New York Rangers vs Washington Capitals

Regular season · Saturday, November 9, 1996 · Capital Centre

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2–3

Final

SOG 25–21

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Game summary

The Washington Capitals beat the New York Rangers 3-2 on Saturday, November 9, 1996 at Capital Centre. The Rangers outshot the Capitals 25-21.

Goals came from Luc Robitaille, Phil Housley, Calle Johansson, Patrick Flatley and Todd Krygier.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
NYR	1	0	1	2	25
WSH	0	2	1	3	21

Scoring

1st period

Luc Robitaille (6)Brian Leetch (13), Wayne Gretzky (16)1–015:20 NYR · PPG

2nd period

Phil Housley (4)Todd Krygier (4), Joe Juneau (6)1–105:56 WSH
Calle Johansson (2)Joe Juneau (7), Todd Krygier (5)1–210:02 WSH · PPG

3rd period

Patrick Flatley (3)Unassisted2–211:09 NYR
Todd Krygier (2)Joe Juneau (8), Sergei Gonchar (5)2–319:02 WSH

Team stats

NYRWSH

25Shots on goal21

0%Faceoff %0%

1/2Power play1/3

13Penalty minutes11

0Hits0

0Blocked shots0

0Giveaways0

0Takeaways0

Penalties

1st 02:38Eric Cairns · fighting5 min
1st 02:38Craig Berube · fighting5 min
1st 02:58Alex Kovalev · roughing2 min
1st 02:58Dale Hunter · roughing2 min
1st 10:31Alexander Karpovtsev · holding obstruction2 min
1st 14:50Joe Reekie · hooking obstruction2 min
1st 17:48Jeff Beukeboom · holding2 min
2nd 08:46Shane Churla · elbowing2 min
2nd 18:44Peter Bondra · hooking obstruction2 min

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