1995–96 New York Rangers season

The 1995–96 New York Rangers season was the 70th season for the team in the National Hockey League. During the regular season, the Rangers posted a 41–27–14 record, which placed them second in the Atlantic Division and gave them a berth in the Stanley Cup playoffs.^[1] In the first round of the playoffs, New York defeated the Montreal Canadiens in six games to advance to the Eastern Conference semi-finals, where the team lost to the Pittsburgh Penguins in five games.^[1]

Regular season

The Rangers were shorthanded a league-high 495 times during the regular season and tied the Ottawa Senators and Tampa Bay Lightning for fewest short-handed goals scored (6).^[2]

Final standings

Atlantic Division
No.		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
1	Philadelphia Flyers	82	45	24	13	282	208	103
2	New York Rangers	82	41	27	14	272	237	96
3	Florida Panthers	82	41	31	10	254	234	92
4	Washington Capitals	82	39	32	11	234	204	89
5	Tampa Bay Lightning	82	38	32	12	238	248	88
6	New Jersey Devils	82	37	33	12	215	202	86
7	New York Islanders	82	22	50	10	229	315	54

Eastern Conference^[3]
R		Div	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
1	Philadelphia Flyers	ATL	82	45	24	13	282	208	103
2	Pittsburgh Penguins	NE	82	49	29	4	362	284	102
3	New York Rangers	ATL	82	41	27	14	272	237	96
4	Florida Panthers	ATL	82	41	31	10	254	234	92
5	Boston Bruins	NE	82	40	31	11	282	269	91
6	Montreal Canadiens	NE	82	40	32	10	265	248	90
7	Washington Capitals	ATL	82	39	32	11	234	204	89
8	Tampa Bay Lightning	ATL	82	38	32	12	238	248	88

9	New Jersey Devils	ATL	82	37	33	12	215	202	86
10	Hartford Whalers	NE	82	34	39	9	237	259	77
11	Buffalo Sabres	NE	82	33	42	7	247	262	73
12	New York Islanders	ATL	82	22	50	10	229	315	54
13	Ottawa Senators	NE	82	18	59	5	191	291	41

Divisions: ATL – Atlantic, NE – Northeast

bold – Qualified for playoffs

Schedule and results

1995-96 Game Log

October: 7-3-1 (Home: 3-2-0; Road: 4-1-1)

November: 7-5-2 (Home: 5-0-1; Road: 2-5-1)

December: 11-3-3 (Home: 7-0-2; Road: 4-3-1)

January: 5-0-4 (Home: 3-0-2; Road: 2-0-2)

February: 5-6-1 (Home: 1-3-1; Road: 4-3-0)

March: 4-4-3 (Home: 1-2-3; Road: 3-2-0)

April: 2-6-0 (Home: 2-3-0; Road: 0-3-0)

Playoffs

Main article: 1996 Stanley Cup playoffs

Key: Win Loss

1996 Stanley Cup Playoffs

Conference Quarter-finals: vs. (6) Montreal Canadiens - New York Rangers win series 4-2
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Series
1	April 16	Montreal Canadiens	3 - 2	New York Rangers	OT	Montreal leads series 1-0
2	April 18	Montreal Canadiens	5 - 3	New York Rangers		Montreal leads series 2-0
3	April 21	New York Rangers	2 - 1	Montreal Canadiens		Montreal leads series 2-1
4	April 23	New York Rangers	4 - 3	Montreal Canadiens		Series tied 2-2
5	April 26	Montreal Canadiens	2 - 3	New York Rangers		New York Rangers lead series 3-2
6	April 28	New York Rangers	5 - 3	Montreal Canadiens		New York Rangers win series 4-2

