The Dallas Stars couldn't pull it off against the New York Rangers, 3 to 2, on December 30, 1996.

Final

Rangers

20-15-5

3

Stars

22-13-3

2

Team

NYR

DAL

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

NYR

DAL

Wayne Gretzky (EV) assisted by Alexander Karpovtsev and Brian Noonan

2nd period

NYR

DAL

Bruce Driver (EV) assisted by Mark Messier and Alex Kovalev

Sergei Zubov (EV) assisted by Jamie Langenbrunner and Guy Carbonneau

3rd period

NYR

DAL

Joe Nieuwendyk (EV) assisted by Richard Matvichuk

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

Rangers

Stars

Goals

Shots

Penalty Minutes

Power-Play Goals

Power-Play Opportunities

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Rangers

Stars

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Mike Richter (W) M. Richter	1	0	0	33	31	.939	2	2.00	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	GWG	S	S%
Jeff Beukeboom J. Beukeboom	0	0	0	-2	7	0	1	0.0
Shane Churla S. Churla	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
Bruce Driver B. Driver	1	0	1	+1	0	0	2	50.0
Patrick Flatley P. Flatley	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0.0
Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	2	0	2	0	0	1	4	50.0
Alexander Karpovtsev A. Karpovtsev	0	1	1	+1	0	0	1	0.0
Alex Kovalev A. Kovalev	0	1	1	+1	0	0	1	0.0
Brian Leetch B. Leetch	0	0	0	-1	0	0	5	0.0
Doug Lidster D. Lidster	0	0	0	+2	0	0	1	0.0
Mark Messier M. Messier	0	1	1	+1	0	0	2	0.0
Brian Noonan B. Noonan	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	0.0
Luc Robitaille L. Robitaille	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
Ulf Samuelsson U. Samuelsson	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0
Niklas Sundstrom N. Sundstrom	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Andy Moog (L) A. Moog	0	1	0	21	18	.857	3	3.05	0	59

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	S	S%
Bob Bassen B. Bassen	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0.0
Guy Carbonneau G. Carbonneau	0	1	1	0	0	0
Brent Gilchrist B. Gilchrist	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0.0
Todd Harvey T. Harvey	0	0	0	-1	2	1	0.0
Benoit Hogue B. Hogue	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0.0
Mike Lalor M. Lalor	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0.0
Jamie Langenbrunner J. Langenbrunner	0	1	1	+2	0	1	0.0
Grant Ledyard G. Ledyard	0	0	0	0	2	2	0.0
Jere Lehtinen J. Lehtinen	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0.0
Craig Ludwig C. Ludwig	0	0	0	-1	0	0
Grant Marshall G. Marshall	0	0	0	-1	7	2	0.0
Richard Matvichuk R. Matvichuk	0	1	1	0	0	1	0.0
Mike Modano M. Modano	0	0	0	-1	0	4	0.0
Joe Nieuwendyk J. Nieuwendyk	1	0	1	+2	0	6	16.7
Dave Reid D. Reid	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0.0
Pat Verbeek P. Verbeek	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0.0
Sergei Zubov S. Zubov	1	0	1	0	0	3	33.3