1995–96 New York Rangers season

The 1995–96 New York Rangers season was the franchise's 70th season.[1] 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 1996 Stanley Cup playoffs.[2] In the first round of the playoffs, New York defeated the Montreal Canadiens in six games to advance to the Eastern Conference Semifinals, where the team lost to the Pittsburgh Penguins in five games.[2]

1995–96 New York Rangers
Division2nd Atlantic
Conference3rd Eastern
1995–96 record41–27–14
Home record22–10–9
Road record19–17–5
Goals for272
Goals against237
Team information
General managerNeil Smith
CoachColin Campbell
CaptainMark Messier
Alternate captainsAdam Graves
Brian Leetch
ArenaMadison Square Garden
Average attendance18,200
Minor league affiliate(s)Binghamton Rangers
Team leaders
GoalsMark Messier (47)
AssistsBrian Leetch (70)
PointsMark Messier (99)
Penalty minutesJeff Beukeboom (220)
Plus/minusMark Messier (+29)
Pat Verbeek (+29)
WinsMike Richter (24)
Goals against averageMike Richter (2.68)

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
1Philadelphia Flyers82452413282208103
2New York Rangers8241271427223796
3Florida Panthers8241311025423492
4Washington Capitals8239321123420489
5Tampa Bay Lightning8238321223824888
6New Jersey Devils8237331221520286
7New York Islanders8222501022931554
Eastern Conference[3]
R Div GP W L T GF GA Pts
1Philadelphia FlyersATL82452413282208103
2Pittsburgh PenguinsNE8249294362284102
3New York RangersATL8241271427223796
4Florida PanthersATL8241311025423492
5Boston BruinsNE8240311128226991
6Montreal CanadiensNE8240321026524890
7Washington CapitalsATL8239321123420489
8Tampa Bay LightningATL8238321223824888
9New Jersey DevilsATL8237331221520286
10Hartford WhalersNE823439923725977
11Buffalo SabresNE823342724726273
12New York IslandersATL8222501022931554
13Ottawa SenatorsNE821859519129141

