Hartford Whalers vs New York Rangers
Regular season · Wednesday, December 15, 1993 · Madison Square Garden
Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the Hartford Whalers 5–2 on Wednesday, December 15, 1993 at Madison Square Garden. The Rangers outshot the Whalers 41–24.
Mark Messier scored twice. Sergei Zubov, Pat Verbeek, Eddie Olczyk, Brad McCrimmon and Mike Hudson also scored.
Mike Richter made 22 saves on 24 shots for the win; Sean Burke stopped 36 of 39.
Scoring
1st period
Mark Messier (11)Adam Graves (9), Sergei Zubov (21)0–109:58 NYR
2nd period
Sergei Zubov (4)Mark Messier (22), Steve Larmer (11)0–203:26 NYR ·
3rd period
- Mark Messier (12)Unassisted0–300:14 NYR
Pat Verbeek (16)Geoff Sanderson (10), Zarley Zalapski (12)1–304:18 HFD · 
Eddie Olczyk (2)Esa Tikkanen (16), Jay Wells (4)1–417:49 NYR · 
Brad McCrimmon (1)Unassisted2–418:30 HFD
Mike Hudson (1)Greg Gilbert (4)2–519:01 NYR ·
Team stats
HFDNYR
2441
0%0%
1/31/4
2310
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 18:57 into the first period
Bryan Marchment · elbowing2 min - 19:52 into the first period
Mark Messier · interference2 min - 2:23 into the second periodJim Sandlak · holding2 min
- 12:21 into the second periodMike Gartner · high sticking2 min
- 14:27 into the second periodBryan Marchment · checking from behind5 min
- 14:27 into the second periodBryan Marchment · game misconduct10 min
- 14:49 into the second periodSteve Larmer · holding the stick2 min
- 17:52 into the second periodBrad McCrimmon · roughing2 min
- 17:52 into the second periodMike Gartner · high sticking2 min
- 2:26 into the third periodEsa Tikkanen · high sticking2 min
- 12:30 into the third periodBrad McCrimmon · cross checking2 min
Season series
Hartford Whalers
| 8Geoff SandersonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 3 | – |
| 16Pat VerbeekR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 3Zarley ZalapskiD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −4 | 1 | – |
| 10Brad McCrimmonD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 7Randy CunneyworthL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 14Jim SandlakR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 18Robert KronC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 21Andrew CasselsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 22Mark JanssensC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 24Jim StormL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 29Marc PotvinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 32Igor ChibirevC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 33Jim McKenzieL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 92Michael NylanderC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 6Adam BurtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 2 | – |
| 25Bob McgillD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27Bryan MarchmentD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 44Chris ProngerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Sean BurkeG | L | 39 | 3 | .923 |
| 30Jeff ReeseG | 0 | 0 | – |
New York Rangers
| 11Mark MessierC | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 21Sergei ZubovD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 9Adam GravesL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 10Esa TikkanenL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 12Eddie OlczykR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 15Mike HudsonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 17Greg GilbertL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 28Steve LarmerR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 6 | – |
| 24Jay WellsD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 13Sergei NemchinovL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Mike GartnerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 26Joey KocurR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 27Alex KovalevR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 33Tony AmonteR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 2Brian LeetchD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 4Kevin LoweD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 23Jeff BeukeboomD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 25Alexander KarpovtsevD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Glenn HealyG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Mike RichterG | W | 24 | 2 | .917 |