The Ottawa Senators handily defeated the New York Rangers, 5 to 2, on December 26, 1996.

Final

Rangers

18-15-5

2

Senators

11-15-7

5

Team

NYR

OTT

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

NYR

OTT

Alexei Yashin (PP) assisted by Alexandre Daigle

Jason Zent (EV) assisted by Denis Chasse

2nd period

NYR

OTT

Alexei Yashin (EV) assisted by Frantisek Musil and Daniel Alfredsson

Mark Messier (PP) assisted by Alex Kovalev and Brian Noonan

Sergei Zholtok (EV) assisted by Wade Redden and Alexei Yashin

3rd period

NYR

OTT

Mark Messier (EV) assisted by Alex Kovalev

Alexandre Daigle (EV-EN) unassisted

Rangers

Senators

Goals

Shots

Penalty Minutes

Power-Play Goals

Power-Play Opportunities

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Rangers

Senators

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Glenn Healy (L) G. Healy	0	1	0	32	28	.875	4	4.02	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	S	S%
Jeff Beukeboom J. Beukeboom	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	1	0.0
Shane Churla S. Churla	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0
Bruce Driver B. Driver	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	0.0
Patrick Flatley P. Flatley	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0
Daniel Goneau D. Goneau	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	1	0.0
Adam Graves A. Graves	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0
Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	0	0	0	-3	0	0	0	1	0.0
Alex Kovalev A. Kovalev	0	2	2	+1	0	0	1	2	0.0
Brian Leetch B. Leetch	0	0	0	-3	0	0	0	0
Doug Lidster D. Lidster	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0.0
Mark Messier M. Messier	2	0	2	0	0	1	0	4	50.0
Jayson More J. More	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Sergei Nemchinov S. Nemchinov	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Brian Noonan B. Noonan	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	2	0.0
Luc Robitaille L. Robitaille	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	2	0.0
Niklas Sundstrom N. Sundstrom	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	4	0.0

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Damian Rhodes (W) D. Rhodes	1	0	0	21	19	.905	2	2.00	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	GWG	S	S%
Daniel Alfredsson D. Alfredsson	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	0
Denis Chasse D. Chasse	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	0
Randy Cunneyworth R. Cunneyworth	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Alexandre Daigle A. Daigle	1	1	2	+1	0	0	1	0	3	33.3
Steve Duchesne S. Duchesne	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	0	0
Bruce Gardiner B. Gardiner	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Dave Hannan D. Hannan	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	0
Denny Lambert D. Lambert	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Janne Laukkanen J. Laukkanen	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0.0
Frantisek Musil F. Musil	0	1	1	+1	2	0	0	0	0
Lance Pitlick L. Pitlick	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	0
Wade Redden W. Redden	0	1	1	+2	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Shaun Van Allen S. Van Allen	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	0	3	0.0
Alexei Yashin A. Yashin	2	1	3	+1	0	1	0	1	6	33.3
Jason York J. York	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Jason Zent J. Zent	1	0	1	+1	0	0	0	0	4	25.0
Sergei Zholtok S. Zholtok	1	0	1	+1	0	0	0	0	5	20.0