Divisions: ATL – Atlantic, NE – Northeast

bold – Qualified for playoffs

Schedule and results

Regular season
1995–96 regular season[4]
October: 7–3–1 (home: 3–2–0; road: 4–1–1)
GameDateOpponentScoreRecordRecap
1October 7, 1995@ Hartford Whalers2–00–1–0Recap
2October 11, 1995Winnipeg Jets6–41–1–0Recap
3October 14, 1995@ Toronto Maple Leafs2–02–1–0Recap
4October 16, 1995Hartford Whalers7–52–2–0Recap
5October 17, 1995@ New York Islanders5–13–2–0Recap
6October 20, 1995@ Buffalo Sabres3–14–2–0Recap
7October 22, 1995Ottawa Senators4–24–3–0Recap
8October 24, 1995Vancouver Canucks5–25–3–0Recap
9October 26, 1995@ Tampa Bay Lightning4–4 OT5–3–1Recap
10October 29, 1995Toronto Maple Leafs3–26–3–1Recap
11October 31, 1995@ San Jose Sharks5–37–3–1Recap
November: 7–5–2 (home: 5–0–1; road: 2–5–1)
GameDateOpponentScoreRecordRecap
12November 2, 1995@ Los Angeles Kings5–37–4–1Recap
13November 3, 1995@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim7–47–5–1Recap
14November 6, 1995Calgary Flames4–28–5–1Recap
15November 8, 1995Tampa Bay Lightning5–49–5–1Recap
16November 10, 1995New York Islanders4–110–5–1Recap
17November 11, 1995@ Hartford Whalers4–111–5–1Recap
18November 14, 1995@ St. Louis Blues1–1 OT11–5–2Recap
19November 16, 1995@ Chicago Blackhawks3–111–6–2Recap
20November 17, 1995@ Winnipeg Jets6–311–7–2Recap
21November 21, 1995Pittsburgh Penguins9–412–7–2Recap
22November 22, 1995@ Pittsburgh Penguins4–313–7–2Recap
23November 25, 1995@ Detroit Red Wings2–013–8–2Recap
24November 27, 1995New Jersey Devils1–1 OT13–8–3Recap
25November 29, 1995Buffalo Sabres5–314–8–3Recap
December: 11–3–3 (home: 7–0–2; road: 4–3–1)
GameDateOpponentScoreRecordRecap
26December 1, 1995Colorado Avalanche5–315–8–3Recap
27December 2, 1995@ Ottawa Senators4–216–8–3Recap
28December 4, 1995Mighty Ducks of Anaheim5–117–8–3Recap
29December 6, 1995Chicago Blackhawks5–5 OT17–8–4Recap
30December 8, 1995Detroit Red Wings2–1 OT18–8–4Recap
31December 9, 1995@ Montreal Canadiens2–2 OT18–8–5Recap
32December 11, 1995Dallas Stars3–219–8–5Recap
33December 13, 1995Boston Bruins4–220–8–5Recap
34December 15, 1995@ Buffalo Sabres5–420–9–5Recap
35December 16, 1995@ Washington Capitals3–220–10–5Recap
36December 18, 1995Washington Capitals3–021–10–5Recap
37December 21, 1995@ Philadelphia Flyers2–122–10–5Recap
38December 22, 1995Hartford Whalers3–3 OT22–10–6Recap
39December 26, 1995Ottawa Senators6–423–10–6Recap
40December 28, 1995@ Vancouver Canucks3–224–10–6Recap
41December 30, 1995@ Edmonton Oilers8–325–10–6Recap
42December 31, 1995@ Calgary Flames3–125–11–6Recap
January: 5–0–4 (home: 3–0–2; road: 2–0–2)
GameDateOpponentScoreRecordRecap
43January 3, 1996Montreal Canadiens7–426–11–6Recap
44January 5, 1996@ Washington Capitals4–4 OT26–11–7Recap
45January 10, 1996San Jose Sharks7–427–11–7Recap
46January 13, 1996@ Philadelphia Flyers4–028–11–7Recap
47January 14, 1996St. Louis Blues3–3 OT28–11–8Recap
48January 22, 1996Los Angeles Kings3–129–11–8Recap
49January 24, 1996Philadelphia Flyers4–4 OT29–11–9Recap
50January 27, 1996@ Boston Bruins5–330–11–9Recap
51January 31, 1996@ Dallas Stars1–1 OT30–11–10Recap
February: 5–6–1 (home: 1–3–1; road: 4–3–0)
GameDateOpponentScoreRecordRecap
52February 3, 1996@ Colorado Avalanche7–130–12–10Recap
53February 6, 1996@ New York Islanders4–231–12–10Recap
54February 8, 1996New York Islanders6–232–12–10Recap
55February 10, 1996@ New Jersey Devils3–032–13–10Recap
56February 11, 1996@ Tampa Bay Lightning6–233–13–10Recap
57February 15, 1996Montreal Canadiens2–2 OT33–13–11Recap
58February 17, 1996@ Ottawa Senators2–1 OT34–13–11Recap
59February 18, 1996@ Pittsburgh Penguins4–3 OT34–14–11Recap
60February 22, 1996New York Islanders5–334–15–11Recap
61February 24, 1996@ Florida Panthers4–035–15–11Recap
62February 27, 1996Washington Capitals5–335–16–11Recap
63February 28, 1996Boston Bruins3–135–17–11Recap
March: 4–4–3 (home: 1–2–3; road: 3–2–0)
GameDateOpponentScoreRecordRecap
64March 1, 1996Buffalo Sabres3–3 OT35–17–12Recap
65March 4, 1996New Jersey Devils2–2 OT35–17–13Recap
66March 7, 1996@ Tampa Bay Lightning5–235–18–13Recap
67March 9, 1996@ Washington Capitals6–136–18–13Recap
68March 13, 1996Florida Panthers3–3 OT36–18–14Recap
69March 16, 1996@ Montreal Canadiens4–236–19–14Recap
70March 19, 1996Edmonton Oilers4–136–20–14Recap
71March 23, 1996@ Boston Bruins5–437–20–14Recap
72March 24, 1996Pittsburgh Penguins8–237–21–14Recap
73March 27, 1996Florida Panthers3–038–21–14Recap
74March 31, 1996@ New York Islanders4–139–21–14Recap
April: 2–6–0 (home: 2–3–0; road: 0–3–0)
GameDateOpponentScoreRecordRecap
75April 2, 1996New Jersey Devils3–140–21–14Recap
76April 4, 1996@ Philadelphia Flyers4–140–22–14Recap
77April 5, 1996Philadelphia Flyers3–141–22–14Recap
78April 7, 1996@ New Jersey Devils4–241–23–14Recap
79April 8, 1996Florida Panthers5–341–24–14Recap
80April 10, 1996Washington Capitals4–141–25–14Recap
81April 12, 1996Tampa Bay Lightning3–241–26–14Recap
82April 14, 1996@ Florida Panthers5–141–27–14Recap
Legend:

  Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Tie (1 point)

Playoffs
1996 Stanley Cup playoffs[4]
Eastern Conference Quarterfinals vs. (6) Montreal Canadiens – Rangers win 4–2
GameDateOpponentScoreSeriesRecap
1April 16, 1996Montreal Canadiens3–2 OTCanadiens lead 1–0Recap
2April 18, 1996Montreal Canadiens5–3Canadiens lead 2–0Recap
3April 21, 1996@ Montreal Canadiens2–1Canadiens lead 2–1Recap
4April 23, 1996@ Montreal Canadiens4–3Series tied 2–2Recap
5April 26, 1996Montreal Canadiens3–2Rangers lead 3–2Recap
6April 28, 1996@ Montreal Canadiens5–3Rangers win 4–2Recap
Eastern Conference Semifinals vs. (2) Pittsburgh Penguins – Penguins win 4–1
GameDateOpponentScoreSeriesRecap
1May 3, 1996@ Pittsburgh Penguins4–1Penguins lead 1–0Recap
2May 5, 1996@ Pittsburgh Penguins6–3Series tied 1–1Recap
3May 7, 1996Pittsburgh Penguins3–2Penguins lead 2–1Recap
4May 9, 1996Pittsburgh Penguins4–1Penguins lead 3–1Recap
5May 11, 1996@ Pittsburgh Penguins7–3Penguins win 4–1Recap
Legend:

  Win   Loss

Player statistics

Scoring
  • Position abbreviations: C = Center; D = Defense; G = Goaltender; LW = Left Wing; RW = Right Wing
  • † = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Rangers only.
  • ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Rangers only.
Regular season Playoffs
No. Player Pos GP G A Pts +/- PIM GP G A Pts +/- PIM
11Mark MessierC7447529929122114711−1016
2Brian LeetchD82157085123011167−114
16Pat VerbeekRW694141822912911369−812
20Luc RobitailleLW7723466913801115618
27Alexei KovalevRW8124345859811347014
9Adam GravesLW822236581810010718−94
21Ray Ferraro‡C652529541382——————
33Bruce DriverD66334372421107714
13Sergei NemchinovC78171532938601122
24Niklas SundstromC82912212141143714
5Ulf SamuelssonD7411819912211156−116
25Alexander KarpovtsevD402161812266011−24
6Doug LidsterD59591411507101−46
23Jeff BeukeboomD82311141922011033−16
15Darren LangdonLW6474112175200000
18Wayne Presley‡RW614610771——————
32Sergio Momesso†LW19448−23011314014
19Nick Kypreos‡LW42347177——————
32Stephane Matteau‡LW32426−422——————
4Kevin LoweD5315620761004454
12Ken GernanderRW10235−34600000
17Jari Kurri†RW14145−4211358−22
37Daniel LacroixLW25224−130——————
18Bill Berg†LW182130810101−10
14Mattias Norstrom‡D25213522——————
26Joe Kocur‡RW38123−449——————
22Ian Laperriere†‡C28123−553——————
55[lower-alpha 1]Marty McSorley†D9022−6214000−10
14Chris FerraroRW2101−30——————
21[lower-alpha 2]Peter FerraroC5011−50——————
30Glenn HealyG440118——————
29Barry RichterD401120——————
35Mike RichterG410114110000
22Shane Churla†RW10000−32611224−214
22Nathan LaFayette‡C5000−12——————
39Steve Larouche‡C100000——————
34Jamie RamG10000——————

