The New York Rangers beat the Florida Panthers, 7 to 3, on December 22, 1996.

Final

Panthers

19-8-7

3

Rangers

18-14-5

7

Team

FLA

NYR

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

FLA

NYR

Alex Kovalev (EV) assisted by Adam Graves and Mark Messier

Ray Sheppard (EV) assisted by Martin Straka

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

Alexander Karpovtsev (PP) assisted by Adam Graves and Brian Leetch

2nd period

FLA

NYR

Mark Messier (SH) assisted by Brian Leetch

Mark Messier (EV) assisted by Brian Leetch and Alex Kovalev

Alex Kovalev (EV) assisted by Brian Leetch and Mark Messier

3rd period

FLA

NYR

Niklas Sundstrom (EV) assisted by Luc Robitaille

Ray Sheppard (EV) assisted by Dave Lowry and Martin Straka

Ray Sheppard (PP) assisted by Martin Straka

Panthers

Rangers

Goals

Shots

Penalty Minutes

Power-Play Goals

Power-Play Opportunities

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Panthers

Rangers

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
John Vanbiesbrouck (L) J. Vanbiesbrouck	0	1	0	29	23	.793	6	9.00	0	40
Mark Fitzpatrick M. Fitzpatrick				9	8	.889	1	3.00	0	20

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	S	S%
Terry Carkner T. Carkner	0	0	0	-3	4	0	0	0
Radek Dvorak R. Dvorak	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	4	0.0
Tom Fitzgerald T. Fitzgerald	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Johan Garpenlov J. Garpenlov	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	2	0.0
Mike Hough M. Hough	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Jody Hull J. Hull	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	1	0.0
Ed Jovanovski E. Jovanovski	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	2	0.0
Bill Lindsay B. Lindsay	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0
Dave Lowry D. Lowry	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	1	0.0
Scott Mellanby S. Mellanby	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	3	0.0
Gord Murphy G. Murphy	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Ray Sheppard R. Sheppard	3	0	3	-1	0	1	0	7	42.9
Brian Skrudland B. Skrudland	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	0.0
Martin Straka M. Straka	0	3	3	-1	0	0	1	3	0.0
Robert Svehla R. Svehla	0	0	0	-4	0	0	0	3	0.0
Chris Wells C. Wells	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Mike Richter (W) M. Richter	1	0	0	31	28	.903	3	3.00	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	S	S%
Bill Berg B. Berg	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0.0
Jeff Beukeboom J. Beukeboom	0	0	0	+4	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Shane Churla S. Churla	0	0	0	-1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bruce Driver B. Driver	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Patrick Flatley P. Flatley	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Daniel Goneau D. Goneau	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Adam Graves A. Graves	0	2	2	+3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	0	1	1	+2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Alexander Karpovtsev A. Karpovtsev	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	100.0
Alex Kovalev A. Kovalev	2	1	3	+3	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	33.3
Brian Leetch B. Leetch	0	4	4	+6	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	0.0
Mark Messier M. Messier	2	2	4	+4	0	0	0	1	0	1	7	28.6
Sergei Nemchinov S. Nemchinov	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Brian Noonan B. Noonan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Luc Robitaille L. Robitaille	0	2	2	+2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Ulf Samuelsson U. Samuelsson	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Niklas Sundstrom N. Sundstrom	2	0	2	+2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	66.7