Washington Capitals vs New York Rangers
Regular season · Tuesday, February 27, 1996 · Madison Square Garden
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the New York Rangers 5–3 on Tuesday, February 27, 1996 at Madison Square Garden. The Capitals outshot the Rangers 43–41.
Sergei Nemchinov scored twice and Joe Juneau scored twice. Calle Johansson, Mark Messier, Pat Peake and Michal Pivonka also scored.
Olie Kolzig made 38 saves on 41 shots for the win; Glenn Healy stopped 38 of 43.
Scoring
1st period
Calle Johansson (8)Sylvain Cote (23), Pat Peake (16)1–003:58 WSH · 
Mark Messier (41)Brian Leetch (52), Pat Verbeek (39)1–106:17 NYR
Pat Peake (14)Michal Pivonka (44), Sylvain Cote (24)2–110:25 WSH ·
2nd period
Sergei Nemchinov (11)Adam Graves (29), Wayne Presley (5)2–216:55 NYR- Sergei Nemchinov (12)Wayne Presley (6), Jeff Beukeboom (9)2–319:38 NYR
3rd period
Michal Pivonka (12)Pat Peake (17), Keith Jones (23)3–302:56 WSH
Joe Juneau (12)Steve Konowalchuk (17), Craig Berube (8)4–305:04 WSH- Joe Juneau (13)Steve Konowalchuk (18)5–312:03 WSH ·
Team stats
WSHNYR
4341
0%0%
2/50/3
636
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 3:07 into the first period
Sergei Nemchinov · holding obstruction2 min - 7:18 into the first period
Sylvain Cote · tripping obstruction2 min - 9:52 into the first periodDoug Lidster · holding2 min
- 9:52 into the first periodAlex Kovalev · high sticking5 min
- 9:52 into the first periodAlex Kovalev · game misconduct10 min
- 20:00 into the first periodCalle Johansson · hooking2 min
- 11:52 into the third periodJoe Reekie · tripping obstruction2 min
- 15:36 into the third periodIan Laperriere · hooking obstruction2 min
- 17:13 into the third periodPat Verbeek · spearing5 min
- 17:13 into the third periodPat Verbeek · game misconduct10 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 14Pat PeakeC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 20Michal PivonkaC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 22Steve KonowalchukL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 7 | – |
| 90Joe JuneauC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 3Sylvain CoteD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 9Keith JonesR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27Craig BerubeL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 6Calle JohanssonD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 10Kelly MillerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 11Jeff NelsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 18Andrew BrunetteL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 23Kevin KaminskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 32Dale HunterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 36Mike EaglesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 2Ken KleeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 4Jim JohnsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 29Joe ReekieD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 55Sergei GoncharD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Jim CareyG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 37Olie KolzigG | W | 41 | 3 | .927 |
New York Rangers
| 13Sergei NemchinovL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 8 | – |
| 18Wayne PresleyR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 9Adam GravesL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 11Mark MessierC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 16Pat VerbeekR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2Brian LeetchD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 23Jeff BeukeboomD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 15Darren LangdonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Luc RobitailleL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 21Ray FerraroC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 22Ian LaperriereR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 24Niklas SundstromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 26Joey KocurR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 27Alex KovalevR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Kevin LoweD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 5Ulf SamuelssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 6Doug LidsterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 33Bruce DriverD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Glenn HealyG | L | 43 | 5 | .884 |
| 34Jamie RamG | 0 | 0 | – |