Goaltending
Regular season Playoffs
No. Player GP W L T SA GA GAA SV% SO TOI GP W L SA GA GAA SV% SO TOI
35Mike Richter412413312211072.68.912323961156308363.27.8830661
30Glenn Healy4417141112371242.90.90022564—————————
34Jamie Ram1000900.001.000027—————————

Sources:[5][6]

Awards and records

Awards
Type Award/honor Recipient Ref
League
(annual)		 NHL Second All-Star team Brian Leetch (Defense) [7]
League
(in-season)		 NHL All-Star Game selection Brian Leetch [8]
Mark Messier
Pat Verbeek
Team Ceil Saidel Memorial Award Adam Graves [9]
Glenn Healy
"Crumb Bum" Award Jeff Beukeboom [9]
Frank Boucher Trophy Mark Messier [9]
Good Guy Award Glenn Healy [9]
Lars-Erik Sjoberg Award Niklas Sundstrom [9]
Players' Player Award Mark Messier [9]
Rangers MVP Mark Messier [9]
Steven McDonald Extra Effort Award Mark Messier [9]

Milestones
Milestone Player Date Ref
400th goal Pat Verbeek January 10, 1996 [10]

Transactions

Draft picks

New York's picks at the 1995 NHL Entry Draft in Edmonton, Alberta, at the Edmonton Coliseum.[12][13]

Round # Player Position Nationality College/Junior/Club team (League)
2 39 Christian Dube 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 University of Wisconsin–River Falls (NCAA)
8 195 Ilya Gorokhov D  Russia Yaroslavl Torpedo (Russia)
9 221 Bob Maudie C  Canada Kamloops Blazers (WHL)

See also

Notes
  1. McSorley wore number 36 in his first game.
  2. Ferraro wore number 17 in his first three games.

References
  1. "New York Rangers". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved August 11, 2023.
  2. "1995–96 NHL Summary". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved August 11, 2023.
  3. "1995–1996 Conference Standings". National Hockey League. Retrieved July 3, 2014.
  4. "1995–96 New York Rangers Schedule and Results". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved August 11, 2023.
  5. "New York Rangers 1995–96 roster and statistics". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved August 11, 2023.
  6. "1995–96 New York Rangers Roster and Statistics". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved August 11, 2023.
  7. "Postseason All-Star Teams". NHL.com. Retrieved August 27, 2023.
  8. "NHL All-Star Game Historical Summaries – 1996". NHL.com. Retrieved August 27, 2023.
  9. 2014–15 New York Rangers Media Guide. New York Rangers. 2014. pp. 349–352.
  10. "Rangers 7, Sharks 4". United Press International. January 10, 1996. Retrieved August 27, 2023. New York's Pat Verbeek scored his 400th and 401st career goals, both on the power play.
  11. Yannis, Alex (August 1, 1995). "Hockey; Rangers Regain Lidster by Dealing Wells". The New York Times. Retrieved October 16, 2009.
  12. "1995 NHL Entry Draft". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved July 7, 2012.
  13. "NHL Draft History". National Hockey League. Archived from the original on January 28, 2001. Retrieved June 16, 2017.
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