The New York Rangers defeated the Buffalo Sabres, 6 to 4, on October 27, 1996.

Final

Sabres

5-5-0

4

Rangers

4-6-2

6

Team

BUF

NYR

1

0

3

2

3

2

0

Total

4

6

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

BUF

NYR

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

0

1

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

0

2

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

0

3

2nd period

BUF

NYR

Derek Plante (EV) assisted by Matthew Barnaby and Garry Galley

1

3

Michal Grosek (EV) assisted by Matthew Barnaby

2

3

Wayne Gretzky (EV) assisted by Niklas Sundstrom and Alexander Karpovtsev

2

4

Patrick Flatley (EV) assisted by Daniel Goneau and Sergei Nemchinov

2

5

Niklas Sundstrom (PP) assisted by Bruce Driver and Wayne Gretzky

2

6

3rd period

BUF

NYR

Brian Holzinger (EV) assisted by Pat LaFontaine and Darryl Shannon

3

6

Randy Burridge (EV) assisted by Jason Dawe and Alexei Zhitnik

4

6

Sabres

Rangers

Goals

4

6

Shots

33

40

Penalty Minutes

14

20

Power-Play Goals

0

3

Power-Play Opportunities

6

4

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Sabres

Rangers

Goalies

NAME	GS	SA	GA	Sv	Sv%	TOI
Andrei Trefilov (L)		40	6	34	.850	59:22

Skaters

NAME	G	A	+/-	PIM	S
Matthew Barnaby	0	2	+1	0	0
Bob Boughner	0	0	-1	2	2
Randy Burridge	1	0	0	0	2
Jason Dawe	0	1	0	2	1
Garry Galley	0	1	-1	0	1
Michal Grosek	1	0	+2	0	5
Brian Holzinger	1	0	-1	0	2
Pat LaFontaine	0	1	0	0	5
Michael Peca	0	0	0	0	3
Derek Plante	1	0	+2	0	2
Rob Ray	0	0	0	6	0
Anatoli Semenov	0	0	0	0	1
Darryl Shannon	0	1	+2	0	4
Richard Smehlik	0	0	0	0	2
Dixon Ward	0	0	0	2	1
Mike Wilson	0	0	+1	2	1
Alexei Zhitnik	0	1	+1	0	1

Goalies

NAME	GS	SA	GA	Sv	Sv%	TOI
Glenn Healy (W)		33	4	29	.879	60:00

Skaters

NAME	G	A	+/-	PIM	S
Jeff Beukeboom	0	0	-3	2	0
Eric Cairns	0	0	+1	2	0
Shane Churla	0	0	-1	4	1
Bruce Driver	0	1	+1	2	3
Patrick Flatley	1	0	0	0	2
Daniel Goneau	0	1	0	0	1
Adam Graves	0	1	-1	2	1
Wayne Gretzky	1	3	+1	0	6
Alexander Karpovtsev	0	1	+2	2	0
Alex Kovalev	0	1	-1	2	1
Darren Langdon	0	0	0	4	0
Brian Leetch	1	0	-3	0	4
Mark Messier	1	0	-1	0	5
Jayson More	0	0	0	0	2
Sergei Nemchinov	0	1	-1	0	3
Luc Robitaille	1	1	-1	0	10
Niklas Sundstrom	1	2	+1	0	1