New York Rangers vs New York Islanders
Regular season · Sunday, March 31, 1996 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the New York Islanders 4–1 on Sunday, March 31, 1996 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Rangers outshot the Islanders 29–24.
Sergei Nemchinov scored twice. Marty Mcinnis, Alex Kovalev and Mark Messier also scored.
Mike Richter made 23 saves on 24 shots for the win; Eric Fichaud stopped 25 of 28.
Scoring
1st period
Marty Mcinnis (11)Darby Hendrickson (8)0–101:19 NYI
2nd period
Sergei Nemchinov (16)Adam Graves (33), Bruce Driver (33)1–110:02 NYR
3rd period
Alex Kovalev (20)Jari Kurri (25), Marty McSorley (22)2–101:25 NYR- Sergei Nemchinov (17)Sergio Momesso (12), Bill Berg (2)3–108:03 NYR
Mark Messier (46)Marty McSorley (23)4–118:17 NYR
Team stats
NYRNYI
2924
0%0%
0/40/5
2327
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 10:15 into the first period
Ziggy Palffy · tripping2 min - 10:31 into the first period
Pat Verbeek · tripping2 min - 18:49 into the first periodKenny Jonsson · interference obstruction2 min
- 20:00 into the first periodMark Messier · cross checking2 min
- 0:21 into the second periodDarby Hendrickson · holding the stick2 min
- 5:45 into the second periodDarren Langdon · hooking2 min
- 6:25 into the second periodMark Messier · elbowing2 min
- 12:37 into the second periodAdam Graves · elbowing2 min
- 18:01 into the second periodDerek Armstrong · hooking obstruction2 min
- 18:01 into the second periodPat Verbeek · diving2 min
- 2:12 into the third periodBryan McCabe · roughing2 min
- 2:12 into the third periodLuc Robitaille · slashing2 min
- 14:50 into the third periodBrent Severyn · roughing2 min
- 14:50 into the third periodTodd Bertuzzi · fighting5 min
- 14:50 into the third periodTodd Bertuzzi · game misconduct10 min
- 14:50 into the third periodShane Churla · instigator2 min
- 14:50 into the third periodShane Churla · fighting5 min
- 14:50 into the third periodDarren Langdon · roughing2 min
Season series
New York Rangers
| 13Sergei NemchinovL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 55Marty McSorleyD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 9Adam GravesL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 11Mark MessierC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 17Jari KurriR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 18Bill BergL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27Alex KovalevR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 32Sergio MomessoL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 33Bruce DriverD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 15Darren LangdonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 16Pat VerbeekR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 20Luc RobitailleL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 22Shane ChurlaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 24Niklas SundstromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 2Brian LeetchD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 5Ulf SamuelssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 6Doug LidsterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 23Jeff BeukeboomD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Glenn HealyG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Mike RichterG | W | 24 | 1 | .958 |
New York Islanders
| 17Darby HendricksonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 18Marty McinnisL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 14Derek ArmstrongC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 16Ziggy PalffyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 21Dan PlanteR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 24Brent SeverynL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Pat ConacherL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 26Patrick FlatleyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 32Niklas AnderssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 34Jarrett DeulingL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 39Travis GreenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 44Todd BertuzziR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 3Kenny JonssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4Bryan McCabeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 6Chris LuongoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 7Scott LachanceD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 11Darius KasparaitisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 36Jason StrudwickD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Eric FichaudG | L | 28 | 3 | .893 |
| 30Tommy SoderstromG | 1 | 1 | .000 |