Florida Panthers at New York Rangers

Sun, Dec 22, 1996 · Madison Square Garden · 1996–97 Regular Season

Florida Panthers

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Final

New York Rangers

The New York Rangers beat the Florida Panthers 7–3 on Sun, Dec 22, 1996 at Madison Square Garden. Mark Messier led the way with 4 points. Mike Richter made 28 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 31–38.

Linescore

Team	T	SOG
FLA	3	31
NYR	7	38

Florida Panthers

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG
28	Martin Straka	C	0	3	3	-1	0	3
26	Ray Sheppard	R	3	0	3	-1	0	7
10	Dave Lowry	L	0	1	1	+1	0	1
27	Scott Mellanby	R	0	0	0	-2	0	3
21	Tom Fitzgerald	R	0	0	0	0	0	2
55	Ed Jovanovski	D	0	0	0	-1	2	2
19	Radek Dvorak	R	0	0	0	-2	0	4
7	Rhett Warrener	D	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	Jody Hull	R	0	0	0	-2	0	1
11	Bill Lindsay	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0
24	Robert Svehla	D	0	0	0	-4	0	3
5	Gord Murphy	D	0	0	0	0	0	1
3	Paul Laus	D	0	0	0	0	0	0
29	Johan Garpenlov	L	0	0	0	-1	0	2
20	Brian Skrudland	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1
23	Chris Wells	C	0	0	0	-1	2	0
2	Terry Carkner	D	0	0	0	-3	4	0
18	Mike Hough	L	0	0	0	0	0	1

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
34	John Vanbiesbrouck	L	29	23	6	.793	40:00
30	Mark Fitzpatrick		9	8	1	.889	20:00

New York Rangers

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG
11	Mark Messier	C	2	2	4	+4	0	7
2	Brian Leetch	D	0	4	4	+6	0	2
27	Alex Kovalev	R	2	1	3	+3	0	6
20	Luc Robitaille	L	0	2	2	+2	2	1
9	Adam Graves	L	0	2	2	+3	0	0
24	Niklas Sundstrom	R	2	0	2	+2	0	3
99	Wayne Gretzky	C	0	1	1	+2	0	3
25	Alexander Karpovtsev	D	1	0	1	0	0	1
33	Bruce Driver	D	0	0	0	-1	2	3
8	Patrick Flatley	R	0	0	0	-1	2	1
28	Brian Noonan	R	0	0	0	0	0	2
18	Bill Berg	L	0	0	0	-1	0	4
5	Ulf Samuelsson	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1
6	Doug Lidster	D	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	Jeff Beukeboom	D	0	0	0	+4	2	1
13	Sergei Nemchinov	L	0	0	0	-2	0	3
22	Shane Churla	R	0	0	0	-1	4	0
16	Daniel Goneau	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
35	Mike Richter	W	31	28	3	.903	60:00
30	Glenn Healy		0	0	0