New York Rangers vs Vancouver Canucks
Regular season · Thursday, December 28, 1995 · General Motors Place
Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the Vancouver Canucks 3–2 on Thursday, December 28, 1995 at General Motors Place. The Rangers outshot the Canucks 23–22.
Goals came from Mattias Norstrom, Trevor Linden, Ray Ferraro, Jyrki Lumme and Wayne Presley.
Mike Richter made 20 saves on 22 shots for the win; Kirk McLean stopped 20 of 23.
Scoring
1st period
Mattias Norstrom (2)Mark Messier (27), Brian Leetch (36)1–003:02 NYR
Trevor Linden (18)Jyrki Lumme (10)1–104:10 VAN · 
Ray Ferraro (15)Alex Kovalev (19), Bruce Driver (13)2–109:01 NYR · 
Jyrki Lumme (5)Martin Gelinas (7), Trevor Linden (24)2–214:46 VAN ·
2nd period
Wayne Presley (2)Bruce Driver (14)3–207:18 NYR
Team stats
NYRVAN
2322
0%0%
1/52/8
1812
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:48 into the first period
Wayne Presley · interference obstruction2 min - 4:01 into the first periodBruce Driver · tripping2 min
- 7:18 into the first period
Cliff Ronning · hooking2 min - 12:09 into the first periodDarren Langdon · roughing2 min
- 14:42 into the first periodMattias Norstrom · tripping2 min
- 16:17 into the first periodLeif Rohlin · holding obstruction2 min
- 18:57 into the first periodAdrian Aucoin · holding2 min
- 1:56 into the second periodKevin Lowe · high sticking2 min
- 4:48 into the second periodAlexander Mogilny · slashing2 min
- 8:27 into the second periodKevin Lowe · tripping2 min
- 13:08 into the second periodJosef Beranek · interference obstruction2 min
- 16:27 into the second periodDaniel Lacroix · high sticking2 min
- 19:40 into the second periodJeff Beukeboom · hooking2 min
- 9:22 into the third periodAlex Kovalev · roughing2 min
- 9:22 into the third periodDana Murzyn · holding2 min
Season series
New York Rangers
| 33Bruce DriverD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 11Mark MessierC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 18Wayne PresleyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 21Ray FerraroC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 27Alex KovalevR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2Brian LeetchD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Mattias NorstromD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 9Adam GravesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 13Sergei NemchinovL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 15Darren LangdonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 16Pat VerbeekR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 19Nick KypreosL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Luc RobitailleL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Niklas SundstromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 37Daniel LacroixC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Kevin LoweD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 6Doug LidsterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 23Jeff BeukeboomD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Glenn HealyG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Mike RichterG | W | 22 | 2 | .909 |
Vancouver Canucks
| 16Trevor LindenC | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 21Jyrki LummeD | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 23Martin GelinasL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 7Cliff RonningC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 8Alek StojanovR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 9Russ CourtnallR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 15Jim DowdC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 19Tim HunterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Scott WalkerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 28Roman OksiutaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 42Josef BeranekL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 89Alexander MogilnyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 2Frantisek KuceraD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Bret HedicanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 5Dana MurzynD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 6Adrian AucoinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 27Leif RohlinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 32Dean MalkocD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Kirk McLeanG | L | 23 | 3 | .870 |
| 31Corey HirschG | 0 | 0 | – |