New York Rangers vs Tampa Bay Lightning
Regular season · Friday, December 11, 1992 · Expo Hall
Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 5–4 on Friday, December 11, 1992 at Expo Hall. The Lightning outshot the Rangers 41–31.
Adam Creighton scored twice. Mark Messier, Chris Kontos, Darren Turcotte, James Patrick, Adam Graves, Marc Bureau and Steven King also scored.
John Vanbiesbrouck made 37 saves on 41 shots for the win; Jean Claude Bergeron stopped 26 of 31.
Scoring
1st period
Mark Messier (14)Unassisted1–006:49 NYR
Chris Kontos (21)Rob Ramage (6), Marc Bureau (9)1–115:58 TBL ·
2nd period
Darren Turcotte (18)Mark Messier (31), Brian Leetch (24)2–103:29 NYR · 
Adam Creighton (7)Unassisted2–206:04 TBL · 
James Patrick (1)Brian Leetch (25), Darren Turcotte (14)3–207:14 NYR · 
Adam Graves (11)Sergei Nemchinov (12)4–209:31 NYR
Marc Bureau (3)Shawn Chambers (6), Chris Kontos (9)4–311:15 TBL- Adam Creighton (8)Shawn Chambers (7), Bob Beers (9)4–418:28 TBL ·
3rd period
Steven King (3)James Patrick (12), Brian Leetch (26)5–403:55 NYR ·
Team stats
NYRTBL
3141
0%0%
3/52/7
1612
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 8:40 into the first period
Joe Reekie · holding2 min - 10:55 into the first period
Jeff Beukeboom · tripping2 min - 14:14 into the first periodJeff Beukeboom · holding2 min
- 17:51 into the first periodRoman Hamrlik · cross checking2 min
- 0:30 into the second periodMark Messier · hooking2 min
- 1:44 into the second periodJeff Beukeboom · tripping2 min
- 1:44 into the second periodSteve Maltais · interference2 min
- 1:53 into the second periodMarc Bureau · interference2 min
- 5:46 into the second periodBrian Bradley · tripping2 min
- 16:48 into the second periodSergei Zubov · tripping2 min
- 18:05 into the second periodJay Wells · slashing2 min
- 2:09 into the third periodDoug Crossman · holding2 min
- 4:53 into the third periodJay Wells · tripping2 min
- 10:32 into the third periodRandy Gilhen · slashing2 min
Season series
New York Rangers
| 2Brian LeetchD | 0 | 3 | 3 | −2 | 5 | – |
| 8Darren TurcotteC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 11Mark MessierC | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 3James PatrickD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 9Adam GravesL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 13Sergei NemchinovL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 25Steven KingR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Randy GilhenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Mike GartnerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 26Joey KocurR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Alex KovalevR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 33Tony AmonteR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 37Paul BrotenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 39Doug WeightC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Sergei ZubovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Jeff BeukeboomD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Jay WellsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 32Mike HurlbutD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Corey HirschG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 34John VanbiesbrouckG | W | 41 | 4 | .902 |
Tampa Bay Lightning
| 10Adam CreightonC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 16Chris KontosC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 28Marc BureauC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 22Shawn ChambersD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 2Bob BeersD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 5Rob RamageD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 7Rob ZamunerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 11Steve KasperC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 12Jock CallanderR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 14John TuckerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 19Brian BradleyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 24Danton ColeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 34Mikael AnderssonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 37Steve MaltaisL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Doug CrossmanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 25Marc BergevinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 29Joe ReekieD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 44Roman HamrlikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Jean Claude BergeronG | L | 31 | 5 | .839 |
| 35Pat JablonskiG | 0 | 0 | – |