New York Rangers vs Vancouver Canucks
Regular season · Saturday, November 23, 1996 · General Motors Place
Game summary
The Vancouver Canucks beat the New York Rangers 5–3 on Saturday, November 23, 1996 at General Motors Place. The Rangers outshot the Canucks 28–25.
Mike Ridley scored twice. Alexander Karpovtsev, Daniel Goneau, David Roberts, Alexander Mogilny, Niklas Sundstrom and Pavel Bure also scored.
Scoring
1st period
Alexander Karpovtsev (1)Brian Leetch (18), Mark Messier (11)1–012:12 NYR ·
2nd period
Daniel Goneau (9)Sergei Nemchinov (8), Doug Lidster (1)2–007:04 NYR
David Roberts (2)Russ Courtnall (4), Donald Brashear (1)2–108:28 VAN
Alexander Mogilny (10)Dave Babych (2)2–213:40 VAN
Mike Ridley (5)Alexander Mogilny (8), Mark Wotton (3)2–319:01 VAN
3rd period
- Mike Ridley (6)Scott Walker (5)2–401:02 VAN
Niklas Sundstrom (8)Brian Noonan (7), Alexander Karpovtsev (11)3–411:53 NYR
Pavel Bure (9)Esa Tikkanen (4)3–519:59 VAN ·
Team stats
NYRVAN
2825
0%0%
1/50/1
1422
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 2:40 into the first period
Adrian Aucoin · tripping2 min - 7:20 into the first period
Alexander Karpovtsev · interference2 min - 10:19 into the first periodDavid Roberts · hooking2 min
- 18:37 into the first periodAdam Graves · fighting5 min
- 18:37 into the first periodScott Walker · fighting5 min
- 1:09 into the second periodUlf Samuelsson · slashing2 min
- 1:09 into the second periodAlexander Mogilny · slashing2 min
- 4:42 into the second periodDarren Langdon · fighting5 min
- 4:42 into the second periodGino Odjick · fighting5 min
- 8:59 into the second periodJyrki Lumme · tripping2 min
- 11:40 into the second periodJyrki Lumme · hooking2 min
- 9:45 into the third periodScott Walker · interference goalkeeper2 min
Season series
The box score appears once the game starts.