Buffalo Sabres
at
New York Rangers
Oct 27, 1996 · Madison Square Garden
| Team | Goals | Shots |
|---|---|---|
| 4 | 33 | |
| 6 | 40 |
Scoring
| Time | Team | Goal | Assists | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st Period | ||||
| 11:51 | NYR | Brian Leetch (2) PP | Luc Robitaille (7), Wayne Gretzky (10) | 0 - 1 |
| 13:25 | NYR | Luc Robitaille (3) | Wayne Gretzky (11), Niklas Sundstrom (3) | 0 - 2 |
| 16:56 | NYR | Mark Messier (4) PP | Alex Kovalev (5), Adam Graves (5) | 0 - 3 |
| 2nd Period | ||||
| 01:33 | BUF | Derek Plante (5) | Matthew Barnaby (1), Garry Galley (5) | 1 - 3 |
| 05:41 | BUF | Michal Grosek (2) | Matthew Barnaby (2) | 2 - 3 |
| 13:26 | NYR | Wayne Gretzky (5) | Niklas Sundstrom (4), Alexander Karpovtsev (7) | 2 - 4 |
| 15:15 | NYR | Patrick Flatley (2) | Daniel Goneau (1), Sergei Nemchinov (4) | 2 - 5 |
| 19:42 | NYR | Niklas Sundstrom (5) PP | Bruce Driver (5), Wayne Gretzky (12) | 2 - 6 |
| 3rd Period | ||||
| 14:12 | BUF | Brian Holzinger (4) | Pat LaFontaine (5), Darryl Shannon (2) | 3 - 6 |
| 15:52 | BUF | Randy Burridge (1) | Jason Dawe (5), Alexei Zhitnik (5) | 4 - 6 |
Penalties
| Time | Team | Player | Penalty | Min |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st Period | ||||
| 02:00 | NYR | Shane Churla | High sticking | 2 |
| 10:45 | BUF | Bob Boughner | Tripping obstruction | 2 |
| 16:17 | BUF | Dixon Ward | Holding | 2 |
| 2nd Period | ||||
| 02:34 | NYR | Darren Langdon | Holding obstruction | 2 |
| 03:57 | BUF | Jason Dawe | Roughing | 2 |
| 03:57 | NYR | Alexander Karpovtsev | Roughing | 2 |
| 08:57 | NYR | Darren Langdon | Roughing | 2 |
| 11:53 | BUF | Rob Ray | Interference obstruction | 2 |
| 11:53 | NYR | Adam Graves | Cross checking | 2 |
| 15:43 | NYR | Alex Kovalev | Hooking | 2 |
| 19:26 | BUF | Mike Wilson | Holding stick obstruction | 2 |
| 3rd Period | ||||
| 06:20 | BUF | Rob Ray | Roughing | 2 |
| 06:20 | BUF | Rob Ray | Slashing | 2 |
| 06:20 | NYR | Shane Churla | Slashing | 2 |
| 11:07 | NYR | Eric Cairns | Cross checking | 2 |
| 19:22 | NYR | Bruce Driver | High sticking | 2 |
| 20:00 | NYR | Jeff Beukeboom | Cross checking | 2 |
Buffalo Sabres
| # | Skater | Pos | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | Shots | Hits | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 77 | R | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 00:00 | |
| 12 | L | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 00:00 | |
| 19 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 00:00 | |
| 22 | L | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 00:00 | |
| 38 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 00:00 | |
| 16 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 00:00 | |
| 27 | R | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 00:00 | |
| 28 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 00:00 | |
| 29 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 00:00 | |
| 77 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 00:00 | |
| 2 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 00:00 | |
| 6 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 00:00 | |
| 12 | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 00:00 | |
| 19 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 00:00 | |
| 22 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 00:00 | |
| 32 | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 00:00 | |
| 37 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 00:00 | |
| 93 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 00:00 |
| # | Goalie | Decision | Shots against | Saves | Goals against | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35 | L | 40 | 34 | 6 | 59:22 |
New York Rangers
| # | Skater | Pos | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | Shots | Hits | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 99 | C | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 00:00 | |
| 37 | R | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 00:00 | |
| 20 | L | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 00:00 | |
| 8 | R | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 00:00 | |
| 11 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 00:00 | |
| 22 | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | -3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 00:00 | |
| 7 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 00:00 | |
| 9 | L | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 00:00 | |
| 12 | L | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 00:00 | |
| 27 | R | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 00:00 | |
| 33 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 00:00 | |
| 39 | L | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 00:00 | |
| 4 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 00:00 | |
| 14 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 00:00 | |
| 17 | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 00:00 | |
| 22 | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 00:00 | |
| 23 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 00:00 | |
| 33 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 00:00 |
| # | Goalie | Decision | Shots against | Saves | Goals against | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 | W | 33 | 29 | 4 | 60:00 |