Randy MollerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 9Adam GravesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 12Tim KerrR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 13Sergei NemchinovL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 25John OgrodnickL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 28Tie DomiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 37Paul BrotenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 39Doug WeightC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Normand RochefortD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 14Mark HardyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 27David ShawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34John VanbiesbrouckG | W | 32 | 3 | .906 |
| 35Mike RichterG | 0 | 0 | – |