Regular season and playoffsNYR
Mark Messier's 1995-1996 season
Centre Mark Messier was 34 years old when the 1995-1996 season began, his 17th in the NHL, and played it for New York Rangers. He played 74 of a possible 82 games and scored 47 goals and 52 assists for 99 points, 1.34 points per game. In the playoffs he played 11 games for 11 points.
Below: the whole season and the playoff run, game by game.
1995-1996Playoffs
- Year 199531 years agoSeason opener
Mark Messier plays the 1995-1996 season for New York Rangers
Mark was 34 years old when the 1995-1996 season began. It was his 5th season with the team. His 17th NHL season in all.
- The gameNYR0–2HFDLgame 1/82
2His nightNo points0+/-2SOG - +2 assistsThe gameWIN4–6NYRWgame 2/822His night+2P+2A+2+/-5SOG1SHP
- +1 assistThe gameNYR2–0TORWgame 3/825His night+1P+1A+1+/-4SOG1SHP
- The gameNYR5–1NYIWgame 5/823His nightNo points0+/-3SOG
- +2 assistsThe gameNYR3–1BUFWgame 6/823His night+2P+2A+2+/-4SOG
- The gameOTT4–2NYRLgame 7/824His nightNo points-2+/-3SOG
- +2 pointsThe gameVAN2–5NYRWgame 8/823His night+2P+1G+1A+2+/-2SOG
- +2 goalsThe gameNYR4–4TBLgame 9/823His night+2P+2G+2+/-4SOG
- The gameTOR2–3NYRWgame 10/823His nightNo points0+/-7SOG
- The gameNYR5–3SJSWgame 11/824His nightNo points+1+/-5SOG
- November 1995
- +1 assistThe gameNYR3–5LAKLgame 12/822His night+1P+1A-1+/-3SOG
- +1 goalThe gameNYR4–7ANALgame 13/823His night+1P+1G-2+/-4SOG1PPP
MilestoneMark Messier reaches 500 career goals
in the game against Calgary Flames · November 6
- +2 pointsThe gameTBL4–5NYRWgame 15/823His night+2P+1G+1A+2+/-1SOG
- +1 goalThe gameNYI1–4NYRWgame 16/822His night+1P+1G+1+/-7SOG
- The gameNYR1–1STLgame 18/822His nightNo points+1+/-2SOG
- The gameNYR1–3CHILgame 19/823His nightNo points-2+/-0SOG
- +1 assistThe gameNYR3–6WINLgame 20/822His night+1P+1A+1+/-4SOG
- +3 pointsThe gamePIT4–9NYRWgame 21/824His night+3P+1G+2A+2+/-3SOG1PPP
- Checkpoint
1/4 into the season
Game 21 of 8225pointsNHL#1312goalsNHL#1213assistsNHL#30NYR12-7-0W-L-OT26Points3rd in the Atlantic·3rd in the Eastern Conference·4th in the whole NHL - The gameNYR0–2DETLgame 23/823His nightNo points0+/-4SOG
- The gameNJD1–1NYRgame 24/824His nightNo points-1+/-1SOG
- +1 assistThe gameBUF3–5NYRWgame 25/822His night+1P+1A0+/-3SOG
- December 1995
- +3 pointsThe gameCOL3–5NYRWgame 26/823His night+3P+2G+1A+2+/-4SOG1PPP
- The gameNYR4–2OTTWgame 27/824His nightNo points0+/-4SOG
- +3 pointsThe gameANA1–5NYRWgame 28/823His night+3P+1G+2A+1+/-6SOG2PPP
- +2 assistsThe gameCHI5–5NYRgame 29/822His night+2P+2A-1+/-3SOG2PPP
- +1 assistThe gameDET1–2NYRWgame 30/823His night+1P+1A-1+/-4SOG1PPP
- +1 goalThe gameNYR2–2MTLgame 31/824His night+1P+1G0+/-4SOG
- +2 goalsThe gameDAL2–3NYRWgame 32/822His night+2P+2G+1+/-3SOG
- The gameNYR2–3WSHLgame 35/824His nightNo points0+/-1SOG
- +3 pointsThe gameWSH0–3NYRWgame 36/823His night+3P+2G+1A+2+/-3SOG1PPP
- +1 assistThe gameNYR2–1PHIWgame 37/824His night+1P+1A0+/-4SOG
- +1 assistThe gameHFD3–3NYRgame 38/822His night+1P+1A-2+/-2SOG1PPP
- +2 goalsThe gameOTT4–6NYRWgame 39/824His night+2P+2G0+/-6SOG1PPP
- +1 assistThe gameNYR3–2VANWgame 40/823His night+1P+1A+1+/-1SOG
- +3 assistsThe gameNYR8–3EDMWgame 41/823His night+3P+3A+3+/-1SOG1PPP
- Checkpoint
1/2 into the season
Game 41 of 8254pointsNHL#624goalsNHL#730assistsNHL#11NYR25-10-0W-L-OT56Points1st in the Atlantic·1st in the Eastern Conference·1st in the whole NHL - +1 goalThe gameNYR1–3CGYLgame 42/822His night+1P+1G+1+/-3SOG
Year 199630 years ago- The gameNYR4–4WSHgame 44/823His nightNo points0+/-0SOG
- +4 pointsThe gameSJS4–7NYRWgame 45/824His night+4P+2G+2A-1+/-5SOG4PPP
- +4 pointsThe gameNYR4–0PHIWgame 46/824His night+4P+2G+2A+1+/-5SOG3PPP
