Carolina Hurricanes vs New York Rangers 2-5, Dec 16, 1996: Box Score | AskScores

Carolina Hurricanes

2

New York Rangers

5

Final · Madison Square Garden

Score by period
Team	1	2	3	T
CAR	0	0	2	2
NYR	3	1	1	5

The New York Rangers beat the Carolina Hurricanes 5-2 on Dec 16, 1996 at Madison Square Garden.

Top performers

Geoff Sanderson
Geoff Sanderson had 1 goal for the Hurricanes.
Jean-Sebastien Giguere
Jean-Sebastien Giguere made 19 saves on 21 shots for the Hurricanes.
Wayne Gretzky
Wayne Gretzky had 1 goal and 1 assist for the Rangers.
Mike Richter
Mike Richter made 39 saves on 41 shots for the Rangers.

Before and after

Hurricanes · 1996-97 season · Previous Dec 14, 1996: PHI 4, CAR 0 · Next Dec 17, 1996: STL 3, CAR 5
Rangers · 1996-97 season · Previous Dec 13, 1996: NYR 3, BUF 0 · Next Dec 18, 1996: LA 0, NYR 4

Other Hurricanes vs Rangers games

Other Carolina Hurricanes vs New York Rangers games

Mar 29, 1997	NYR at CAR	1-2	Regular
Feb 21, 1997	NYR at CAR	2-7	Regular
Feb 5, 1997	CAR at NYR	2-5	Regular
Feb 5, 2026	CAR at NYR	2-0	Regular
Dec 29, 2025	NYR at CAR	2-3	Regular
Nov 26, 2025	NYR at CAR	4-2	Regular

Carolina Hurricanes box score

Skaters

Carolina Hurricanes skaters, Dec 16, 1996

Geoff Sanderson	1	0	1	0	3	0	0:00
Curtis Leschyshyn	0	1	1	0	3	2	0:00
Paul Ranheim	0	1	1	-1	2	0	0:00
Adam Burt	0	1	1	-3	4	0	0:00
Kevin Haller	0	1	1	-2	2	4	0:00
Jeff O'Neill	1	0	1	-2	3	0	0:00
Kevin Dineen	0	0	0	0	4	2	0:00
Gerald Diduck	0	0	0	0	3	0	0:00
Andrew Cassels	0	0	0	0	1	0	0:00
Keith Primeau	0	0	0	-2	3	2	0:00
Stu Grimson	0	0	0	0	0	9	0:00
Mark Janssens	0	0	0	0	1	0	0:00
Jeff Daniels	0	0	0	0	1	0	0:00
Nelson Emerson	0	0	0	-2	2	0	0:00
Robert Kron	0	0	0	-1	4	0	0:00
Glen Featherstone	0	0	0	0	1	10	0:00
Steven Rice	0	0	0	-2	3	0	0:00
Alexander Godynyuk	0	0	0	0	1	0	0:00
Team	2	4	6	-15	41	29

What the columns mean: G · A · PTS · +/- · PIM

Goalies

Carolina Hurricanes goalies, Dec 16, 1996

Jean-Sebastien Giguere	21	19	2	.905	48:24
Jason Muzzatti	13	10	3	.769	11:36
Team	34	29	5	1.674

What the columns mean: SA · SV · GA · SV%

New York Rangers box score

Skaters

New York Rangers skaters, Dec 16, 1996

Wayne Gretzky	1	1	2	1	5	2	0:00
Mark Messier	0	1	1	1	2	0	0:00
Luc Robitaille	1	0	1	1	6	0	0:00
Adam Graves	1	0	1	1	5	4	0:00
Doug Lidster	1	0	1	1	4	0	0:00
Patrick Flatley	0	1	1	1	0	0	0:00
Jeff Beukeboom	0	1	1	1	2	0	0:00
Brian Noonan	0	1	1	0	0	10	0:00
Bill Berg	1	0	1	1	1	0	0:00
Niklas Sundstrom	0	1	1	1	1	2	0:00
Alex Kovalev	0	0	0	0	2	0	0:00
Brian Leetch	0	0	0	1	1	0	0:00
Ulf Samuelsson	0	0	0	1	1	0	0:00
Bruce Driver	0	0	0	1	2	0	0:00
Alexander Karpovtsev	0	0	0	1	0	4	0:00
Shane Churla	0	0	0	0	0	17	0:00
Sergei Nemchinov	0	0	0	1	2	2	0:00
Team	5	6	11	14	34	41

What the columns mean: G · A · PTS · +/- · PIM

Goalies

New York Rangers goalies, Dec 16, 1996
Player	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
Mike Richter	41	39	2	.951	60:00

What the columns mean: SA · SV · GA · SV%