Toronto Maple Leafs vs New York Rangers

Regular season · Friday, December 6, 1996 · Madison Square Garden

TorontoMaple LeafsAway

5–6

Final

SOG 33–43

NY RangersRangersHome

Game summary

The New York Rangers beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 6-5 on Friday, December 6, 1996 at Madison Square Garden. The Rangers outshot the Maple Leafs 43-33.

Bill Berg scored twice and Wayne Gretzky scored twice. Mark Messier, Freddy Modin, Darby Hendrickson, Adam Graves, Mats Sundin, Doug Gilmour and Todd Warriner also scored.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
TOR	2	2	1	5	33
NYR	3	1	2	6	43

Scoring

1st period

Mark Messier (15)Adam Graves (11), Alex Kovalev (13)0–103:46 NYR
Bill Berg (1)Wayne Gretzky (23), Darren Langdon (2)0–207:58 NYR
Freddy Modin (2)Darby Hendrickson (2), Kirk Muller (8)1–208:53 TOR
Wayne Gretzky (11)Luc Robitaille (12), Niklas Sundstrom (8)1–310:25 NYR
Darby Hendrickson (3)Kirk Muller (9), Tie Domi (6)2–316:30 TOR

2nd period

Adam Graves (10)Mark Messier (14), Jeff Beukeboom (3)2–406:14 NYR
Mats Sundin (17)Dave Ellett (4), Marcel Cousineau (1)3–408:59 TOR · PPG
Doug Gilmour (6)Wendel Clark (7)4–416:58 TOR

3rd period

Todd Warriner (2)Mike Craig (7)5–403:07 TOR
Wayne Gretzky (12)Ulf Samuelsson (5)5–516:57 NYR
Bill Berg (2)Wayne Gretzky (24)5–619:33 NYR

Team stats

TORNYR

33Shots on goal43

0%Faceoff %0%

1/3Power play0/2

16Penalty minutes18

0Hits0

0Blocked shots0

0Giveaways0

0Takeaways0

Penalties

1st 08:00Darren Langdon · fighting5 min
1st 08:00Tie Domi · fighting5 min
1st 14:21Luc Robitaille · hooking obstruction2 min
2nd 01:09Luc Robitaille · tripping obstruction2 min
2nd 07:24Bill Berg · fighting5 min
2nd 07:24Kirk Muller · fighting5 min
2nd 08:13Alex Kovalev · closing hand on puck2 min
2nd 09:40Mike Craig · interference2 min
2nd 11:56Alexander Karpovtsev · roughing2 min
2nd 11:56Wendel Clark · roughing2 min
2nd 17:51Darby Hendrickson · hooking2 min

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