- The gameSTL3–3NYRgame 47/822His nightNo points+1+/-4SOG
- +1 goalThe gameLAK1–3NYRWgame 48/822His night+1P+1G+1+/-4SOG
- +4 pointsThe gamePHI4–4NYRgame 49/824His night+4P+2G+2A+1+/-6SOG1PPP
- The gameNYR1–1DALgame 51/822His nightNo points0+/-2SOG
- February 1996
- +1 assistThe gameNYR1–7COLLgame 52/823His night+1P+1A-1+/-3SOG
- +2 assistsThe gameNYR4–2NYIWgame 53/823His night+2P+2A+1+/-2SOG1PPP
- The gameNYR0–3NJDLgame 55/823His nightNo points0+/-2SOG
- +1 assistThe gameNYR6–2TBLWgame 56/824His night+1P+1A+1+/-4SOG1PPP
- +1 assistThe gameMTL2–2NYRgame 57/823His night+1P+1A0+/-4SOG1PPP
- The gameNYR3–4PITLgame 59/825His nightNo points0+/-4SOG
- +2 assistsThe gameNYI5–3NYRLgame 60/825His night+2P+2A0+/-3SOG1SHP
- +1 goalThe gameNYR4–0FLAWgame 61/823His night+1P+1G+3+/-1SOG
- +1 goalThe gameWSH5–3NYRLgame 62/823His night+1P+1G+1+/-1SOG
- Checkpoint
3/4 into the season
Game 62 of 8286pointsNHL#741goalsNHL#445assistsNHL#13NYR35-16-0W-L-OT81PointsPlayoff spot1st in the Atlantic·1st in the Eastern Conference·2nd in the whole NHL - March 1996
- +1 assistThe gameNJD2–2NYRgame 65/823His night+1P+1A-1+/-6SOG1PPP
- +2 pointsThe gameNYR2–5TBLLgame 66/824His night+2P+1G+1A-2+/-4SOG2PPP
- +3 pointsThe gameNYR6–1WSHWgame 67/824His night+3P+1G+2A+1+/-3SOG2PPP
- The gameNYR2–4MTLLgame 69/823His nightNo points0+/-3SOG
- The gameEDM4–1NYRLgame 70/822His nightNo points+1+/-1SOG
- +4 pointsThe gameNYR5–4BOSWgame 71/822His night+4P+2G+2A+3+/-3SOG1PPP
- The gamePIT8–2NYRLgame 72/822His nightNo points-4+/-2SOG
- The gameFLA0–3NYRWgame 73/823His nightNo points+1+/-3SOG
- +1 goalThe gameNYR4–1NYIWgame 74/825His night+1P+1G+1+/-2SOG
- April 1996
- +1 goalThe gameNJD1–3NYRWgame 75/822His night+1P+1G+1+/-6SOG
- The gameNYR1–4PHILgame 76/822His nightNo points-2+/-1SOG
The season in numbersMark Messier closes the 1995-1996 season with 99 points
Events1hat trick500career goals8 i radgames with a point · 15 pts5 i radgames with a goal12 days laterPlayoffsNew York Rangers are in the playoffs
First roundNew York Rangers meet Montréal Canadiens
NYRvsMTLSwedes on New York RangersSwedes on Montréal Canadiens- +1 assistGame 1MTL3–2NYRL3His night+1P+1A-3+/-5SOG1PPP
- Montréal Canadienslead1–0againstNew York Rangers
- Game 2MTL5–3NYRL3His nightNo points-2+/-6SOG
- Montréal Canadienslead2–0againstNew York Rangers
- +2 assistsGame 3NYR2–1MTLW3His night+2P+2A0+/-6SOG2PPP
- Montréal Canadienslead2–1againstNew York Rangers
- +2 pointsGame 4NYR4–3MTLW3His night+2P+1G+1A-1+/-3SOG1PPP
- New York Rangersare2–2withMontréal Canadiens
- Game 5MTL2–3NYRW3His nightNo points+1+/-5SOG
- New York Rangerslead3–2againstMontréal Canadiens
- +1 assistGame 6NYR5–3MTLW3His night+1P+1A0+/-3SOG
First roundNew York Rangers knock Montréal Canadiens out 4–2
NYR4–2MTLAdvance6Games6Points1Goals5Assists5 days laterSecond roundNew York Rangers meet Pittsburgh Penguins
NYRvsPITSwedes on New York RangersSwedes on Pittsburgh Penguins- +2 pointsGame 1NYR3–4PITL3His night+2P+1G+1A+1+/-1SOG
- Pittsburgh Penguinslead1–0againstNew York Rangers
- New York Rangersare1–1withPittsburgh Penguins
- Game 3PIT3–2NYRL3His nightNo points-1+/-5SOG
- Pittsburgh Penguinslead2–1againstNew York Rangers
- Game 4PIT4–1NYRL3His nightNo points-3+/-3SOG
- Pittsburgh Penguinslead3–1againstNew York Rangers
- +1 goalGame 5NYR3–7PITL3His night+1P+1G-3+/-2SOG1PPP
Second roundPittsburgh Penguins knock New York Rangers out 4–1
NYR1–4PITEliminated5Games5Points3Goals2AssistsThe run in numbersMark Messier ends the 1995-1996 playoffs with 11 points
Points11NHL#27Games11Goals4NHL#30Assists7NHL#24P/GP1.00NHL#10+/--10NHL#345Events2 pointsbest gameMTL4–2→PIT1–4