New York Islanders at New York Rangers

Wed, Dec 11, 1996 · Madison Square Garden · 1996–97 Regular Season

New York Islanders

5 – 3

Final

New York Rangers

The New York Islanders beat the New York Rangers 5–3 on Wed, Dec 11, 1996 at Madison Square Garden. Ziggy Palffy led the way with 3 points. Tommy Salo made 37 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 30–40.

Linescore

Team	T	SOG
NYI	5	30
NYR	3	40

New York Islanders

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG
16	Ziggy Palffy	R	2	1	3	+1	0	6
15	Bryan Smolinski	C	1	1	2	+1	0	3
39	Travis Green	C	0	2	2	0	0	1
32	Niklas Andersson	L	1	1	2	+3	0	3
34	Bryan Berard	D	1	1	2	0	2	3
7	Scott Lachance	D	0	1	1	+1	0	0
3	Kenny Jonsson	D	0	1	1	0	0	3
11	Randy Wood	R	0	0	0	0	0	2
4	Bryan McCabe	D	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	Derek Armstrong	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1
13	Claude Lapointe	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1
6	Doug Houda	D	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	Marty Mcinnis	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1
2	Rich Pilon	D	0	0	0	-1	2	1
24	Paul Kruse	L	0	0	0	0	5	0
27	Derek King	L	0	0	0	-1	0	2
42	Dan Plante	R	0	0	0	-1	0	1
20	Brent Hughes	L	0	0	0	0	0	2

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
35	Tommy Salo	W	40	37	3	.925	60:00
1	Eric Fichaud		0	0	0

New York Rangers

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

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30	Glenn Healy	L	30	25	5	.833	59:08
35	Mike Richter		0	0	0