New York Rangers vs Tampa Bay Lightning
Regular season · Sunday, October 20, 1996 · Ice Palace
Game summary
The Tampa Bay Lightning beat the New York Rangers 5–2 on Sunday, October 20, 1996 at Ice Palace. The Rangers outshot the Lightning 34–26.
Goals came from Brian Bradley, Wayne Gretzky, Dino Ciccarelli, Alexander Selivanov, Roman Hamrlik, Daniel Goneau and Chris Gratton.
Corey Schwab made 32 saves on 34 shots for the win; Mike Richter stopped 21 of 25.
Scoring
1st period
Brian Bradley (3)Rob Zamuner (4)0–111:46 TBL
Wayne Gretzky (3)Niklas Sundstrom (1)1–113:45 NYR
2nd period
Dino Ciccarelli (4)Rudy Poeschek (3), Chris Gratton (3)1–200:23 TBL
Alexander Selivanov (2)Rob Zamuner (5), Drew Bannister (1)1–300:55 TBL
Roman Hamrlik (1)Unassisted1–418:20 TBL ·
3rd period
Daniel Goneau (5)Brian Leetch (5)2–404:32 NYR · 
Chris Gratton (4)Dino Ciccarelli (4), Corey Schwab (1)2–519:05 TBL ·
Team stats
NYRTBL
3426
0%0%
1/41/4
88
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:35 into the first period
Patrick Flatley · interference goalkeeper2 min - 4:18 into the first periodJayson More · cross checking2 min
- 7:58 into the first period
Roman Hamrlik · holding the stick2 min - 6:03 into the second periodShawn Burr · holding obstruction2 min
- 7:59 into the second periodBrian Leetch · hooking2 min
- 16:26 into the second periodPatrick Flatley · roughing2 min
- 3:22 into the third periodDrew Bannister · hooking2 min
- 12:23 into the third periodShawn Burr · interference obstruction2 min
Season series
New York Rangers
| 16Daniel GoneauL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Niklas SundstromR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 6 | – |
| 2Brian LeetchD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 4 | – |
| 8Patrick FlatleyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 9Adam GravesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 5 | – |
| 11Mark MessierC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 13Sergei NemchinovL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 15Darren LangdonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 18Bill BergL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 19Christian DubeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 20Luc RobitailleL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 27Alex KovalevR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 5Ulf SamuelssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 21Jayson MoreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 23Jeff BeukeboomD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 25Alexander KarpovtsevD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 33Bruce DriverD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Glenn HealyG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Mike RichterG | L | 25 | 4 | .840 |
Tampa Bay Lightning
| 7Rob ZamunerL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 22Dino CiccarelliR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 77Chris GrattonC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 19Brian BradleyC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 29Alexander SelivanovR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 20Rudy PoeschekD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 44Roman HamrlikD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 55Drew BannisterD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 11Shawn BurrL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 12John CullenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 18Daymond LangkowC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Brian BellowsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 24Jason WiemerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 34Mikael AnderssonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 92Aaron GaveyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Bill HoulderD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 4Cory CrossD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Igor UlanovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32Corey SchwabG | W | 34 | 2 | .941 |
| 35Derek WilkinsonG | 0 | 0 | – |