Los Angeles Kings vs New York Rangers
Regular season · Wednesday, December 18, 1996 · Madison Square Garden
Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the Los Angeles Kings 4–0 on Wednesday, December 18, 1996 at Madison Square Garden. The Kings outshot the Rangers 37–23.
Luc Robitaille scored twice. Brian Leetch and Mark Messier also scored.
Mike Richter made 37 saves on 37 shots for the win; Byron Dafoe stopped 19 of 23.
Scoring
1st period
Luc Robitaille (12)Wayne Gretzky (32), Alexander Karpovtsev (15)0–104:37 NYR · 
Brian Leetch (9)Wayne Gretzky (33), Niklas Sundstrom (10)0–212:16 NYR
2nd period
Mark Messier (16)Unassisted0–303:16 NYR ·
3rd period
- Luc Robitaille (13)Wayne Gretzky (34), Ulf Samuelsson (7)0–409:42 NYR
Team stats
LAKNYR
3723
0%0%
0/41/5
108
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 2:06 into the first period
Ulf Samuelsson · roughing2 min - 4:00 into the first period
Mattias Norstrom · tripping2 min - 17:06 into the first periodLuc Robitaille · holding2 min
- 2:38 into the second periodEric Cairns · roughing2 min
- 9:50 into the second periodVitali Yachmenev · interference2 min
- 10:39 into the second periodLuc Robitaille · interference goalkeeper2 min
- 16:56 into the second periodSteven Finn · holding2 min
- 18:14 into the second periodMattias Norstrom · tripping2 min
- 1:59 into the third periodBrad Smyth · holding2 min
Season series
Los Angeles Kings
| 8Dmitri KhristichR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 9Vladimir TsyplakovL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 10Neal BrotenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 11Brad SmythR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 17Matt JohnsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Ray FerraroC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 21Kai NurminenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 22Ian LaperriereR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25Kevin StevensL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 41Brent GrieveL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 42Dan BylsmaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 43Vitali YachmenevR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 4Rob BlakeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 6Sean O'DonnellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 14Mattias NorstromD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 15Jaroslav ModryD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 28Philippe BoucherD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 29Steven FinnD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34Byron DafoeG | L | 23 | 4 | .826 |
| 35Stephane FisetG | 0 | 0 | – |
New York Rangers
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 0 | 3 | 3 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 20Luc RobitailleL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 11Mark MessierC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 24Niklas SundstromR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 2Brian LeetchD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 5Ulf SamuelssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 25Alexander KarpovtsevD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 8Patrick FlatleyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 9Adam GravesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 13Sergei NemchinovL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Daniel GoneauL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 18Bill BergL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Alex KovalevR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 28Brian NoonanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 37Ryan VandenbusscheR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 6Doug LidsterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Jeff BeukeboomD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 29Eric CairnsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Glenn HealyG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Mike RichterG | W | 37 | 0 | 1.000 |