New York Rangers vs Buffalo Sabres

Regular season · Friday, December 15, 1995 · Buffalo Memorial Auditorium

4–5

32–28

Game summary

The Buffalo Sabres beat the New York Rangers 5–4 on Friday, December 15, 1995 at Buffalo Memorial Auditorium. The Rangers outshot the Sabres 32–28.

Pat Verbeek scored twice. Michael Peca, Dave Hannan, Yuri Khmylev, Alexei Zhitnik, Dane Jackson, Stephane Matteau and Jeff Beukeboom also scored.

Goals
NYR	0	1	3	4	32
BUF	2	3	0	5	28

Scoring

1st period

Michael Peca (3)Derek Plante (7), Alexei Zhitnik (15)0–104:01 BUF
Dave Hannan (4)Mike Wilson (1), Brad May (12)0–213:42 BUF

2nd period

Pat Verbeek (20)Mark Messier (21)1–202:24 NYR
Yuri Khmylev (7)Alexei Zhitnik (16), Dave Hannan (3)1–304:32 BUF ·
Alexei Zhitnik (4)Randy Burridge (12), Garry Galley (15)1–405:45 BUF ·
Dane Jackson (2)Brent Hughes (2), Craig Muni (3)1–515:33 BUF

3rd period

Stephane Matteau (4)Ulf Samuelsson (8), Alex Kovalev (18)2–509:12 NYR ·
Pat Verbeek (21)Mark Messier (22), Brian Leetch (29)3–513:38 NYR
Jeff Beukeboom (2)Mark Messier (23), Niklas Sundstrom (5)4–519:18 NYR

Team stats

NYRBUF

3228

0%0%

1/71/10

5630

Penalties

0:40 into the first periodMatthew Barnaby · fighting5 min
0:40 into the first periodAdam Graves · fighting5 min
2:56 into the first periodDave Hannan · interference obstruction2 min
3:14 into the first periodPat Verbeek · holding the stick2 min
5:53 into the first periodBrad May · roughing2 min
5:53 into the first periodDarren Langdon · roughing2 min
8:13 into the first periodDoug Lidster · interference2 min
10:33 into the first periodAlex Kovalev · hooking2 min
14:40 into the first periodDane Jackson · hooking obstruction2 min
0:17 into the second periodPat Verbeek · roughing2 min
0:59 into the second periodDixon Ward · high sticking2 min
0:59 into the second periodDixon Ward · high sticking2 min
1:49 into the second periodBruce Driver · interference2 min
5:10 into the second periodBrad May · fighting5 min
5:10 into the second periodDarren Langdon · fighting5 min
5:29 into the second periodDaniel Lacroix · roughing2 min
6:32 into the second periodPat LaFontaine · tripping2 min
11:08 into the second periodJeff Beukeboom · hooking2 min
12:34 into the second periodDoug Lidster · holding obstruction2 min
15:44 into the second periodMichael Peca · holding2 min
19:51 into the second periodDarren Langdon · elbowing2 min
19:51 into the second periodDarren Langdon · misconduct10 min
19:51 into the second periodDarren Langdon · game misconduct10 min
3:27 into the third periodAlex Kovalev · tripping obstruction2 min
4:04 into the third periodUlf Samuelsson · slashing2 min
6:21 into the third periodDave Hannan · holding stick obstruction2 min
7:27 into the third periodCraig Muni · delaying game2 min
12:40 into the third periodGarry Galley · roughing2 min
12:40 into the third periodRay Ferraro · roughing2 min

Game summary

Scoring

Team stats

Penalties

Season series