New York Rangers vs Ottawa Senators
Regular season · Thursday, December 26, 1996 · Corel Centre
Game summary
The Ottawa Senators beat the New York Rangers 5–2 on Thursday, December 26, 1996 at Corel Centre. The Senators outshot the Rangers 33–21.
Alexei Yashin scored twice and Mark Messier scored twice. Jason Zent, Sergei Zholtok and Alexandre Daigle also scored.
Damian Rhodes made 19 saves on 21 shots for the win; Glenn Healy stopped 28 of 32.
Scoring
1st period
Alexei Yashin (14)Alexandre Daigle (11)0–113:45 OTT · 
Jason Zent (1)Denis Chasse (3)0–214:53 OTT
2nd period
- Alexei Yashin (15)Frantisek Musil (2), Daniel Alfredsson (22)0–301:43 OTT
Mark Messier (19)Alex Kovalev (16), Brian Noonan (11)1–306:05 NYR · 
Sergei Zholtok (4)Wade Redden (11), Alexei Yashin (15)1–411:18 OTT
3rd period
- Mark Messier (20)Alex Kovalev (17)2–415:53 NYR
Alexandre Daigle (14)Unassisted2–518:12 OTT ·
Team stats
NYROTT
2133
0%0%
1/41/2
48
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 4:06 into the first period
Doug Lidster · hooking2 min - 12:32 into the first periodLuc Robitaille · hooking2 min
- 2:53 into the second period
Shaun Van Allen · hooking2 min - 5:51 into the second periodJanne Laukkanen · interference obstruction2 min
- 14:09 into the second periodSteve Duchesne · holding obstruction2 min
- 10:40 into the third periodFrantisek Musil · hooking obstruction2 min
Season series
New York Rangers
| 11Mark MessierC | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 27Alex KovalevR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 28Brian NoonanR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 8Patrick FlatleyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 9Adam GravesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 13Sergei NemchinovL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Daniel GoneauL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 18Bill BergL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Luc RobitailleL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 22Shane ChurlaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 24Niklas SundstromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 2Brian LeetchD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 5Ulf SamuelssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 6Doug LidsterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21Jayson MoreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Jeff BeukeboomD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 33Bruce DriverD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Glenn HealyG | L | 32 | 4 | .875 |
| 35Mike RichterG | 0 | 0 | – |
Ottawa Senators
| 19Alexei YashinC | 2 | 1 | 3 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 91Alexandre DaigleR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 11Daniel AlfredssonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 16Sergei ZholtokC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 20Denis ChasseR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 38Jason ZentL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 3Frantisek MusilD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 6Wade ReddenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 7Randy CunneyworthL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 10Andreas DackellR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 14Dave HannanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 22Shaun Van AllenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 25Bruce GardinerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 42Denny LambertL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 2Lance PitlickD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 27Janne LaukkanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 28Steve DuchesneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 33Jason YorkD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Damian RhodesG | W | 21 | 2 | .905 |
| 31Ron TugnuttG | 0 | 0 | – |