Conference Semi-finals: vs. (2) Pittsburgh Penguins - Pittsburgh wins series 4-1
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Series
1	May 3	New York Rangers	1 - 4	Pittsburgh Penguins		Pittsburgh leads series 1-0
2	May 5	New York Rangers	6 - 3	Pittsburgh Penguins		Series tied 1-1
3	May 7	Pittsburgh Penguins	3 - 2	New York Rangers		Pittsburgh leads series 2-1
4	May 9	Pittsburgh Penguins	4 - 1	New York Rangers		Pittsburgh leads series 3-1
5	May 11	New York Rangers	3 - 7	Pittsburgh Penguins		Pittsburgh wins series 4-1

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular Season
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
Messier, MarkMark Messier	74	47	52	99	29	122
Leetch, BrianBrian Leetch	82	15	70	85	12	30
Verbeek, PatPat Verbeek	69	41	41	82	29	129
Robitaille, LucLuc Robitaille	77	23	46	69	13	80
Kovalev, AlexeiAlexei Kovalev	81	24	34	58	5	98
Graves, AdamAdam Graves	82	22	36	58	18	100
Ferraro, RayRay Ferraro^‡	65	25	29	54	13	82
Driver, BruceBruce Driver	66	3	34	37	2	42
Nemchinov, SergeiSergei Nemchinov	78	17	15	32	9	38
Sundstrom, NiklasNiklas Sundstrom	82	9	12	21	2	14
Samuelsson, UlfUlf Samuelsson	74	1	18	19	9	122
Karpovtsev, AlexanderAlexander Karpovtsev	40	2	16	18	12	26
Lidster, DougDoug Lidster	59	5	9	14	11	50
Beukeboom, JeffJeff Beukeboom	82	3	11	14	19	220
Langdon, DarrenDarren Langdon	64	7	4	11	2	175
Presley, WayneWayne Presley^‡	61	4	6	10	7	71
Momesso, SergioSergio Momesso^†	19	4	4	8	-2	30
Kypreos, NickNick Kypreos^‡	42	3	4	7	1	77
Matteau, StephaneStephane Matteau^‡	32	4	2	6	-4	22
Lowe, KevinKevin Lowe	53	1	5	6	20	76
Gernander, KenKen Gernander	10	2	3	5	-3	4
Kurri, JariJari Kurri^†	14	1	4	5	-4	2
Lacroix, DanielDaniel Lacroix	25	2	2	4	-1	30
Berg, BillBill Berg^†	18	2	1	3	0	8
Norstrom, MattiasMattias Norstrom^‡	25	2	1	3	5	22
Laperriere, IanIan Laperriere^†^‡	28	1	2	3	-5	53
Kocur, JoeyJoey Kocur^‡	38	1	2	3	-4	49
McSorley, MartyMarty McSorley^†	9	0	2	2	-6	21
Ferraro, ChrisChris Ferraro	2	1	0	1	-3	0
Richter, BarryBarry Richter	4	0	1	1	2	0
Ferraro, PeterPeter Ferraro	5	0	1	1	-5	0
Larouche, SteveSteve Larouche^‡	1	0	0	0	0	0
LaFayette, NathanNathan LaFayette^‡	5	0	0	0	-1	2
Churla, ShaneShane Churla^†	10	0	0	0	-3	26

Playoffs
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Messier, MarkMark Messier	11	4	7	11	16
Verbeek, PatPat Verbeek	11	3	6	9	12
Kurri, JariJari Kurri	11	3	5	8	2
Graves, AdamAdam Graves	10	7	1	8	4
Sundstrom, NiklasNiklas Sundstrom	11	4	3	7	4
Driver, BruceBruce Driver	11	0	7	7	4
Kovalev, AlexeiAlexei Kovalev	11	3	4	7	14
Leetch, BrianBrian Leetch	11	1	6	7	4
Samuelsson, UlfUlf Samuelsson	11	1	5	6	16
Robitaille, LucLuc Robitaille	11	1	5	6	8
Churla, ShaneShane Churla	11	2	2	4	14
Lowe, KevinKevin Lowe	10	0	4	4	4
Momesso, SergioSergio Momesso	11	3	1	4	14
Beukeboom, JeffJeff Beukeboom	11	0	3	3	6
Berg, BillBill Berg	10	1	0	1	0
Lidster, DougDoug Lidster	7	1	0	1	6
Karpovtsev, AlexanderAlexander Karpovtsev	6	0	1	1	4
Nemchinov, SergeiSergei Nemchinov	6	0	1	1	2
McSorley, MartyMarty McSorley	4	0	0	0	0
Gernander, KenKen Gernander	6	0	0	0	0
Langdon, DarrenDarren Langdon	2	0	0	0	0

