New York Rangers at Buffalo Sabres

Fri, Dec 13, 1996 · Marine Midland Arena · 1996–97 Regular Season

New York Rangers

3 – 0

Final

Buffalo Sabres

The New York Rangers beat the Buffalo Sabres 3–0 on Fri, Dec 13, 1996 at Marine Midland Arena. Alex Kovalev led the way with 2 points. Mike Richter made 30 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 26–30.

Linescore

Team	T	SOG
NYR	3	26
BUF	0	30

New York Rangers

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG
27	Alex Kovalev	R	1	1	2	+1	0	4
99	Wayne Gretzky	C	0	2	2	+1	0	4
28	Brian Noonan	R	1	0	1	0	0	2
2	Brian Leetch	D	0	1	1	+1	0	1
25	Alexander Karpovtsev	D	0	1	1	0	0	0
5	Ulf Samuelsson	D	1	0	1	0	0	1
20	Luc Robitaille	L	0	0	0	0	0	1
16	Daniel Goneau	L	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	Bill Berg	L	0	0	0	0	2	0
23	Jeff Beukeboom	D	0	0	0	+1	6	1
8	Patrick Flatley	R	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	Doug Lidster	D	0	0	0	0	0	1
33	Bruce Driver	D	0	0	0	0	4	5
13	Sergei Nemchinov	L	0	0	0	0	2	1
9	Adam Graves	L	0	0	0	0	2	3
24	Niklas Sundstrom	R	0	0	0	0	0	1
15	Darren Langdon	L	0	0	0	0	0	0
37	Ryan Vandenbussche	R	0	0	0	0	2	1

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
35	Mike Richter	W	30	30	0	1.000	60:00
30	Glenn Healy		0	0	0

Buffalo Sabres

#	Skater	Pos	+/-	PIM	SOG
15	Dixon Ward	L	-1	0	1
10	Brad May	L	0	0	3
27	Michael Peca	C	-1	2	2
44	Alexei Zhitnik	D	-1	0	3
36	Matthew Barnaby	R	0	6	0
12	Randy Burridge	L	0	0	6
38	Barrie Moore	L	0	0	2
6	Bob Boughner	D	0	0	1
26	Derek Plante	C	0	0	1
8	Darryl Shannon	D	0	0	1
3	Garry Galley	D	0	2	1
17	Jason Dawe	R	0	0	1
28	Donald Audette	R	0	0	0
32	Rob Ray	R	0	6	0
19	Brian Holzinger	C	0	0	2
18	Michal Grosek	L	0	0	0
4	Mike Wilson	D	0	0	0
42	Richard Smehlik	D	-1	2	6

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
39	Dominik Hasek	L	26	23	3	.885	60:00
30	Andrei Trefilov		0	0	0