New York Rangers vs Colorado Avalanche
Regular season · Wednesday, November 27, 1996 · McNichols Sports Arena
Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the Colorado Avalanche 5-2 on Wednesday, November 27, 1996 at McNichols Sports Arena. The Avalanche outshot the Rangers 33-26.
Mark Messier scored twice and Patrick Flatley scored twice. Mike Ricci, Stephane Yelle and Niklas Sundstrom also scored.
Scoring
1st period
Mike Ricci (2)Stephane Yelle (8), Rene Corbet (5)0–100:25 COL
2nd period
Mark Messier (13)Alex Kovalev (11), Adam Graves (10)1–110:01 NYR
Patrick Flatley (4)Darren Langdon (1), Wayne Gretzky (20)2–110:39 NYR- Mark Messier (14)Unassisted3–119:40 NYR · SHG
3rd period
- Patrick Flatley (5)Unassisted4–104:17 NYR
Stephane Yelle (3)Uwe Krupp (7)4–216:42 COL
Niklas Sundstrom (9)Brian Leetch (20)5–219:23 NYR · EN
Team stats
NYRCOL
26Shots on goal33
0%Faceoff %0%
0/5Power play0/6
20Penalty minutes18
0Hits0
0Blocked shots0
0Giveaways0
0Takeaways0
Penalties
- 1st 01:05
Keith Jones · roughing2 min - 1st 01:05
Ulf Samuelsson · roughing2 min - 1st 06:26Alexander Karpovtsev · cross checking2 min
- 1st 11:42Alex Kovalev · hooking2 min
- 1st 13:13Keith Jones · hooking2 min
- 1st 19:03Bench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 2nd 03:57Brent Severyn · roughing2 min
- 2nd 03:57Jeff Beukeboom · roughing2 min
- 2nd 05:11Sylvain Lefebvre · interference2 min
- 2nd 15:45Keith Jones · roughing2 min
- 2nd 15:45Keith Jones · roughing2 min
- 2nd 15:45Daniel Goneau · roughing2 min
- 2nd 19:00Adam Graves · hooking obstruction2 min
- 3rd 01:20Alexander Karpovtsev · cross checking2 min
- 3rd 06:39Valeri Kamensky · high sticking2 min
- 3rd 10:11Brian Noonan · interference2 min
- 3rd 11:21Bench · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 3rd 12:10Valeri Kamensky · roughing2 min
- 3rd 12:10Ulf Samuelsson · interference2 min
Season series
The box score appears once the game starts.