New York Rangers vs Pittsburgh Penguins
Regular season · Wednesday, November 22, 1995 · Civic Arena
Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 4–3 on Wednesday, November 22, 1995 at Civic Arena. The Penguins outshot the Rangers 43–28.
Goals came from Sergei Nemchinov, Bryan Smolinski, Doug Lidster, Mark Messier, Norm MacIver, Wayne Presley and Mario Lemieux.
Mike Richter made 40 saves on 43 shots for the win; Ken Wregget stopped 24 of 28.
Scoring
1st period
Sergei Nemchinov (4)Niklas Sundstrom (2), Jeff Beukeboom (1)1–009:39 NYR
Bryan Smolinski (4)Glen Murray (2), Joe Dziedzic (2)1–113:06 PIT
2nd period
Doug Lidster (3)Pat Verbeek (15), Luc Robitaille (18)2–106:18 NYR
Mark Messier (13)Ray Ferraro (13), Brian Leetch (19)3–111:56 NYR · 
Norm MacIver (2)Mario Lemieux (26), Ron Francis (24)3–214:31 PIT · 
Wayne Presley (1)Kevin Lowe (3)4–216:47 NYR ·
3rd period
Mario Lemieux (18)Ron Francis (25), Jaromir Jagr (24)4–309:08 PIT ·
Team stats
NYRPIT
2843
0%0%
1/112/8
2836
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:53 into the first period
Francois Leroux · roughing2 min - 3:06 into the first period
Bench · too many men on the ice2 min - 6:50 into the first periodDarren Langdon · fighting5 min
- 6:50 into the first periodChris Tamer · fighting5 min
- 9:51 into the first periodJoe Dziedzic · hooking2 min
- 10:29 into the first periodChris Joseph · cross checking2 min
- 14:23 into the first periodBrian Leetch · tripping2 min
- 17:33 into the first periodJeff Beukeboom · fighting5 min
- 17:33 into the first periodFrancois Leroux · fighting5 min
- 18:38 into the first periodJaromir Jagr · holding2 min
- 19:20 into the first periodRay Ferraro · slashing2 min
- 2:54 into the second periodAlex Kovalev · roughing2 min
- 6:34 into the second periodRusty Fitzgerald · hooking2 min
- 10:11 into the second periodMarkus Naslund · interference obstruction2 min
- 11:32 into the second periodChris Joseph · tripping obstruction2 min
- 13:38 into the second periodAlex Kovalev · holding obstruction2 min
- 15:58 into the second periodMark Messier · hooking2 min
- 3:39 into the third periodEd Patterson · charging2 min
- 8:13 into the third periodMark Messier · high sticking double minor4 min
- 11:33 into the third periodRichard Park · interference obstruction2 min
- 13:22 into the third periodMario Lemieux · cross checking2 min
- 18:44 into the third periodPat Verbeek · elbowing2 min
- 18:44 into the third periodDmitri Mironov · slashing2 min
- 19:13 into the third periodJaromir Jagr · high sticking double minor4 min
Season series
New York Rangers
| 11Mark MessierC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 13Sergei NemchinovL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 16Pat VerbeekR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 18Wayne PresleyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 20Luc RobitailleL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 21Ray FerraroC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 24Niklas SundstromR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 2Brian LeetchD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 4Kevin LoweD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 6Doug LidsterD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 23Jeff BeukeboomD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 9Adam GravesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 15Darren LangdonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 19Nick KypreosL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 27Alex KovalevR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 32Stephane MatteauL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 5Ulf SamuelssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 33Bruce DriverD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Glenn HealyG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Mike RichterG | W | 43 | 3 | .930 |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 10Ron FrancisC | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 66Mario LemieuxC | 1 | 1 | 2 | −2 | 6 | – |
| 16Joe DziedzicL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 20Bryan SmolinskiC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 27Glen MurrayR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 68Jaromir JagrR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 6 | – |
| 22Norm MacIverD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 12Chris WellsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 17Tomas SandstromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 29Markus NaslundL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 44Ed PattersonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 52Rusty FitzgeraldC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 76Richard ParkR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 2Chris TamerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 15Dmitri MironovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 18Francois LerouxD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 23Chris JosephD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 24Ian MoranD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Ken WreggetG | L | 28 | 4 | .857 |
| 35Tom BarrassoG | 0 | 0 | – |