Pittsburgh Penguins vs New York Rangers
Regular season · Wednesday, October 16, 1996 · Madison Square Garden
Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 8–1 on Wednesday, October 16, 1996 at Madison Square Garden. The Rangers outshot the Penguins 48–30.
Alex Kovalev scored a hat trick and Niklas Sundstrom scored twice. Sergei Nemchinov, Petr Nedved, Daniel Goneau and Christian Dube also scored.
Scoring
1st period
Alex Kovalev (1)Mark Messier (5), Jeff Beukeboom (1)0–107:16 NYR
Sergei Nemchinov (2)Alexander Karpovtsev (4), Patrick Flatley (2)0–213:13 NYR · 
Petr Nedved (2)Dave Roche (2), Ron Francis (5)1–217:55 PIT ·
2nd period
Niklas Sundstrom (2)Bruce Driver (3), Luc Robitaille (2)1–302:16 NYR
Daniel Goneau (3)Sergei Nemchinov (2), Patrick Flatley (3)1–411:03 NYR- Alex Kovalev (2)Mark Messier (6), Brian Leetch (4)1–511:13 NYR
- Niklas Sundstrom (3)Wayne Gretzky (5), Bill Berg (1)1–614:52 NYR
3rd period
- Alex Kovalev (3)Alexander Karpovtsev (5), Luc Robitaille (3)1–709:02 NYR ·
Christian Dube (1)Alexander Karpovtsev (6), Wayne Gretzky (6)1–818:31 NYR ·
Team stats
PITNYR
3048
0%0%
1/43/4
1313
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:30 into the first period
Kevin Hatcher · cross checking2 min - 3:21 into the first period
Luc Robitaille · tripping2 min - 11:14 into the first periodEd Patterson · slashing2 min
- 14:32 into the first periodAlex Kovalev · interference2 min
- 14:32 into the first periodAlex Kovalev · slashing2 min
- 2:24 into the second periodDarren Langdon · fighting5 min
- 2:24 into the second periodAlek Stojanov · fighting5 min
- 5:08 into the third periodDarren Langdon · roughing2 min
- 7:19 into the third periodKen Wregget · interference2 min
- 17:29 into the third periodFrancois Leroux · elbowing2 min
Season series
The box score appears once the game starts.