Buffalo Sabres vs New York Rangers
Regular season · Wednesday, November 29, 1995 · Madison Square Garden
Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the Buffalo Sabres 5–3 on Wednesday, November 29, 1995 at Madison Square Garden. The Rangers outshot the Sabres 48–33.
Goals came from Darren Langdon, Alexei Zhitnik, Luc Robitaille, Stephane Matteau, Brian Holzinger, Ray Ferraro, Derek Plante and Pat Verbeek.
Mike Richter made 30 saves on 33 shots for the win; Andrei Trefilov stopped 43 of 48.
Scoring
2nd period
Darren Langdon (3)Sergei Nemchinov (6), Joey Kocur (1)0–104:33 NYR
Alexei Zhitnik (2)Donald Audette (8), Pat LaFontaine (18)1–106:01 BUF · 
Luc Robitaille (9)Pat Verbeek (16), Bruce Driver (7)1–206:09 NYR
Stephane Matteau (2)Doug Lidster (5), Ulf Samuelsson (5)1–313:13 NYR
3rd period
Brian Holzinger (5)Dave Hannan (2), Brent Hughes (1)2–306:34 BUF
Ray Ferraro (11)Brian Leetch (20), Alex Kovalev (16)2–409:00 NYR · 
Derek Plante (5)Alexei Zhitnik (12), Matthew Barnaby (3)3–418:13 BUF
Pat Verbeek (12)Mark Messier (14), Adam Graves (11)3–518:50 NYR
Team stats
BUFNYR
3348
0%0%
1/61/4
812
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:06 into the first period
Ulf Samuelsson · holding obstruction2 min - 4:09 into the first periodBruce Driver · kneeing2 min
- 5:15 into the first periodMike Richter · delaying game2 min
- 8:40 into the first period
Brent Hughes · holding2 min - 5:37 into the second periodDoug Lidster · interference obstruction2 min
- 7:43 into the second periodBrad May · interference goalkeeper2 min
- 10:35 into the second periodYuri Khmylev · holding2 min
- 13:59 into the second periodSergei Nemchinov · tripping2 min
- 7:21 into the third periodCraig Muni · holding2 min
- 14:50 into the third periodWayne Presley · hooking obstruction2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 44Alexei ZhitnikD | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 16Pat LaFontaineC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 17Brent HughesL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 19Brian HolzingerC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 26Derek PlanteC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 28Donald AudetteR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 36Matthew BarnabyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 41Dave HannanC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 10Brad MayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 12Randy BurridgeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 13Yuri KhmylevL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 27Michael PecaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 43Jason DaweR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 3Garry GalleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 5Craig MuniD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 6Doug HoudaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Mark AstleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 34Mike WilsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Andrei TrefilovG | L | 48 | 5 | .896 |
| 39Dominik HasekG | 0 | 0 | – |
New York Rangers
| 16Pat VerbeekR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 9Adam GravesL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 11Mark MessierC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 13Sergei NemchinovL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 15Darren LangdonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 20Luc RobitailleL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 21Ray FerraroC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 26Joey KocurR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 27Alex KovalevR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 32Stephane MatteauL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 2Brian LeetchD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 5Ulf SamuelssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 6Doug LidsterD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 33Bruce DriverD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 18Wayne PresleyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Niklas SundstromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4Kevin LoweD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Jeff BeukeboomD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Glenn HealyG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Mike RichterG | W | 33 | 3 | .909 |