FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring:
  1, NY Rangers, Berg 5 (Flatley), 1:21
  2, NY Rangers, Robitaille 11 (power play) (Gretzky, Noonan), 3:44
  3, NY Rangers, Graves 11 (shorthanded) (Messier), 11:36
Penalties:
  Haller, HFD (hooking), 3:12
  Sundstrom, NYR (cross checking), 11:00
  Nemchinov, NYR (hooking), 13:57
  Leschyschyn, HFD (roughing), 19:30
  Primeau, HFD (roughing), 19:30
  Graves, NYR (double roughing minor), 19:30

SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring:
  4, NY Rangers, Lidster 1 (unassisted), 11:07
Penalties:
  None

THIRD PERIOD -- Scoring:
  5, NY Rangers, Gretzky 14 (Sundstrom, Beukeboom), 0:38
  6, Hartford, Oneill 10 (Leschyschyn, Ranheim), 3:18
  7, Hartford, Sanderson 19 (power play) (Haller, A Burt), 14:57
Penalties:
  Haller, HFD (roughing), 5:55
  Gretzky, NYR (roughing), 5:55
  Grimson, HFD (interference, fighting major), 9:18
  Churla, NYR (instigator, fighting major, misconduct), 9:18
  Noonan, NYR (game misconduct), 9:18
  Karpovtsev, NYR served by Flatley (double roughing minor), 13:16
  Featherstone, HFD (misconduct), 13:16
  Dineen, HFD (elbowing), 13:16
  Grimson, HFD (roughing), 19:59

Shots on Goal:
  Hartford             12 15 14--41
  NY Rangers           17  7 10--34

Goalies:
  Hartford, Muzzatti (13 shots, 10 saves; record: 7-4-3)
    Giguere (11:36 of 1st period, 21, 19)
  NY Rangers, Richter (41, 39; record: 13-9-2)

Power-play conversions: HFD - 1 of 3, NYR - 1 of 2
Referee: Walkom
Linesmen: M Pare, Scapinello
Attendance: 18,200 (Sellout)