New York Rangers vs Pittsburgh Penguins
Regular season · Saturday, November 16, 1996 · Civic Arena
Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 8–3 on Saturday, November 16, 1996 at Civic Arena. The Rangers outshot the Penguins 41–22.
Mark Messier scored twice. Ian Moran, Adam Graves, Alex Kovalev, Darren Langdon, Wayne Gretzky, Niklas Sundstrom, Petr Nedved, Luc Robitaille and J.J. Daigneault also scored.
Mike Richter made 19 saves on 22 shots for the win; Ken Wregget stopped 22 of 27.
Scoring
1st period
Ian Moran (1)Jaromir Jagr (5), Petr Nedved (7)0–118:59 PIT
2nd period
Adam Graves (8)Alexander Karpovtsev (9), Ulf Samuelsson (2)1–100:10 NYR
Alex Kovalev (6)Niklas Sundstrom (6)2–103:59 NYR
Darren Langdon (2)Sergei Nemchinov (7), Alex Kovalev (9)3–104:36 NYR
Wayne Gretzky (9)Alexander Karpovtsev (10), Brian Noonan (6)4–109:18 NYR · 
Niklas Sundstrom (7)Brian Leetch (14), Wayne Gretzky (18)5–110:36 NYR · 
Mark Messier (6)Luc Robitaille (9)6–119:11 NYR ·
3rd period
Petr Nedved (7)Jaromir Jagr (6), Dmitri Mironov (5)6–200:13 PIT
Luc Robitaille (7)Adam Graves (6), Ulf Samuelsson (3)7–205:32 NYR- Mark Messier (7)Adam Graves (7)8–212:27 NYR
J.J. Daigneault (2)Ron Francis (16), Mario Lemieux (15)8–316:28 PIT
Team stats
NYRPIT
4122
0%0%
3/50/5
4254
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:11 into the first period
Brian Noonan · boarding2 min - 4:38 into the first periodShane Churla · high sticking2 min
- 4:38 into the first periodShane Churla · fighting5 min
- 4:38 into the first period
Shawn Antoski · instigator2 min - 4:38 into the first periodShawn Antoski · fighting5 min
- 4:38 into the first periodShawn Antoski · misconduct10 min
- 5:31 into the first periodChris Tamer · slashing2 min
- 13:03 into the first periodUlf Samuelsson · holding obstruction2 min
- 7:47 into the second periodCraig Muni · interference obstruction2 min
- 10:31 into the second periodJ.J. Daigneault · cross checking2 min
- 11:00 into the second periodJeff Beukeboom · hooking2 min
- 17:41 into the second periodFrancois Leroux · hooking2 min
- 2:27 into the third periodIan Moran · hooking2 min
- 6:01 into the third periodJeff Beukeboom · instigator2 min
- 6:01 into the third periodJeff Beukeboom · fighting5 min
- 6:01 into the third periodJeff Beukeboom · misconduct10 min
- 6:01 into the third periodAlex Kovalev · hooking2 min
- 6:01 into the third periodRon Francis · roughing2 min
- 6:01 into the third periodChris Tamer · roughing2 min
- 6:01 into the third periodChris Tamer · fighting5 min
- 6:01 into the third periodChris Tamer · game misconduct10 min
- 8:37 into the third periodChristian Dube · roughing2 min
- 8:37 into the third periodDave Roche · roughing2 min
- 11:35 into the third periodDarren Langdon · high sticking2 min
- 11:35 into the third periodFrancois Leroux · roughing2 min
- 15:30 into the third periodAdam Graves · roughing2 min
- 15:30 into the third periodAdam Graves · roughing2 min
- 15:30 into the third periodTyler Wright · roughing2 min
- 18:12 into the third periodUlf Samuelsson · slashing2 min
- 18:33 into the third periodKevin Hatcher · hooking2 min
Season series
New York Rangers
| 9Adam GravesL | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 7 | – |
| 11Mark MessierC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 8 | – |
| 20Luc RobitailleL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 24Niklas SundstromR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 27Alex KovalevR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 5Ulf SamuelssonD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 25Alexander KarpovtsevD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 13Sergei NemchinovL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 15Darren LangdonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 28Brian NoonanR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 2Brian LeetchD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 16Daniel GoneauL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 19Christian DubeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Shane ChurlaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 6Doug LidsterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Jeff BeukeboomD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 33Bruce DriverD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Glenn HealyG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Mike RichterG | W | 22 | 3 | .864 |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 68Jaromir JagrR | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 93Petr NedvedC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 10Ron FrancisC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 66Mario LemieuxC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 15Dmitri MironovD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Ian MoranD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 36J.J. DaigneaultD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 9Dan QuinnC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 11Shawn AntoskiL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 17Tomas SandstromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 27Glen MurrayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 29Tyler WrightC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 51Dave RocheL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 85Petr KlimaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 2Chris TamerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4Kevin HatcherD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 18Francois LerouxD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 28Craig MuniD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Ken WreggetG | L | 27 | 5 | .815 |
| 40Patrick LalimeG | 14 | 3 | .786 |