New York Rangers vs Edmonton Oilers
Regular season · Saturday, December 30, 1995 · Edmonton Coliseum
Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the Edmonton Oilers 8–3 on Saturday, December 30, 1995 at Edmonton Coliseum. The Oilers outshot the Rangers 37–26.
Adam Graves scored twice. Alexander Karpovtsev, Brian Leetch, Alex Kovalev, Wayne Presley, Doug Weight, Jason Arnott, Pat Verbeek, Nick Kypreos and Dean McAmmond also scored.
Mike Richter made 33 saves on 36 shots for the win; Bill Ranford stopped 18 of 26.
Scoring
1st period
Alexander Karpovtsev (1)Sergei Nemchinov (9), Niklas Sundstrom (7)1–001:31 NYR
Brian Leetch (6)Bruce Driver (15), Mark Messier (28)2–005:05 NYR · 
Alex Kovalev (10)Ray Ferraro (21), Alexander Karpovtsev (6)3–009:04 NYR
Adam Graves (14)Mark Messier (29), Pat Verbeek (26)4–015:46 NYR
Wayne Presley (3)Sergei Nemchinov (10), Niklas Sundstrom (8)5–017:19 NYR
Doug Weight (14)Dean McAmmond (2), Miroslav Satan (6)5–119:48 EDM ·
2nd period
- Adam Graves (15)Mark Messier (30), Brian Leetch (37)6–106:06 NYR
Jason Arnott (13)Fredrik Olausson (6), David Oliver (9)6–206:57 EDM
Pat Verbeek (25)Brian Leetch (38), Ray Ferraro (22)7–213:24 NYR
3rd period
Nick Kypreos (3)Darren Langdon (3)8–209:05 NYR
Dean McAmmond (3)David Oliver (10)8–310:10 EDM
Team stats
NYREDM
2637
0%0%
1/41/7
4516
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:30 into the first period
Luke Richardson · high sticking2 min - 0:30 into the first period
Pat Verbeek · high sticking2 min - 5:02 into the first periodDavid Oliver · high sticking2 min
- 6:46 into the first periodDarren Langdon · roughing2 min
- 18:03 into the first periodJeff Beukeboom · hooking obstruction2 min
- 2:40 into the second periodBrett Hauer · interference obstruction2 min
- 5:20 into the second periodLuke Richardson · roughing2 min
- 5:20 into the second periodAlex Kovalev · roughing2 min
- 8:29 into the second periodBryan Marchment · high sticking2 min
- 11:17 into the second periodIan Laperriere · checking from behind5 min
- 11:17 into the second periodIan Laperriere · game misconduct10 min
- 12:11 into the second periodFredrik Olausson · holding obstruction2 min
- 14:54 into the second periodBruce Driver · hooking obstruction2 min
- 6:53 into the third periodMark Messier · hooking obstruction2 min
- 13:52 into the third periodAlexander Karpovtsev · interference obstruction2 min
- 16:03 into the third periodMiroslav Satan · boarding2 min
- 18:35 into the third periodKelly Buchberger · roughing2 min
- 18:35 into the third periodNick Kypreos · misconduct10 min
- 18:35 into the third periodKevin Lowe · cross checking2 min
- 18:35 into the third periodMark Messier · high sticking2 min
- 18:35 into the third periodMark Messier · high sticking2 min
Season series
New York Rangers
| 11Mark MessierC | 0 | 3 | 3 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 2Brian LeetchD | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 9Adam GravesL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 13Sergei NemchinovL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 16Pat VerbeekR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 21Ray FerraroC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 24Niklas SundstromR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 25Alexander KarpovtsevD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +5 | 2 | – |
| 15Darren LangdonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 18Wayne PresleyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 19Nick KypreosL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 27Alex KovalevR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 33Bruce DriverD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 20Luc RobitailleL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Ian LaperriereR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Kevin LoweD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 14Mattias NorstromD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Jeff BeukeboomD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Glenn HealyG | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | |
| 35Mike RichterG | W | 36 | 3 | .917 |
Edmonton Oilers
| 20David OliverR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 37Dean McAmmondC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 7Jason ArnottC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | – |
| 32Miroslav SatanR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 39Doug WeightC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 15Fredrik OlaussonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 8Zdeno CigerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 12Tyler WrightC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 16Kelly BuchbergerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 0 | – |
| 17Scott ThorntonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 18Kirk MaltbyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 19Kent MandervilleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 26Todd MarchantC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 5Brett HauerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 6Ken SuttonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 4 | – |
| 21Igor KravchukD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 22Luke RichardsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 24Bryan MarchmentD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 4 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Bill RanfordG | L | 26 | 8 | .692 |
| 31Fred BrathwaiteG | 0 | 0 | – |