Phoenix Coyotes vs New York Rangers
Regular season · Monday, December 9, 1996 · Madison Square Garden
Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the Phoenix Coyotes 5–2 on Monday, December 9, 1996 at Madison Square Garden. The Coyotes outshot the Rangers 33–27.
Niklas Sundstrom scored twice. Dallas Drake, Bill Berg, Oleg Tverdovsky, Alex Kovalev and Daniel Goneau also scored.
Mike Richter made 31 saves on 33 shots for the win; Nikolai Khabibulin stopped 17 of 20.
| Goals | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 PHX | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 33 |
 NYR | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 27 |
Scoring
1st period
Niklas Sundstrom (10)Luc Robitaille (13), Brian Leetch (23)0–101:10 NYR
Dallas Drake (6)Igor Korolev (2), Jeremy Roenick (12)1–103:07 PHX- Niklas Sundstrom (11)Brian Leetch (24), Wayne Gretzky (25)1–218:45 NYR
2nd period
Bill Berg (3)Wayne Gretzky (26), Patrick Flatley (6)1–300:47 NYR
Oleg Tverdovsky (6)Cliff Ronning (6), Deron Quint (5)2–302:07 PHX · 
Alex Kovalev (8)Sergei Nemchinov (10), Brian Noonan (8)2–402:26 NYR
Daniel Goneau (10)Alexander Karpovtsev (13), Wayne Gretzky (27)2–506:06 NYR ·
Team stats
PHXNYR
3327
0%0%
1/41/4
188
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:22 into the second periodJeff Beukeboom · interference2 min
- 4:45 into the second periodJim McKenzie · interference2 min
- 14:58 into the second periodAlex Kovalev · hooking2 min
- 20:00 into the second periodKeith Tkachuk · roughing2 min
- 0:30 into the third periodDaniel Goneau · holding the stick2 min
- 2:25 into the third periodAlex Kovalev · hooking2 min
- 8:48 into the third periodKeith Tkachuk · roughing2 min
- 16:28 into the third periodDave Manson · holding2 min
- 20:00 into the third periodJim McKenzie · misconduct10 min
Season series
Phoenix Coyotes
| 11Dallas DrakeR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 23Igor KorolevC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 77Cliff RonningC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 97Jeremy RoenickC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 5Deron QuintD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 20Oleg TverdovskyD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 7Keith TkachukL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 15Craig JanneyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 17Kris KingL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 19Shane DoanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 21Bob CorkumC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 22Mike GartnerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 33Jim McKenzieL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 34Darrin ShannonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 4Dave MansonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 8Jim JohnsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 10Brad McCrimmonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 27Teppo NumminenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Nikolai KhabibulinG | L | 20 | 3 | .850 |
| 43Darcy WakalukG | 7 | 2 | .714 |
New York Rangers
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 0 | 3 | 3 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 24Niklas SundstromR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 2Brian LeetchD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 8Patrick FlatleyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 13Sergei NemchinovL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 16Daniel GoneauL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 18Bill BergL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 20Luc RobitailleL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 27Alex KovalevR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 28Brian NoonanR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 25Alexander KarpovtsevD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 9Adam GravesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 15Darren LangdonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 19Christian DubeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Ulf SamuelssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 6Doug LidsterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 23Jeff BeukeboomD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 33Bruce DriverD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Glenn HealyG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Mike RichterG | W | 33 | 2 | .939 |