Goaltenders

Regular Season
Player	GP	TOI	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO
Richter, MikeMike Richter	41	2396	24	13	3	107	2.68	1221	.912	3
Healy, GlennGlenn Healy	44	2564	17	14	11	124	2.90	1237	.900	2
Ram, JamieJamie Ram	1	27	0	0	0	0	0.00	9	1.000	0

Playoffs
Player	GP	TOI	W	L	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO
Richter, MikeMike Richter	11	661	5	6	36	3.27	308	.883	0

^†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Rangers. Stats reflect time with Rangers only.
^‡Traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with Rangers only.

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Note:

Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals

Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

Transactions

July 31, 1995 – Doug Lidster was traded by the St. Louis Blues to the New York Rangers in exchange for Jay Wells.^[5]

Draft picks

New York's picks at the 1995 NHL Entry Draft in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada at Edmonton Coliseum.^[6]^[7]

Round	#	Player	Position	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
2	39	Christian Dubé	RW	Canada	Sherbrooke Faucons (QMJHL)
3	65	Mike Martin	D	Canada	Windsor Spitfires (OHL)
4	91	Marc Savard	C	Canada	Oshawa Generals (OHL)
5	110	Alexei Vasiliev	D	Russia	Yaroslavl Torpedo (Russia)
5	117	Dale Purinton	D	United States	Tacoma Rockets (WHL)
6	143	Peter Slamiar	RW	Slovakia	Zvolen Jrs. (Slovak Extraliga)
7	169	Jeff Heil	G	United States	U. of Wisconsin–River Falls (NCAA)
8	195	Ilja Gorohov	D	Russia	Yaroslavl Torpedo (Russia)
9	221	Bob Maudie	C	Canada	Kamloops Blazers (WHL)

References

1 2 "1995–96 New York Rangers Roster and Statistics". Hockey-Reference. Retrieved August 7, 2010.
↑ "1995–96 NHL Season Summary". Hockey-Reference. Retrieved January 21, 2011.
↑ "1995–1996 Conference Standings". National Hockey League. Retrieved July 3, 2014.
↑ "1995-96 New York Rangers". hockeydb.com. Retrieved 2010-08-01.
↑ Yannis, Alex (August 1, 1995). "Hockey; Rangers Regain Lidster by Dealing Wells". The New York Times. Retrieved October 16, 2009.
↑ "1995 NHL Entry Draft". Hockey-Reference. Retrieved July 7, 2012.
↑ "NHL Draft History". National Hockey League. Retrieved July 7, 2012.

New York Rangers seasons

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1930s	1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40

1940s	1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50

1950s	1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60

1960s	1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70

1970s	1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80

1980s	1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90

1990s	1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00

2000s	2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10

2010s	2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

Highlighted seasons indicate Stanley Cup championship

1995–96 NHL season

Northeast Division	Boston Buffalo Hartford Montreal Ottawa Pittsburgh

Atlantic Division	Florida New Jersey NY Islanders NY Rangers Philadelphia Tampa Bay Washington

Central Division	Chicago Dallas Detroit St. Louis Toronto Winnipeg

Pacific Division	Anaheim Calgary Colorado Edmonton Los Angeles San Jose Vancouver

See also	Draft Rat trick Legion of Doom Stanley Cup Playoffs Stanley Cup Finals

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