New York Rangers at New York Islanders

Sat, Feb 8, 1997 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum · 1996–97 Regular Season

New York Rangers

5 – 2

Final

New York Islanders

The New York Rangers beat the New York Islanders 5–2 on Sat, Feb 8, 1997 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. Mark Messier led the way with 3 points. Mike Richter made 27 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 27–29.

Linescore

Team	T	SOG
NYR	5	27
NYI	2	29

New York Rangers

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG
11	Mark Messier	C	3	0	3	0	2	4
33	Bruce Driver	D	0	2	2	+1	0	2
2	Brian Leetch	D	0	1	1	+1	2	1
25	Alexander Karpovtsev	D	1	0	1	0	0	2
9	Adam Graves	L	0	1	1	-1	0	0
8	Patrick Flatley	R	1	0	1	+2	0	2
5	Ulf Samuelsson	D	0	1	1	0	0	0
18	Bill Berg	L	0	1	1	+2	0	1
99	Wayne Gretzky	C	0	1	1	+1	0	1
28	Brian Noonan	R	0	1	1	+1	2	0
23	Jeff Beukeboom	D	0	0	0	+2	2	1
15	Darren Langdon	L	0	0	0	0	2	1
24	Niklas Sundstrom	R	0	0	0	+1	0	3
13	Sergei Nemchinov	L	0	0	0	+1	0	0
39	Vladimir Vorobiev	R	0	0	0	-2	0	0
29	Eric Cairns	D	0	0	0	0	2	1
20	Luc Robitaille	L	0	0	0	+1	2	8
32	Mike Eastwood	C	0	0	0	0	0	0

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
35	Mike Richter	W	29	27	2	.931	60:00
30	Glenn Healy		0	0	0

New York Islanders

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG
27	Derek King	L	0	1	1	0	0	1
2	Rich Pilon	D	0	1	1	0	0	0
18	Marty Mcinnis	L	0	1	1	+1	0	5
3	Kenny Jonsson	D	1	0	1	0	2	2
39	Travis Green	C	1	0	1	0	0	1
16	Ziggy Palffy	R	0	0	0	-2	0	3
20	Brent Hughes	L	0	0	0	0	0	1
4	Bryan McCabe	D	0	0	0	-1	2	2
14	Derek Armstrong	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0
15	Bryan Smolinski	C	0	0	0	-1	0	5
34	Bryan Berard	D	0	0	0	0	2	2
13	Claude Lapointe	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1
7	Scott Lachance	D	0	0	0	-2	2	1
62	Steve Webb	R	0	0	0	-1	0	1
6	Doug Houda	D	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	Paul Kruse	L	0	0	0	-1	2	1
42	Dan Plante	R	0	0	0	0	4	0
44	Todd Bertuzzi	R	0	0	0	-1	0	3

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1	Eric Fichaud	L	27	22	5	.815	60:00
30	Tommy Soderstrom		0	0	0