New York Rangers at Florida Panthers

Fri, Apr 25, 1997 · Miami Arena · 1996–97 Playoffs

New York Rangers

3 – 2

Final/OT

Florida Panthers

The New York Rangers beat the Florida Panthers 3–2 in overtime on Fri, Apr 25, 1997 at Miami Arena. Mark Messier led the way with 3 points. Mike Richter made 38 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 33–40.

Linescore

Team	T	SOG
NYR	3	33
FLA	2	40

New York Rangers

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG
11	Mark Messier	C	2	1	3	+3	0	6
10	Esa Tikkanen	L	1	1	2	+3	4	4
2	Brian Leetch	D	0	2	2	+2	0	4
5	Ulf Samuelsson	D	0	1	1	0	2	0
33	Bruce Driver	D	0	0	0	0	0	1
23	Jeff Beukeboom	D	0	0	0	+3	0	1
22	Shane Churla	R	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	Russ Courtnall	R	0	0	0	0	0	2
15	Darren Langdon	L	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	Niklas Sundstrom	R	0	0	0	-1	0	4
99	Wayne Gretzky	C	0	0	0	-1	2	1
32	Mike Eastwood	C	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	Ken Gernander	R	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	Doug Lidster	D	0	0	0	0	0	2
9	Adam Graves	L	0	0	0	+3	4	2
25	Alexander Karpovtsev	D	0	0	0	-1	2	0
8	Patrick Flatley	R	0	0	0	0	2	2
20	Luc Robitaille	L	0	0	0	-1	0	4

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
35	Mike Richter	W	40	38	2	.950	72:02
30	Glenn Healy		0	0	0

Florida Panthers

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG
5	Gord Murphy	D	0	2	2	0	0	3
44	Rob Niedermayer	C	0	1	1	-2	2	1
21	Tom Fitzgerald	R	0	1	1	+1	0	2
18	Mike Hough	L	1	0	1	+1	0	3
26	Ray Sheppard	R	1	0	1	-1	0	4
55	Ed Jovanovski	D	0	0	0	0	2	1
19	Radek Dvorak	R	0	0	0	0	0	0
28	Martin Straka	C	0	0	0	0	0	1
7	Rhett Warrener	D	0	0	0	0	0	2
27	Scott Mellanby	R	0	0	0	-2	0	1
12	Jody Hull	R	0	0	0	+1	0	7
10	Dave Lowry	L	0	0	0	-1	0	2
9	Kirk Muller	L	0	0	0	-1	2	7
24	Robert Svehla	D	0	0	0	-2	0	2
3	Paul Laus	D	0	0	0	0	2	1
23	Chris Wells	C	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Terry Carkner	D	0	0	0	-2	2	3
15	David Nemirovsky	R	0	0	0	-2	0	0

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
34	John Vanbiesbrouck	L	33	30	3	.909	72:02
30	Mark Fitzpatrick		0	0	0