BOXSCORE
New York Rangers
Madison Square Garden
7 FINAL 3
December 22, 1996
Florida Panthers
Scoring Summary
1st Period
Alex Kovalev (10)
Adam Graves (13), Mark Messier (16)
1-0 NYR
Score
04:24
Time
Ray Sheppard (14)
Martin Straka (14)
1-1 Tied
Score
05:02
Time
Niklas Sundstrom (14)
Wayne Gretzky (38), Luc Robitaille (15)
2-1 NYR
Score
07:01
Time
Alexander Karpovtsev (2) (pp)
Adam Graves (14), Brian Leetch (26)
3-1 NYR
Score
19:39
Time
2nd Period
Mark Messier (17) (sh)
Brian Leetch (27)
4-1 NYR
Score
07:44
Time
Mark Messier (18)
Brian Leetch (28), Alex Kovalev (15)
5-1 NYR
Score
15:19
Time
Alex Kovalev (11)
Brian Leetch (29), Mark Messier (17)
6-1 NYR
Score
19:16
Time
3rd Period
Niklas Sundstrom (15)
Luc Robitaille (16)
7-1 NYR
Score
04:42
Time
Ray Sheppard (15)
Dave Lowry (9), Martin Straka (15)
7-2 NYR
Score
15:24
Time
Ray Sheppard (16) (pp)
Martin Straka (16)
7-3 NYR
Score
19:28
Time
Penalties
1st Period
| Team | Time | Penalty |
|---|---|---|
| 02:21 | – too-many-men-on-the-ice (2 min) | |
| 17:49 | Terry Carkner – tripping (2 min) |
2nd Period
| Team | Time | Penalty |
|---|---|---|
| 02:28 | Terry Carkner – charging (2 min) | |
| 02:28 | Patrick Flatley – roughing (2 min) | |
| 07:10 | Bruce Driver – interference (2 min) | |
| 11:32 | Ed Jovanovski – roughing (2 min) | |
| 11:32 | Shane Churla – cross-checking (2 min) | |
| 11:32 | Shane Churla – roughing (2 min) | |
| 15:04 | Chris Wells – cross-checking (2 min) | |
| 15:04 | Luc Robitaille – slashing (2 min) |
3rd Period
| Team | Time | Penalty |
|---|---|---|
| 17:46 | Jeff Beukeboom – holding (2 min) |
| # | Player | POS | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | HITS | PPG | S | FO% | TOI | BLK | SHIFT | GV | TK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | B. Leetch | D | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.00% | 00:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | U. Samuelsson | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | 00:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | D. Lidster | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 00:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | P. Flatley | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | 00:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | A. Graves | L | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 00:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | M. Messier | C | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.00% | 00:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | S. Nemchinov | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.00% | 00:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | D. Goneau | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 00:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | B. Berg | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.00% | 00:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | L. Robitaille | L | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | 00:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | S. Churla | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 00:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | J. Beukeboom | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | 00:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | N. Sundstrom | R | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.00% | 00:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | A. Karpovtsev | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.00% | 00:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | A. Kovalev | R | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.00% | 00:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | B. Noonan | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.00% | 00:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | B. Driver | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.00% | 00:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | W. Gretzky | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.00% | 00:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| # | Player | SV | SA | GA | EV | PP | SH | SV% | GAA | TOI | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 | G. Healy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0/0 | 0/0/0 | 0/0/0 | 0.000 | 0.00 | 60:00 | ||
| 35 | M. Richter | x | W | 28 | 28 | 3 | 2/0/0 | 1/0/0 | 0/0/0 | 0.903 | 3.00 | 60:00 |
| # | Player | POS | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | HITS | PPG | S | FO% | TOI | BLK | SHIFT | GV | TK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | T. Carkner | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 00:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | P. Laus | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 00:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | G. Murphy | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | 00:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | R. Warrener | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 00:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | D. Lowry | L | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | 00:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | B. Lindsay | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 00:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | J. Hull | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | 00:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | M. Hough | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | 00:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | R. Dvorak | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.00% | 00:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | B. Skrudland | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | 00:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | T. Fitzgerald | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.00% | 00:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | C. Wells | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 00:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | R. Svehla | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.00% | 00:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | R. Sheppard | R | 3 | 0 | 3 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0.00% | 00:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | S. Mellanby | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.00% | 00:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | M. Straka | C | 0 | 3 | 3 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.00% | 00:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | J. Garpenlov | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.00% | 00:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 55 | E. Jovanovski | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.00% | 00:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| # | Player | SV | SA | GA | EV | PP | SH | SV% | GAA | TOI | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 | M. Fitzpatrick | 8 | 8 | 1 | 1/0/0 | 0/0/0 | 0/0/0 | 0.889 | 3.00 | 20:00 | ||
| 34 | J. Vanbiesbrouck | x | L | 23 | 23 | 6 | 4/0/0 | 1/0/0 | 1/0/0 | 0.793 | 9.00 | 40:00 |
NYR
VS
FLA
Game Stats
| 7 | Goals | 3 |
| 38 | Shots | 31 |
| 12 | Penalty Minutes | 8 |
| 0 | Hits | 0 |
| 0 | Blocks | 0 |
| 0 | Give Aways | 0 |
| 0 | Take Aways | 0 |
Goals by Period
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
Season Series: 1-3-2
As of December 22, 1996
All-Time vs FLA
Overall: 8-7-4-0
At NYR: 4-3-3-0
Last 10 vs FLA
Overall: 3-4-3-0
At NYR: 4-3-3-0
