New York Rangers vs New Jersey Devils
Regular season · Sunday, April 7, 1996 · Continental Airlines Arena
Game summary
The New Jersey Devils beat the New York Rangers 4–2 on Sunday, April 7, 1996 at Continental Airlines Arena. The Devils outshot the Rangers 35–25.
Goals came from Dave Andreychuk, Bill Guerin, John MacLean, Doug Lidster, Daniel Lacroix and Jason Smith.
Martin Brodeur made 23 saves on 25 shots for the win; Mike Richter stopped 31 of 35.
Scoring
1st period
Dave Andreychuk (27)Scott Stevens (22)0–114:16 NJD
Bill Guerin (22)Dave Andreychuk (28)0–216:30 NJD
John MacLean (20)Phil Housley (50), Dave Andreychuk (29)0–318:45 NJD
2nd period
Doug Lidster (5)Alex Kovalev (33)1–300:16 NYR
Daniel Lacroix (2)Barry Richter (1), Ken Gernander (3)2–316:43 NYR
3rd period
Jason Smith (2)Randy Mckay (10), Bobby Holik (16)2–407:10 NJD
Team stats
NYRNJD
2535
0%0%
0/20/3
86
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:55 into the first period
Jason Smith · tripping2 min - 12:09 into the first period
Alex Kovalev · hooking2 min - 7:29 into the second periodPhil Housley · holding2 min
- 10:18 into the second periodBill Guerin · roughing2 min
- 10:18 into the second periodUlf Samuelsson · roughing2 min
- 17:47 into the second periodUlf Samuelsson · holding2 min
- 4:34 into the third periodJeff Beukeboom · cross checking2 min
Season series
New York Rangers
| 12Ken GernanderR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 27Alex KovalevR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 37Daniel LacroixC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 6Doug LidsterD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 29Barry RichterD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 9Adam GravesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 13Sergei NemchinovL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 15Darren LangdonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 16Pat VerbeekR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Jari KurriR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 18Bill BergL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 20Luc RobitailleL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Niklas SundstromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 32Sergio MomessoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 2Brian LeetchD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 5Ulf SamuelssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Jeff BeukeboomD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 33Bruce DriverD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Glenn HealyG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Mike RichterG | L | 35 | 4 | .886 |
New Jersey Devils
| 23Dave AndreychukL | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 12Bill GuerinR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 15John MacLeanR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 16Bobby HolikC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 21Randy MckayR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 4Scott StevensD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 6Phil HousleyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 26Jason SmithD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 8Mike PelusoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 14Brian RolstonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 18Sergei BrylinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 19Bobby CarpenterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Steve SullivanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 32Steve ThomasR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 44Stephane RicherR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 3Ken DaneykoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27Scott NiedermayerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 28Kevin DeanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Martin BrodeurG | W | 25 | 2 | .920 |
| 35Corey SchwabG | 0 | 0 | – |