New York Islanders vs New York Rangers
Regular season · Thursday, February 22, 1996 · Madison Square Garden
Game summary
The New York Islanders beat the New York Rangers 5–3 on Thursday, February 22, 1996 at Madison Square Garden. The Rangers outshot the Islanders 36–27.
Marty Mcinnis scored twice and Alex Kovalev scored twice. Martin Straka, Patrick Flatley, Brian Leetch and Scott Lachance also scored.
Tommy Soderstrom made 33 saves on 36 shots for the win; Glenn Healy stopped 22 of 26.
Scoring
1st period
Marty Mcinnis (7)Martin Straka (22), Rich Pilon (2)1–009:14 NYI
Alex Kovalev (15)Luc Robitaille (38), Brian Leetch (51)1–111:12 NYR
2nd period
Martin Straka (11)Marty Mcinnis (24), Wendel Clark (11)2–110:23 NYI
Patrick Flatley (6)Bob Sweeney (5), Niklas Andersson (8)3–111:26 NYI
3rd period
- Marty Mcinnis (8)Wendel Clark (12)4–101:18 NYI
- Alex Kovalev (16)Mark Messier (44), Doug Lidster (7)4–204:09 NYR ·
Brian Leetch (11)Alex Kovalev (28), Mark Messier (45)4–319:13 NYR
Scott Lachance (2)Unassisted5–319:20 NYI ·
Team stats
NYINYR
2736
0%0%
0/40/2
610
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 3:01 into the first period
Nick Kypreos · tripping2 min - 18:59 into the first periodPat Verbeek · holding2 min
- 2:15 into the second periodAlex Kovalev · interference obstruction2 min
- 5:10 into the second period
Wendel Clark · cross checking2 min - 3:03 into the third periodJeff Beukeboom · tripping2 min
- 7:17 into the third periodMathieu Schneider · elbowing2 min
- 11:51 into the third periodDarius Kasparaitis · slashing2 min
- 11:51 into the third periodMark Messier · roughing2 min
Season series
New York Islanders
| 18Marty McinnisL | 2 | 1 | 3 | +3 | 4 | – |
| 17Wendel ClarkL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 82Martin StrakaC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 20Bob SweeneyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 26Patrick FlatleyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 32Niklas AnderssonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 7Scott LachanceD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 47Rich PilonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 14Chris TaylorC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 15Brad DalgarnoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Dan PlanteR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 27Derek KingL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 28Alexander SemakC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 44Todd BertuzziR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Bryan McCabeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 6Chris LuongoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 11Darius KasparaitisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 72Mathieu SchneiderD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Eric FichaudG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Tommy SoderstromG | W | 36 | 3 | .917 |
New York Rangers
| 27Alex KovalevR | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 11Mark MessierC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 2Brian LeetchD | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Luc RobitailleL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 6Doug LidsterD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 9Adam GravesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 13Sergei NemchinovL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 16Pat VerbeekR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 18Wayne PresleyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 19Nick KypreosL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 21Ray FerraroC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 22Ian LaperriereR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 24Niklas SundstromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 26Joey KocurR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 5Ulf SamuelssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 14Mattias NorstromD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 23Jeff BeukeboomD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 33Bruce DriverD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Glenn HealyG | L | 26 | 4 | .846 |
| 34Jamie RamG | 0 | 0 | – |