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Hartford Whalers at New York Rangers

Madison Square Garden, New York Regular Season Final

Final score

The New York Rangers beat the Hartford Whalers 5–2 on Monday, December 16, 1996 at home.

Team Goals 1996-1997 record
Hartford Whalers 2 32-39-11
at New York Rangers 5 38-34-10

Goals by period

Team Total
Hartford Whalers 0 0 2 2
New York Rangers 3 1 1 5

Shots on goal by period

Team Total
Hartford Whalers 12 15 14 41
New York Rangers 17 7 10 34

Scoring summary

Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
1st 01:21 New York Rangers Bill Berg (5) Patrick Flatley (7) Even strength HFD 0, NYR 1
1st 03:44 New York Rangers Luc Robitaille (11) Wayne Gretzky (31), Brian Noonan (10) Power play HFD 0, NYR 2
1st 11:36 New York Rangers Adam Graves (11) Mark Messier (15) Shorthanded HFD 0, NYR 3
2nd 11:07 New York Rangers Doug Lidster (1) Unassisted Even strength HFD 0, NYR 4
3rd 00:38 New York Rangers Wayne Gretzky (14) Niklas Sundstrom (9), Jeff Beukeboom (4) Even strength HFD 0, NYR 5
3rd 03:18 Hartford Whalers Jeff O'Neill (10) Curtis Leschyshyn (7), Paul Ranheim (4) Even strength HFD 1, NYR 5
3rd 14:57 Hartford Whalers Geoff Sanderson (19) Kevin Haller (6), Adam Burt (7) Power play HFD 2, NYR 5

Numbers in brackets are the player's season totals after the goal.

Team stats

Stat Hartford Whalers New York Rangers
Shots on goal 41 34
Power play 1 of 3 1 of 2
Penalty minutes 29 41

Box score

Hartford Whalers

Hartford Whalers skaters
Player
8 G. Sanderson L 1 0 1 0 0 3 1
11 K. Dineen R 0 0 0 0 2 4 0
12 S. Rice R 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0
16 N. Emerson R 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0
18 R. Kron C 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0
21 A. Cassels C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
22 M. Janssens C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
28 P. Ranheim L 0 1 1 -1 0 2 0
32 S. Grimson L 0 0 0 0 9 0 0
37 J. Daniels L 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
55 K. Primeau C 0 0 0 -2 2 3 0
92 J. O'Neill C 1 0 1 -2 0 3 0
4 G. Diduck D 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
5 A. Godynyuk D 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
6 A. Burt D 0 1 1 -3 0 4 0
7 C. Leschyshyn D 0 1 1 0 2 3 0
14 K. Haller D 0 1 1 -2 4 2 0
36 G. Featherstone D 0 0 0 0 10 1 0
Hartford Whalers goalies
Goalie
29 J. Muzzatti 13 10 3 .769 11:36 Loss
47 J. Giguere 21 19 2 .905 48:24

New York Rangers

New York Rangers skaters
Player
8 P. Flatley R 0 1 1 +1 0 0 0
9 A. Graves L 1 0 1 +1 4 5 0
11 M. Messier C 0 1 1 +1 0 2 0
13 S. Nemchinov L 0 0 0 +1 2 2 0
16 D. Goneau L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 B. Berg L 1 0 1 +1 0 1 0
20 L. Robitaille L 1 0 1 +1 0 6 1
22 S. Churla R 0 0 0 0 17 0 0
24 N. Sundstrom R 0 1 1 +1 2 1 0
27 A. Kovalev R 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
28 B. Noonan R 0 1 1 0 10 0 0
99 W. Gretzky C 1 1 2 +1 2 5 0
2 B. Leetch D 0 0 0 +1 0 1 0
5 U. Samuelsson D 0 0 0 +1 0 1 0
6 D. Lidster D 1 0 1 +1 0 4 0
23 J. Beukeboom D 0 1 1 +1 0 2 0
25 A. Karpovtsev D 0 0 0 +1 4 0 0
33 B. Driver D 0 0 0 +1 0 2 0
New York Rangers goalies
Goalie
35 M. Richter 41 39 2 .951 60:00 Win

Penalties

Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 03:12 Hartford Whalers Kevin Haller Hooking obstruction 2
1st 11:00 New York Rangers Niklas Sundstrom Cross checking 2
1st 13:57 New York Rangers Sergei Nemchinov Hooking obstruction 2
1st 19:30 Hartford Whalers Curtis Leschyshyn Roughing 2
1st 19:30 Hartford Whalers Keith Primeau Roughing 2
1st 19:30 New York Rangers Adam Graves Roughing 2
1st 19:30 New York Rangers Adam Graves Roughing 2
3rd 05:55 Hartford Whalers Kevin Haller Roughing 2
3rd 05:55 New York Rangers Wayne Gretzky Roughing 2
3rd 09:18 Hartford Whalers Stu Grimson Interference 2
3rd 09:18 Hartford Whalers Stu Grimson Fighting (major) 5
3rd 09:18 New York Rangers Shane Churla Instigator 2
3rd 09:18 New York Rangers Shane Churla Fighting (major) 5
3rd 09:18 New York Rangers Shane Churla Misconduct (misconduct) 10
3rd 09:18 New York Rangers Brian Noonan Game misconduct (game misconduct) 10
3rd 13:16 Hartford Whalers Kevin Dineen Elbowing 2
3rd 13:16 Hartford Whalers Glen Featherstone Misconduct (misconduct) 10
3rd 13:16 New York Rangers Alexander Karpovtsev Roughing 2
3rd 13:16 New York Rangers Alexander Karpovtsev Roughing 2
3rd 19:59 Hartford Whalers Stu Grimson Roughing 2

Game information

Hartford Whalers head coach
Paul Maurice
New York Rangers head coach
Colin Campbell
Referees
Stephen Walkom
Linesmen
Mark Pare, Ray Scapinello
Hartford Whalers scratches
Jeff Brown, Sean Burke, Paul Coffey, Kelly Chase, Brian Glynn, Glen Wesley, Kent Manderville, Jason McBain, Kevin Brown, Manny Legace, Marek Malik, Nolan Pratt, Steve Martins, Hnat Domenichelli, Sami Kapanen
New York Rangers scratches
Jayson More, Jeff Nielsen, Peter Ferraro, Eric Cairns, Chris Ferraro, Ryan Vandenbussche, Vladimir Vorobiev, Darren Langdon, Sylvain Blouin, Christian Dube

1996-1997 season series

Matchup Status Details
Hartford Whalers 2 at New York Rangers 5 Final Game page
Hartford Whalers 2 at New York Rangers 5 Final Game page
New York Rangers 2 at Hartford Whalers 7 Final Game page
New York Rangers 1 at Hartford Whalers 2 Final Game page

Other NHL games on Dec 16

Matchup Status Details
Tampa Bay Lightning 4 at Montreal Canadiens 2 Final Game page
New Jersey Devils 5 at Calgary Flames 0 Final Game page

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