New York Islanders vs New York Rangers
Regular season · Wednesday, December 11, 1996 · Madison Square Garden
Game summary
The New York Islanders beat the New York Rangers 5-3 on Wednesday, December 11, 1996 at Madison Square Garden. The Rangers outshot the Islanders 40-30.
Ziggy Palffy scored twice. Niklas Sundstrom, Bryan Berard, Niklas Andersson, Bryan Smolinski, Bill Berg and Luc Robitaille also scored.
Scoring
1st period
Niklas Sundstrom (12)Wayne Gretzky (28), Luc Robitaille (14)0–102:20 NYR
2nd period
Bryan Berard (4)Travis Green (12), Tommy Salo (1)1–104:03 NYI · PPG
Niklas Andersson (5)Bryan Berard (17), Ziggy Palffy (16)2–105:14 NYI
Bryan Smolinski (5)Niklas Andersson (11), Scott Lachance (3)3–112:34 NYI
Ziggy Palffy (19)Travis Green (13)4–117:16 NYI
3rd period
- Ziggy Palffy (20)Bryan Smolinski (5), Kenny Jonsson (5)5–103:16 NYI · PPG
Bill Berg (4)Brian Noonan (9), Bruce Driver (10)5–209:12 NYR
Luc Robitaille (10)Darren Langdon (3), Sergei Nemchinov (11)5–315:29 NYR
Team stats
NYINYR
30Shots on goal40
0%Faceoff %0%
2/3Power play0/3
11Penalty minutes11
0Hits0
0Blocked shots0
0Giveaways0
0Takeaways0
Penalties
- 1st 03:12
Rich Pilon · roughing2 min - 1st 04:07
Bruce Driver · tripping2 min - 1st 14:01Bryan Berard · interference2 min
- 1st 14:21Tommy Salo · delaying game2 min
- 2nd 02:13Glenn Healy · interference2 min
- 3rd 01:26Luc Robitaille · boarding2 min
- 3rd 04:52Paul Kruse · fighting5 min
- 3rd 04:52Darren Langdon · fighting5 min
Season series
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