Washington Capitals vs New York Rangers
Regular season · Wednesday, October 23, 1996 · Madison Square Garden
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the New York Rangers 3–2 on Wednesday, October 23, 1996 at Madison Square Garden. The Rangers outshot the Capitals 25–23.
Goals came from Mark Tinordi, Bruce Driver, Michal Pivonka, Alex Kovalev and Ken Klee.
Scoring
2nd period
Mark Tinordi (1)Joe Juneau (4), Steve Konowalchuk (1)1–000:23 WSH
Bruce Driver (1)Brian Leetch (6), Wayne Gretzky (8)1–102:16 NYR · 
Michal Pivonka (2)Peter Bondra (4), Jason Allison (2)2–115:37 WSH
3rd period
Alex Kovalev (4)Adam Graves (3), Brian Leetch (7)2–211:11 NYR
Ken Klee (1)Unassisted3–213:50 WSH
Team stats
WSHNYR
2325
0%0%
0/31/5
128
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 3:14 into the first period
Jeff Beukeboom · hooking2 min - 11:12 into the first period
Richard Zednik · holding2 min - 13:25 into the first periodRichard Zednik · tripping2 min
- 17:33 into the first periodDarren Langdon · roughing2 min
- 0:45 into the second periodJeff Beukeboom · roughing2 min
- 0:45 into the second periodMark Tinordi · roughing2 min
- 1:41 into the second periodJoe Reekie · holding the stick2 min
- 6:58 into the second periodJoe Reekie · holding2 min
- 19:30 into the second periodAlex Kovalev · hooking2 min
- 6:55 into the third periodSteve Konowalchuk · interference2 min
Season series
The box score appears once the game starts.