Buffalo Sabres vs New York Rangers

Regular season · Sunday, October 27, 1996 · Madison Square Garden

4–6

33–40

Game summary

The New York Rangers beat the Buffalo Sabres 6–4 on Sunday, October 27, 1996 at Madison Square Garden. The Rangers outshot the Sabres 40–33.

Goals came from Brian Leetch, Luc Robitaille, Mark Messier, Derek Plante, Michal Grosek, Wayne Gretzky, Patrick Flatley, Niklas Sundstrom, Brian Holzinger and Randy Burridge.

Goals
BUF	0	2	2	4	33
NYR	3	3	0	6	40

Scoring

1st period

Brian Leetch (2)Luc Robitaille (7), Wayne Gretzky (10)0–111:51 NYR ·
Luc Robitaille (3)Wayne Gretzky (11), Niklas Sundstrom (3)0–213:25 NYR
Mark Messier (4)Alex Kovalev (5), Adam Graves (5)0–316:56 NYR ·

2nd period

Derek Plante (5)Matthew Barnaby (1), Garry Galley (5)1–301:33 BUF
Michal Grosek (2)Matthew Barnaby (2)2–305:41 BUF
Wayne Gretzky (5)Niklas Sundstrom (4), Alexander Karpovtsev (7)2–413:26 NYR
Patrick Flatley (2)Daniel Goneau (1), Sergei Nemchinov (4)2–515:15 NYR
Niklas Sundstrom (5)Bruce Driver (5), Wayne Gretzky (12)2–619:42 NYR ·

3rd period

Brian Holzinger (4)Pat LaFontaine (5), Darryl Shannon (2)3–614:12 BUF
Randy Burridge (1)Jason Dawe (5), Alexei Zhitnik (5)4–615:52 BUF

Team stats

BUFNYR

3340

0%0%

0/63/4

1420

Penalties

2:00 into the first periodShane Churla · high sticking2 min
10:45 into the first periodBob Boughner · tripping obstruction2 min
16:17 into the first periodDixon Ward · holding2 min
2:34 into the second periodDarren Langdon · holding obstruction2 min
3:57 into the second periodJason Dawe · roughing2 min
3:57 into the second periodAlexander Karpovtsev · roughing2 min
8:57 into the second periodDarren Langdon · roughing2 min
11:53 into the second periodRob Ray · interference obstruction2 min
11:53 into the second periodAdam Graves · cross checking2 min
15:43 into the second periodAlex Kovalev · hooking2 min
19:26 into the second periodMike Wilson · holding stick obstruction2 min
6:20 into the third periodRob Ray · roughing2 min
6:20 into the third periodRob Ray · slashing2 min
6:20 into the third periodShane Churla · slashing2 min
11:07 into the third periodEric Cairns · cross checking2 min
19:22 into the third periodBruce Driver · high sticking2 min
20:00 into the third periodJeff Beukeboom · cross checking2 min

Game summary

Scoring

Team stats

Penalties

Season series