New York Rangers vs Tampa Bay Lightning
Regular season · Thursday, March 7, 1996 · Thunderdome
Game summary
The Tampa Bay Lightning beat the New York Rangers 5–2 on Thursday, March 7, 1996 at Thunderdome. The Lightning outshot the Rangers 33–26.
Brian Bellows scored twice. Sergio Momesso, Mark Messier, Shawn Burr, John Cullen and John Tucker also scored.
Jeff Reese made 17 saves on 19 shots for the win; Glenn Healy stopped 28 of 33.
Scoring
1st period
Sergio Momesso (9)Luc Robitaille (39), Mark Messier (47)1–002:42 NYR · 
Brian Bellows (19)Chris Gratton (14)1–104:03 TBL- Brian Bellows (20)Roman Hamrlik (42), Brian Bradley (51)1–213:42 TBL ·
Mark Messier (42)Brian Leetch (56)2–215:01 NYR ·
2nd period
Shawn Burr (11)Paul Ysebaert (10)2–316:19 TBL
3rd period
John Cullen (14)Chris Gratton (15), David Shaw (7)2–412:37 TBL · 
John Tucker (3)John Cullen (29), David Shaw (8)2–515:58 TBL
Team stats
NYRTBL
2633
0%0%
2/52/5
1815
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:30 into the first period
Mark Messier · interference2 min - 2:27 into the first period
Cory Cross · hooking2 min - 7:55 into the first periodSergio Momesso · slashing2 min
- 9:06 into the first periodChris Gratton · hooking2 min
- 13:30 into the first periodNiklas Sundstrom · hooking2 min
- 14:38 into the first periodBrian Bradley · hooking2 min
- 8:58 into the second periodAlex Kovalev · high sticking5 min
- 16:27 into the second periodJason Wiemer · high sticking2 min
- 8:07 into the third periodRudy Poeschek · holding the stick2 min
- 11:42 into the third periodRay Ferraro · tripping2 min
- 17:23 into the third periodJoey Kocur · fighting5 min
- 17:23 into the third periodEnrico Ciccone · fighting5 min
Season series
New York Rangers
| 11Mark MessierC | 1 | 1 | 2 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 20Luc RobitailleL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 32Sergio MomessoL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 2Brian LeetchD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 9Adam GravesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 5 | – |
| 13Sergei NemchinovL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 15Darren LangdonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 18Bill BergL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 21Ray FerraroC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Ian LaperriereR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 24Niklas SundstromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 26Joey KocurR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27Alex KovalevR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 5Ulf SamuelssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 14Mattias NorstromD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 23Jeff BeukeboomD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 25Alexander KarpovtsevD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 33Bruce DriverD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Glenn HealyG | L | 33 | 5 | .849 |
| 34Jamie RamG | 0 | 0 | – |
Tampa Bay Lightning
| 12John CullenC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 23Brian BellowsL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 77Chris GrattonC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 27David ShawD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 11Shawn BurrL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 14John TuckerR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 15Paul YsebaertL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 19Brian BradleyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 44Roman HamrlikD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 7Rob ZamunerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 22Aaron GaveyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Jason WiemerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 29Alexander SelivanovR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 34Mikael AnderssonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Cory CrossD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 6Adrian PlavsicD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Rudy PoeschekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 39Enrico CicconeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jeff ReeseG | W | 19 | 2 | .895 |
| 35Derek WilkinsonG | 7 | 0 | 1.000 |