Pittsburgh Penguins vs New York Rangers
Regular season · Tuesday, November 21, 1995 · Madison Square Garden
Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 9–4 on Tuesday, November 21, 1995 at Madison Square Garden. The Penguins outshot the Rangers 42–37.
Pat Verbeek scored a hat trick. Adam Graves, Jaromir Jagr, Luc Robitaille, Mark Messier, Stephane Matteau, Bryan Smolinski, Rusty Fitzgerald, Brian Leetch, Ray Ferraro and Norm MacIver also scored.
Mike Richter made 38 saves on 42 shots for the win; Tom Barrasso stopped 28 of 37.
Scoring
1st period
Adam Graves (9)Mark Messier (12), Alex Kovalev (14)0–101:34 NYR
Jaromir Jagr (17)Unassisted1–103:23 PIT
Luc Robitaille (8)Ray Ferraro (12), Pat Verbeek (13)1–208:39 NYR
Mark Messier (12)Adam Graves (9), Alex Kovalev (15)1–318:15 NYR
2nd period
Stephane Matteau (1)Bruce Driver (6), Sergei Nemchinov (5)1–401:49 NYR
Pat Verbeek (9)Luc Robitaille (15), Ulf Samuelsson (4)1–509:54 NYR- Pat Verbeek (10)Luc Robitaille (16), Niklas Sundstrom (1)1–613:02 NYR
3rd period
Bryan Smolinski (3)Mario Lemieux (25), Markus Naslund (12)2–609:52 PIT · 
Rusty Fitzgerald (1)Jaromir Jagr (22), Ron Francis (23)3–611:32 PIT- Pat Verbeek (11)Brian Leetch (18), Luc Robitaille (17)3–716:00 NYR ·
Brian Leetch (4)Mark Messier (13), Adam Graves (10)3–816:50 NYR · 
Ray Ferraro (10)Doug Lidster (4), Pat Verbeek (14)3–917:10 NYR · 
Norm MacIver (1)Jaromir Jagr (23)4–918:15 PIT
Team stats
PITNYR
4237
0%0%
1/63/7
2327
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 4:31 into the first period
Mark Messier · holding obstruction2 min - 6:16 into the first period
Dmitri Mironov · hooking2 min - 9:47 into the first periodUlf Samuelsson · hooking2 min
- 12:33 into the first periodFrancois Leroux · elbowing2 min
- 19:23 into the first periodKevin Lowe · roughing2 min
- 19:23 into the first periodTomas Sandstrom · roughing2 min
- 5:57 into the second periodJeff Beukeboom · tripping2 min
- 7:00 into the second periodRon Francis · holding2 min
- 13:34 into the second periodKevin Lowe · tripping2 min
- 14:14 into the second periodJeff Beukeboom · checking from behind5 min
- 14:14 into the second periodJeff Beukeboom · game misconduct10 min
- 8:06 into the third periodKevin Lowe · interference2 min
- 12:47 into the third periodTomas Sandstrom · boarding5 min
- 12:47 into the third periodTomas Sandstrom · game misconduct10 min
Season series
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 68Jaromir JagrR | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 7 | – |
| 10Ron FrancisC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 20Bryan SmolinskiC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 29Markus NaslundL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −4 | 3 | – |
| 52Rusty FitzgeraldC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 66Mario LemieuxC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 5 | – |
| 22Norm MacIverD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 12Chris WellsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 16Joe DziedzicL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Tomas SandstromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 3 | – |
| 27Glen MurrayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 51Dave RocheL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 76Richard ParkR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 2Chris TamerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 15Dmitri MironovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 18Francois LerouxD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 23Chris JosephD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 24Ian MoranD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Ken WreggetG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Tom BarrassoG | L | 37 | 9 | .757 |
New York Rangers
| 16Pat VerbeekR | 3 | 2 | 5 | +3 | 9 | – |
| 20Luc RobitailleL | 1 | 3 | 4 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 9Adam GravesL | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 11Mark MessierC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 21Ray FerraroC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 27Alex KovalevR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 2Brian LeetchD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 13Sergei NemchinovL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 24Niklas SundstromR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 32Stephane MatteauL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 5Ulf SamuelssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 6Doug LidsterD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 33Bruce DriverD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 15Darren LangdonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 18Wayne PresleyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 19Nick KypreosL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Kevin LoweD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 23Jeff BeukeboomD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +4 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Glenn HealyG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Mike RichterG | W | 42 | 4 | .905 |