The New York Rangers fell to the New York Islanders, 5 to 3, on December 11, 1996.

Final

Islanders

10-11-8

5

Rangers

13-14-5

3

Team

NYI

NYR

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

NYI

NYR

Niklas Sundstrom (EV) assisted by Wayne Gretzky and Luc Robitaille

2nd period

NYI

NYR

Bryan Berard (PP) assisted by Travis Green and Tommy Salo

Niklas Andersson (EV) assisted by Bryan Berard and Ziggy Palffy

Bryan Smolinski (EV) assisted by Niklas Andersson and Scott Lachance

Ziggy Palffy (EV) assisted by Travis Green

3rd period

NYI

NYR

Ziggy Palffy (PP) assisted by Bryan Smolinski and Kenny Jonsson

Bill Berg (EV) assisted by Brian Noonan and Bruce Driver

Luc Robitaille (EV) assisted by Darren Langdon and Sergei Nemchinov

Islanders

Rangers

Goals

Shots

Penalty Minutes

Power-Play Goals

Power-Play Opportunities

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Islanders

Rangers

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Tommy Salo (W) T. Salo	1	0	0	40	37	.925	3	3.00	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	GWG	S	S%
Niklas Andersson N. Andersson	1	1	2	+3	0	0	0	0	3	33.3
Derek Armstrong D. Armstrong	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Bryan Berard B. Berard	1	1	2	0	2	1	0	0	3	33.3
Travis Green T. Green	0	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0.0
Brent Hughes B. Hughes	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Kenny Jonsson K. Jonsson	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	3	0.0
Derek King D. King	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Paul Kruse P. Kruse	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0
Scott Lachance S. Lachance	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	0
Claude Lapointe C. Lapointe	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Marty McInnis M. McInnis	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Ziggy Palffy Z. Palffy	2	1	3	+1	0	1	0	1	6	33.3
Rich Pilon R. Pilon	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	1	0.0
Dan Plante D. Plante	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Bryan Smolinski B. Smolinski	1	1	2	+1	0	0	1	0	3	33.3
Randy Wood R. Wood	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Glenn Healy (L) G. Healy	0	1	0	30	25	.833	5	5.07	0	59

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	S	S%
Bill Berg B. Berg	1	0	1	0	0	2	50.0
Jeff Beukeboom J. Beukeboom	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Bruce Driver B. Driver	0	1	1	+3	2	0
Patrick Flatley P. Flatley	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0.0
Adam Graves A. Graves	0	0	0	-3	0	8	0.0
Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	0	1	1	0	0	7	0.0
Alexander Karpovtsev A. Karpovtsev	0	0	0	-3	0	1	0.0
Alex Kovalev A. Kovalev	0	0	0	-2	0	2	0.0
Darren Langdon D. Langdon	0	1	1	+1	5	0
Brian Leetch B. Leetch	0	0	0	0	0	4	0.0
Doug Lidster D. Lidster	0	0	0	+3	0	1	0.0
Sergei Nemchinov S. Nemchinov	0	1	1	+1	0	2	0.0
Brian Noonan B. Noonan	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0.0
Luc Robitaille L. Robitaille	1	1	2	+2	2	5	20.0
Ulf Samuelsson U. Samuelsson	0	0	0	-3	0	2	0.0
Niklas Sundstrom N. Sundstrom	1	0	1	+1	0	1	100.0