San Jose Sharks vs New York Rangers
Regular season · Wednesday, January 10, 1996 · Madison Square Garden
Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the San Jose Sharks 7–4 on Wednesday, January 10, 1996 at Madison Square Garden. The Rangers outshot the Sharks 45–29.
Pat Verbeek scored twice, Ray Whitney scored twice and Mark Messier scored twice. Sergei Nemchinov, Dody Wood, Ray Ferraro, Ray Sheppard and Brian Leetch also scored.
Glenn Healy made 25 saves on 29 shots for the win; Wade Flaherty stopped 38 of 45.
Scoring
1st period
Sergei Nemchinov (8)Wayne Presley (3), Ulf Samuelsson (13)0–104:27 NYR
Pat Verbeek (28)Mark Messier (32), Bruce Driver (18)0–208:16 NYR · 
Ray Whitney (9)Owen Nolan (21), Jayson More (4)1–214:01 SJS
Dody Wood (1)Unassisted2–215:46 SJS · 
Ray Ferraro (19)Alex Kovalev (22), Luc Robitaille (29)2–316:40 NYR- Ray Whitney (10)Marcus Ragnarsson (19)3–317:04 SJS
2nd period
Ray Sheppard (21)Craig Janney (32), Kevin Miller (13)4–307:42 SJS · - Pat Verbeek (29)Adam Graves (24), Mark Messier (33)4–416:32 NYR ·
3rd period
Brian Leetch (8)Luc Robitaille (30), Ray Ferraro (24)4–509:23 NYR
Mark Messier (28)Brian Leetch (41)4–613:25 NYR · - Mark Messier (29)Pat Verbeek (30), Bruce Driver (19)4–716:37 NYR ·
Team stats
SJSNYR
2945
0%0%
1/34/7
1618
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 7:50 into the first period
Bench · too many men on the ice2 min - 9:25 into the first period
Wayne Presley · hooking obstruction2 min - 14:19 into the first periodOwen Nolan · interference goalkeeper2 min
- 3:21 into the second periodDoug Bodger · high sticking2 min
- 6:56 into the second periodJeff Beukeboom · hooking obstruction2 min
- 7:42 into the second periodBruce Driver · misconduct10 min
- 10:21 into the second periodMichal Sykora · holding2 min
- 16:06 into the second periodJayson More · holding2 min
- 17:34 into the second periodWayne Presley · slashing2 min
- 19:32 into the second periodJeff Beukeboom · slashing2 min
- 19:32 into the second periodOwen Nolan · slashing2 min
- 14:26 into the third periodTom Pederson · cross checking2 min
- 15:45 into the third periodOwen Nolan · high sticking2 min
Season series
San Jose Sharks
| 14Ray WhitneyL | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 8Kevin MillerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 11Owen NolanR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 15Craig JanneyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 16Dody WoodC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 26Ray SheppardR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 4Jayson MoreD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 33Marcus RagnarssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 13Jamie BakerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 22Ulf DahlenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 25Viktor KozlovC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 36Jeff OdgersR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 39Jeff FriesenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 42Shean DonovanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2Jim KyteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3Doug BodgerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 38Michal SykoraD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 41Tom PedersonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Chris TerreriG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Wade FlahertyG | L | 45 | 7 | .844 |
New York Rangers
| 11Mark MessierC | 2 | 2 | 4 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 16Pat VerbeekR | 2 | 1 | 3 | −1 | 6 | – |
| 20Luc RobitailleL | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 21Ray FerraroC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 2Brian LeetchD | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 33Bruce DriverD | 0 | 2 | 2 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 9Adam GravesL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 13Sergei NemchinovL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 18Wayne PresleyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 27Alex KovalevR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 5Ulf SamuelssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 15Darren LangdonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 19Nick KypreosL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 22Ian LaperriereR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Niklas SundstromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4Kevin LoweD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 23Jeff BeukeboomD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 25Alexander KarpovtsevD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Glenn HealyG | W | 29 | 4 | .862 |
| 34Jamie RamG | 0 | 0 | – |