New York Islanders at New York Rangers

Thu, Jan 2, 1997 · Madison Square Garden · 1996–97 Regular Season

New York Islanders

3 – 4

Final

New York Rangers

The New York Rangers beat the New York Islanders 4–3 on Thu, Jan 2, 1997 at Madison Square Garden. Mark Messier led the way with 3 points. Mike Richter made 26 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 29–34.

Linescore

Team	T	SOG
NYI	3	29
NYR	4	34

New York Islanders

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG
3	Kenny Jonsson	D	0	2	2	-1	0	0
16	Ziggy Palffy	R	1	1	2	-2	0	6
4	Bryan McCabe	D	1	0	1	-1	4	2
39	Travis Green	C	0	1	1	0	2	2
27	Derek King	L	0	1	1	+1	2	0
15	Bryan Smolinski	C	1	0	1	-3	0	6
6	Doug Houda	D	0	1	1	-1	0	1
11	Randy Wood	R	0	0	0	0	0	1
14	Derek Armstrong	C	0	0	0	-1	2	1
34	Bryan Berard	D	0	0	0	-1	2	2
13	Claude Lapointe	C	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	Scott Lachance	D	0	0	0	-1	0	3
18	Marty Mcinnis	L	0	0	0	0	0	2
2	Rich Pilon	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0
32	Niklas Andersson	L	0	0	0	-2	0	1
24	Paul Kruse	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1
42	Dan Plante	R	0	0	0	-1	0	0
20	Brent Hughes	L	0	0	0	0	0	1

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
35	Tommy Salo	L	34	30	4	.882	59:56
1	Eric Fichaud		0	0	0

New York Rangers

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG
11	Mark Messier	C	2	1	3	+2	22	3
9	Adam Graves	L	0	2	2	+3	0	3
99	Wayne Gretzky	C	0	1	1	+1	2	3
29	Eric Cairns	D	0	1	1	+1	2	0
20	Luc Robitaille	L	1	0	1	0	0	5
25	Alexander Karpovtsev	D	1	0	1	0	0	1
2	Brian Leetch	D	0	1	1	+3	0	7
27	Alex Kovalev	R	0	1	1	+2	0	4
24	Niklas Sundstrom	R	0	0	0	+1	0	2
28	Brian Noonan	R	0	0	0	0	2	0
23	Jeff Beukeboom	D	0	0	0	+2	2	1
13	Sergei Nemchinov	L	0	0	0	0	0	3
22	Shane Churla	R	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	Patrick Flatley	R	0	0	0	0	2	0
5	Ulf Samuelsson	D	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	Daniel Goneau	L	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	Bill Berg	L	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	Bruce Driver	D	0	0	0	0	0	2

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
35	Mike Richter	W	29	26	3	.897	60:00
30	Glenn Healy		0	0	0