Washington Capitals vs New York Rangers
Regular season · Wednesday, April 10, 1996 · Madison Square Garden
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the New York Rangers 4–1 on Wednesday, April 10, 1996 at Madison Square Garden. The Capitals outshot the Rangers 33–27.
Dale Hunter scored twice. Steve Poapst, Andrew Brunette and Alex Kovalev also scored.
Jim Carey made 26 saves on 27 shots for the win; Mike Richter stopped 29 of 33.
Scoring
1st period
Dale Hunter (12)Sylvain Cote (32)1–000:43 WSH
Steve Poapst (1)Dale Hunter (24)2–014:40 WSH
3rd period
- Dale Hunter (13)Sergei Gonchar (26), Michal Pivonka (64)3–006:57 WSH ·
Andrew Brunette (3)Mike Eagles (6), Sylvain Cote (33)4–014:45 WSH
Alex Kovalev (24)Jari Kurri (27), Brian Leetch (69)4–118:11 NYR ·
Team stats
WSHNYR
3327
0%0%
1/61/4
1428
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 5:39 into the first period
Niklas Sundstrom · tripping obstruction2 min - 12:12 into the first periodJeff Beukeboom · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 12:12 into the first period
Kevin Kaminski · roughing2 min - 17:46 into the first periodAdam Graves · hooking2 min
- 3:23 into the second periodKen Klee · hooking obstruction2 min
- 10:03 into the second periodEric Charron · holding obstruction2 min
- 10:39 into the second periodSergei Gonchar · roughing2 min
- 18:19 into the second periodJeff Beukeboom · cross checking2 min
- 2:06 into the third periodAdam Graves · boarding2 min
- 6:32 into the third periodAdam Graves · diving2 min
- 6:57 into the third periodJeff Beukeboom · misconduct10 min
- 8:27 into the third periodLuc Robitaille · slashing2 min
- 17:50 into the third periodEric Charron · interference obstruction2 min
- 19:07 into the third periodDaniel Lacroix · roughing2 min
- 19:07 into the third periodDaniel Lacroix · slashing2 min
- 19:07 into the third periodDale Hunter · roughing2 min
- 19:07 into the third periodDale Hunter · slashing2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 32Dale HunterC | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 3Sylvain CoteD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 18Andrew BrunetteL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 20Michal PivonkaC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 36Mike EaglesL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 15Steve PoapstD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 55Sergei GoncharD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 10Kelly MillerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 11Jeff NelsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 12Peter BondraR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 16Stefan UstorfL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 21Todd KrygierL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Kevin KaminskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 90Joe JuneauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 2Ken KleeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 4Jim JohnsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 24Mark TinordiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 28Eric CharronD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Jim CareyG | W | 27 | 1 | .963 |
| 37Olie KolzigG | 0 | 0 | – |
New York Rangers
| 17Jari KurriR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 27Alex KovalevR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 2Brian LeetchD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 9Adam GravesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 12Ken GernanderR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Chris FerraroC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 15Darren LangdonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 18Bill BergL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 20Luc RobitailleL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 21Peter FerraroR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 24Niklas SundstromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 32Sergio MomessoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 37Daniel LacroixC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 4Kevin LoweD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 5Ulf SamuelssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 6Doug LidsterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 23Jeff BeukeboomD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 33Bruce DriverD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Glenn HealyG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Mike RichterG | L | 33 | 4 | .879 |