Washington Capitals at New York Rangers

Wed, Mar 12, 1997 · Madison Square Garden · 1996–97 Regular Season

Washington Capitals

2 – 3

Final

New York Rangers

The New York Rangers beat the Washington Capitals 3–2 on Wed, Mar 12, 1997 at Madison Square Garden. Mark Messier led the way with 3 points. Mike Richter made 25 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 27–41.

Linescore

Team	T	SOG
WSH	2	27
NYR	3	41

Washington Capitals

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG
92	Rick Tocchet	R	1	0	1	0	0	1
96	Phil Housley	D	0	1	1	0	0	2
77	Adam Oates	C	0	1	1	+1	0	0
22	Steve Konowalchuk	L	0	1	1	+1	0	1
17	Chris Simon	L	0	1	1	+1	9	3
32	Dale Hunter	C	1	0	1	+1	4	3
19	Brendan Witt	D	0	0	0	0	7	1
2	Ken Klee	D	0	0	0	0	0	3
44	Richard Zednik	R	0	0	0	0	0	1
12	Peter Bondra	R	0	0	0	-1	0	3
6	Calle Johansson	D	0	0	0	0	0	2
90	Joe Juneau	C	0	0	0	+1	0	3
13	Andrei Nikolishin	C	0	0	0	-2	6	1
27	Craig Berube	L	0	0	0	0	5	1
3	Sylvain Cote	D	0	0	0	0	0	1
36	Mike Eagles	L	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	Michal Pivonka	C	0	0	0	-2	0	1
24	Mark Tinordi	D	0	0	0	0	4	0

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
37	Olie Kolzig	L	29	27	2	.931	34:18
30	Bill Ranford		12	11	1	.917	24:58

New York Rangers

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG
11	Mark Messier	C	1	2	3	+2	0	4
2	Brian Leetch	D	0	2	2	+1	0	5
10	Esa Tikkanen	L	0	1	1	0	2	5
9	Adam Graves	L	1	0	1	+1	6	3
25	Alexander Karpovtsev	D	0	1	1	+1	0	4
99	Wayne Gretzky	C	1	0	1	0	0	6
29	Eric Cairns	D	0	0	0	-1	5	0
37	Ryan Vandenbussche	R	0	0	0	-1	7	0
15	Darren Langdon	L	0	0	0	0	5	1
24	Niklas Sundstrom	R	0	0	0	+1	0	2
21	Russ Courtnall	R	0	0	0	+1	0	0
32	Mike Eastwood	C	0	0	0	-1	0	3
23	Jeff Beukeboom	D	0	0	0	0	0	2
33	Bruce Driver	D	0	0	0	-1	4	1
8	Patrick Flatley	R	0	0	0	-1	2	0
20	Luc Robitaille	L	0	0	0	0	0	2
5	Ulf Samuelsson	D	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	Bill Berg	L	0	0	0	-2	0	3

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
35	Mike Richter	W	27	25	2	.926	60:00
30	Glenn Healy		0	0	0