The New York Rangers decisively defeated the Hartford Whalers, 5 to 2, on December 16, 1996.

Final

Whalers

14-10-6

2

Rangers

15-14-5

5

Team

HFD

NYR

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

HFD

NYR

Bill Berg (EV) assisted by Patrick Flatley

Luc Robitaille (PP) assisted by Wayne Gretzky and Brian Noonan

Adam Graves (SH) assisted by Mark Messier

2nd period

HFD

NYR

Doug Lidster (EV) unassisted

3rd period

HFD

NYR

Wayne Gretzky (EV) assisted by Niklas Sundstrom and Jeff Beukeboom

Jeff O'Neill (EV) assisted by Curtis Leschyshyn and Paul Ranheim

Geoff Sanderson (PP) assisted by Kevin Haller and Adam Burt

Whalers

Rangers

Goals

Shots

Penalty Minutes

Power-Play Goals

Power-Play Opportunities

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Whalers

Rangers

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Jason Muzzatti (L) J. Muzzatti	0	1	0	13	10	.769	3	15.52	0	12
Jean-Sebastien Giguere J. Giguere				21	19	.905	2	2.48	0	48

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	S	S%
Adam Burt A. Burt	0	1	1	-3	0	0	1	4	0.0
Andrew Cassels A. Cassels	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Jeff Daniels J. Daniels	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Gerald Diduck G. Diduck	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Kevin Dineen K. Dineen	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	4	0.0
Nelson Emerson N. Emerson	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	2	0.0
Glen Featherstone G. Featherstone	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	1	0.0
Alexander Godynyuk A. Godynyuk	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Stu Grimson S. Grimson	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0
Kevin Haller K. Haller	0	1	1	-2	4	0	1	2	0.0
Mark Janssens M. Janssens	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Robert Kron R. Kron	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	4	0.0
Curtis Leschyshyn C. Leschyshyn	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	3	0.0
Jeff O'Neill J. O'Neill	1	0	1	-2	0	0	0	3	33.3
Keith Primeau K. Primeau	0	0	0	-2	2	0	0	3	0.0
Paul Ranheim P. Ranheim	0	1	1	-1	0	0	0	2	0.0
Steven Rice S. Rice	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	3	0.0
Geoff Sanderson G. Sanderson	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	3	33.3

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Mike Richter (W) M. Richter	1	0	0	41	39	.951	2	2.00	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	S	S%
Bill Berg B. Berg	1	0	1	+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	100.0
Jeff Beukeboom J. Beukeboom	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Shane Churla S. Churla	0	0	0	0	17	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bruce Driver B. Driver	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Patrick Flatley P. Flatley	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Adam Graves A. Graves	1	0	1	+1	4	0	0	1	0	1	5	20.0
Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	1	1	2	+1	2	0	1	0	0	0	5	20.0
Alexander Karpovtsev A. Karpovtsev	0	0	0	+1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
Alex Kovalev A. Kovalev	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Brian Leetch B. Leetch	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Doug Lidster D. Lidster	1	0	1	+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	25.0
Mark Messier M. Messier	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0.0
Sergei Nemchinov S. Nemchinov	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Brian Noonan B. Noonan	0	1	1	0	10	0	1	0	0	0	0
Luc Robitaille L. Robitaille	1	0	1	+1	0	1	0	0	0	0	6	16.7
Ulf Samuelsson U. Samuelsson	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Niklas Sundstrom N. Sundstrom	0	1	1	+1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0