New York Rangers vs New York Islanders
Regular season · Saturday, December 28, 1991 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Game summary
The New York Islanders beat the New York Rangers 5–4 on Saturday, December 28, 1991 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Islanders outshot the Rangers 36–31.
Goals came from James Patrick, Derek King, Uwe Krupp, Ray Ferraro, Mike Gartner, Benoit Hogue, Tony Amonte, Kris King and Tom Fitzgerald.
Glenn Healy made 27 saves on 31 shots for the win; John Vanbiesbrouck stopped 31 of 36.
Scoring
1st period
James Patrick (5)Darren Turcotte (12), Mike Gartner (18)1–001:58 NYR · 
Derek King (19)Steve Thomas (21), Pierre Turgeon (23)1–104:36 NYI · 
Uwe Krupp (5)Ray Ferraro (16)1–209:47 NYI
Ray Ferraro (18)Uwe Krupp (15)1–318:40 NYI
2nd period
Mike Gartner (22)Joey Kocur (3), James Patrick (23)2–315:09 NYR
Benoit Hogue (16)Jeff Norton (14), Tom Kurvers (15)2–418:11 NYI ·
3rd period
Tony Amonte (15)Mark Messier (33)3–407:06 NYR
Kris King (6)Darren Turcotte (13), Brian Leetch (41)4–409:57 NYR
Tom Fitzgerald (2)Benoit Hogue (19), Ray Ferraro (17)4–519:57 NYI
Team stats
NYRNYI
3136
0%0%
1/22/3
108
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:28 into the first period
Tom Fitzgerald · high sticking2 min - 3:31 into the first period
Joey Kocur · boarding2 min - 14:46 into the first periodJeff Finley · holding2 min
- 3:22 into the second periodRandy Moller · cross checking2 min
- 14:44 into the second periodJoe Reekie · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 14:44 into the second periodMark Messier · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 17:16 into the second periodTony Amonte · hooking2 min
- 0:44 into the third periodJoe Reekie · roughing2 min
- 0:44 into the third periodJoey Kocur · roughing2 min
Season series
New York Rangers
| 8Darren TurcotteC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 22Mike GartnerR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 3James PatrickD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 11Mark MessierC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 19Kris KingL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 26Joey KocurR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 33Tony AmonteR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 2Brian LeetchD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 9Adam GravesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 13Sergei NemchinovL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 25John OgrodnickL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 28Tie DomiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 37Paul BrotenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 39Doug WeightC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 6Joe CirellaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 14Mark HardyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 24Randy MollerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 44Per DjoosD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34John VanbiesbrouckG | L | 36 | 5 | .861 |
| 35Mike RichterG | 0 | 0 | – |
New York Islanders
| 20Ray FerraroC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 33Benoit HogueL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 4Uwe KruppD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 14Tom FitzgeraldR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 27Derek KingL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 32Steve ThomasR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 77Pierre TurgeonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 8Jeff NortonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 28Tom KurversD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 10Dave McllwainC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 11Adam CreightonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 12Mick VukotaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Bill BergL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 18Rob DiMaioR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25David VolekL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 3Jeff FinleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 29Joe ReekieD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 47Rich PilonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Steve WeeksG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Glenn HealyG | W | 31 | 4 | .871 |