Florida Panthers vs New York Rangers
Regular season · Sunday, December 22, 1996 · Madison Square Garden
Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the Florida Panthers 7–3 on Sunday, December 22, 1996 at Madison Square Garden. The Rangers outshot the Panthers 38–31.
Alex Kovalev scored twice, Ray Sheppard scored a hat trick, Niklas Sundstrom scored twice and Mark Messier scored twice. Alexander Karpovtsev also scored.
Scoring
1st period
Alex Kovalev (10)Adam Graves (13), Mark Messier (16)0–104:24 NYR
Ray Sheppard (14)Martin Straka (14)1–105:02 FLA
Niklas Sundstrom (14)Wayne Gretzky (38), Luc Robitaille (15)1–207:01 NYR
Alexander Karpovtsev (2)Adam Graves (14), Brian Leetch (26)1–319:39 NYR ·
2nd period
Mark Messier (17)Brian Leetch (27)1–407:44 NYR · - Mark Messier (18)Brian Leetch (28), Alex Kovalev (15)1–515:19 NYR
- Alex Kovalev (11)Brian Leetch (29), Mark Messier (17)1–619:16 NYR
3rd period
- Niklas Sundstrom (15)Luc Robitaille (16)1–704:42 NYR
- Ray Sheppard (15)Dave Lowry (9), Martin Straka (15)2–715:24 FLA
- Ray Sheppard (16)Martin Straka (16)3–719:28 FLA ·
Team stats
FLANYR
3138
0%0%
1/31/2
1012
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 2:21 into the first period
Bench · too many men on the ice2 min - 17:49 into the first periodTerry Carkner · tripping2 min
- 2:28 into the second periodTerry Carkner · charging2 min
- 2:28 into the second period
Patrick Flatley · roughing2 min - 7:10 into the second periodBruce Driver · interference2 min
- 11:32 into the second periodEd Jovanovski · roughing2 min
- 11:32 into the second periodShane Churla · cross checking2 min
- 11:32 into the second periodShane Churla · roughing2 min
- 15:04 into the second periodChris Wells · cross checking2 min
- 15:04 into the second periodLuc Robitaille · slashing2 min
- 17:46 into the third periodJeff Beukeboom · holding2 min
Season series
The box score appears once the game starts.