Minnesota North Stars vs New York Rangers
Regular season · Friday, February 21, 1992 · Madison Square Garden
Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the Minnesota North Stars 5–4 on Friday, February 21, 1992 at Madison Square Garden. The Rangers outshot the North Stars 44–39.
Brian Bellows scored twice and Mark Messier scored twice. Sergei Nemchinov, Basil Mcrae, Mike Craig, Brian Leetch and John Ogrodnick also scored.
John Vanbiesbrouck made 35 saves on 39 shots for the win; Jon Casey stopped 39 of 44.
Scoring
1st period
Brian Bellows (21)Neal Broten (20)1–009:39 MNS
2nd period
Sergei Nemchinov (24)Adam Graves (26), Jeff Beukeboom (15)1–104:28 NYR- Brian Bellows (22)Unassisted2–105:13 MNS
Basil Mcrae (5)Brian Bellows (35), Gaetan Duchesne (13)3–108:09 MNS
Mike Craig (12)Ulf Dahlen (21), Bobby Smith (33)4–119:09 MNS
3rd period
Brian Leetch (16)John Ogrodnick (13), Doug Weight (17)4–208:52 NYR · 
John Ogrodnick (15)Darren Turcotte (17), Doug Weight (18)4–311:46 NYR · 
Mark Messier (28)Adam Graves (27)4–414:01 NYR- Mark Messier (29)Tony Amonte (24), Brian Leetch (61)4–515:40 NYR
Team stats
MNSNYR
3944
0%0%
0/42/6
3913
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 5:58 into the first period
Joe Cirella · elbowing2 min - 13:38 into the first period
Bench · too many men on the ice2 min - 14:38 into the first periodJames Patrick · holding2 min
- 5:54 into the second periodBasil Mcrae · tripping2 min
- 0:46 into the third periodBobby Smith · fighting5 min
- 0:46 into the third periodAdam Graves · fighting5 min
- 1:25 into the third periodTony Amonte · holding2 min
- 7:17 into the third periodTodd Elik · slashing5 min
- 7:17 into the third periodTodd Elik · game misconduct10 min
- 7:47 into the third periodGaetan Duchesne · high sticking5 min
- 7:47 into the third periodGaetan Duchesne · game misconduct10 min
- 17:15 into the third periodRandy Gilhen · interference2 min
Season series
Minnesota North Stars
| 23Brian BellowsL | 2 | 1 | 3 | +3 | 8 | – |
| 7Neal BrotenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 10Gaetan DuchesneL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 17Basil McraeL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 18Bobby SmithC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 20Mike CraigR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 22Ulf DahlenR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 9Mike ModanoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 14Todd ElikL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 15Dave GagnerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 21Derrick SmithL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 27Shane ChurlaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 3Craig LudwigD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4Chris DahlquistD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 6Jim JohnsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 24Mark TinordiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 26David ShawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 39Enrico CicconeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Jon CaseyG | L | 44 | 5 | .886 |
| 35Darcy WakalukG | 0 | 0 | – |
New York Rangers
| 9Adam GravesL | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 11Mark MessierC | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 25John OgrodnickL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 39Doug WeightC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2Brian LeetchD | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 10 | – |
| 8Darren TurcotteC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 13Sergei NemchinovL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 33Tony AmonteR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | – |
| 23Jeff BeukeboomD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 16Randy GilhenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 19Kris KingL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 28Tie DomiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 31Rob ZamunerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 37Paul BrotenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3James PatrickD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 6Joe CirellaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 24Randy MollerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 44Per DjoosD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Boris RoussonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 34John VanbiesbrouckG | W | 39 | 4 | .897 |