Hartford Whalers at New York Rangers

Wed, Feb 5, 1997 · Madison Square Garden · 1996–97 Regular Season

Hartford Whalers

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Final

New York Rangers

The New York Rangers beat the Hartford Whalers 5–2 on Wed, Feb 5, 1997 at Madison Square Garden. Wayne Gretzky led the way with 4 points. Mike Richter made 32 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 34–44.

Linescore

Team	T	SOG
HFD	2	34
NYR	5	44

Hartford Whalers

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG
12	Steven Rice	R	1	0	1	+1	0	7
36	Glen Featherstone	D	0	1	1	-2	0	3
17	Hnat Domenichelli	L	1	0	1	0	0	3
11	Kevin Dineen	R	0	1	1	0	2	2
55	Keith Primeau	C	0	0	0	+1	2	2
5	Alexander Godynyuk	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0
8	Geoff Sanderson	L	0	0	0	-2	0	4
92	Jeff O'Neill	C	0	0	0	0	0	2
21	Andrew Cassels	C	0	0	0	-3	0	1
7	Curtis Leschyshyn	D	0	0	0	-3	0	6
28	Paul Ranheim	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0
44	Kent Manderville	C	0	0	0	-2	0	1
16	Nelson Emerson	R	0	0	0	+1	4	1
32	Stu Grimson	L	0	0	0	-1	5	0
14	Kevin Haller	D	0	0	0	0	10	1
4	Gerald Diduck	D	0	0	0	0	0	0
46	Kevin Brown	R	0	0	0	-3	0	1
23	Marek Malik	D	0	0	0	0	2	0

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1	Sean Burke	L	42	37	5	.881	52:11
29	Jason Muzzatti		2	2	0	1.000	7:49

New York Rangers

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG
99	Wayne Gretzky	C	0	4	4	+3	2	3
2	Brian Leetch	D	1	2	3	+1	0	2
20	Luc Robitaille	L	2	1	3	+3	2	7
24	Niklas Sundstrom	R	0	2	2	+3	0	0
9	Adam Graves	L	2	0	2	+1	4	6
11	Mark Messier	C	0	1	1	0	0	4
26	Patrick Flatley	R	0	0	0	0	0	1
18	Bill Berg	L	0	0	0	0	0	2
15	Darren Langdon	L	0	0	0	-1	5	1
23	Jeff Beukeboom	D	0	0	0	+1	2	1
25	Alexander Karpovtsev	D	0	0	0	+1	0	6
28	Brian Noonan	R	0	0	0	-1	0	0
32	Sylvain Blouin	L	0	0	0	0	2	1
39	Vladimir Vorobiev	R	0	0	0	+1	0	1
33	Bruce Driver	D	0	0	0	+1	2	3
13	Sergei Nemchinov	L	0	0	0	0	0	5
29	Eric Cairns	D	0	0	0	+1	2	0
5	Ulf Samuelsson	D	0	0	0	+1	4	1

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
35	Mike Richter	W	34	32	2	.941	60:00
30	Glenn Healy		0	0	0