New York Rangers vs Phoenix Coyotes
Regular season · Tuesday, November 26, 1996 · America West Arena
Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the Phoenix Coyotes 3–1 on Tuesday, November 26, 1996 at America West Arena. The Coyotes outshot the Rangers 38–33.
Mark Messier scored a hat trick. Keith Tkachuk also scored.
Mike Richter made 37 saves on 38 shots for the win; Nikolai Khabibulin stopped 30 of 32.
| Goals | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 NYR | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 33 |
 PHX | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 38 |
Scoring
1st period
Mark Messier (10)Alex Kovalev (10), Bruce Driver (9)1–007:29 NYR · - Mark Messier (11)Jeff Beukeboom (2), Brian Leetch (19)2–012:44 NYR
2nd period
Keith Tkachuk (7)Cliff Ronning (3)2–119:03 PHX
3rd period
- Mark Messier (12)Adam Graves (9)3–119:46 NYR ·
Team stats
NYRPHX
3338
0%0%
1/10/3
117
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 6:12 into the first periodMike Gartner · tripping2 min
- 10:10 into the first periodDarren Langdon · fighting5 min
- 10:10 into the first periodJim McKenzie · fighting5 min
- 7:38 into the second periodWayne Gretzky · tripping2 min
- 11:34 into the second periodBrian Leetch · interference2 min
- 17:34 into the third periodAlex Kovalev · boarding2 min
Season series
New York Rangers
| 11Mark MessierC | 3 | 0 | 3 | +1 | 9 | – |
| 9Adam GravesL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 27Alex KovalevR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 2Brian LeetchD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 23Jeff BeukeboomD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 33Bruce DriverD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 8Patrick FlatleyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 13Sergei NemchinovL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 15Darren LangdonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 16Daniel GoneauL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 19Christian DubeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Luc RobitailleL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 24Niklas SundstromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 28Brian NoonanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Ulf SamuelssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 6Doug LidsterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 25Alexander KarpovtsevD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Glenn HealyG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Mike RichterG | W | 38 | 1 | .974 |
Phoenix Coyotes
| 7Keith TkachukL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 77Cliff RonningC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 14Mike StapletonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 15Craig JanneyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 17Kris KingL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 18Chad KilgerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 21Bob CorkumC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 6 | – |
| 22Mike GartnerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 28Mike HudsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 32Mike EastwoodC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 33Jim McKenzieL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 34Darrin ShannonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Dave MansonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 5Deron QuintD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 10Brad McCrimmonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Oleg TverdovskyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 26Jeff FinleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 27Teppo NumminenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Nikolai KhabibulinG | L | 32 | 2 | .938 |
| 43Darcy WakalukG | 0 | 0 | – |