Ottawa Senators vs New York Rangers
Regular season · Saturday, January 4, 1997 · Madison Square Garden
Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the Ottawa Senators 6–4 on Saturday, January 4, 1997 at Madison Square Garden. The Senators outshot the Rangers 43–28.
Niklas Sundstrom scored twice, Randy Cunneyworth scored twice and Luc Robitaille scored twice. Mark Messier, Alex Kovalev, Daniel Alfredsson and Jason Zent also scored.
Mike Richter made 39 saves on 43 shots for the win; Damian Rhodes stopped 18 of 23.
Scoring
2nd period
Mark Messier (23)Alex Kovalev (21), Alexander Karpovtsev (18)0–101:23 NYR
Niklas Sundstrom (16)Wayne Gretzky (40), Bruce Driver (13)0–207:06 NYR
Randy Cunneyworth (4)Shaun Van Allen (7), Alexandre Daigle (12)1–209:13 OTT- Niklas Sundstrom (17)Luc Robitaille (18), Wayne Gretzky (41)1–310:08 NYR
Luc Robitaille (16)Wayne Gretzky (42), Alex Kovalev (22)1–412:35 NYR- Randy Cunneyworth (5)Sergei Zholtok (4), Andreas Dackell (8)2–415:27 OTT ·
- Luc Robitaille (17)Wayne Gretzky (43), Patrick Flatley (8)2–518:35 NYR
3rd period
Alex Kovalev (12)Adam Graves (17)2–607:17 NYR
Daniel Alfredsson (14)Wade Redden (13), Alexandre Daigle (13)3–615:00 OTT · 
Jason Zent (3)Jason York (8), Sergei Zholtok (5)4–618:34 OTT
Team stats
OTTNYR
4328
0%0%
2/60/2
1634
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 8:45 into the first period
Randy Cunneyworth · holding2 min - 15:18 into the first periodSteve Duchesne · interference2 min
- 5:28 into the second period
Jeff Beukeboom · fighting5 min - 5:28 into the second periodDenny Lambert · fighting5 min
- 13:54 into the second periodShane Churla · slashing2 min
- 16:03 into the second periodPatrick Flatley · tripping2 min
- 2:14 into the third periodPatrick Flatley · tripping2 min
- 13:36 into the third periodAdam Graves · cross checking2 min
- 13:36 into the third periodDennis Vial · slashing2 min
- 14:06 into the third periodMark Messier · slashing2 min
- 18:05 into the third periodEric Cairns · misconduct10 min
- 18:20 into the third periodJeff Beukeboom · fighting5 min
- 18:20 into the third periodDenny Lambert · fighting5 min
- 19:31 into the third periodUlf Samuelsson · holding the stick2 min
- 19:31 into the third periodUlf Samuelsson · roughing2 min
Season series
Ottawa Senators
| 7Randy CunneyworthL | 2 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 16Sergei ZholtokC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 91Alexandre DaigleR | 0 | 2 | 2 | −4 | 1 | – |
| 10Andreas DackellR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 11Daniel AlfredssonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 22Shaun Van AllenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 38Jason ZentL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 6Wade ReddenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 33Jason YorkD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 17Tom ChorskeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 6 | – |
| 19Alexei YashinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 21Dennis VialL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 25Bruce GardinerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 42Denny LambertL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 2Lance PitlickD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 3Frantisek MusilD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27Janne LaukkanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 28Steve DuchesneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Damian RhodesG | L | 23 | 5 | .783 |
| 31Ron TugnuttG | 5 | 1 | .800 |
New York Rangers
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 0 | 4 | 4 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 20Luc RobitailleL | 2 | 1 | 3 | +3 | 4 | – |
| 27Alex KovalevR | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 24Niklas SundstromR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 8Patrick FlatleyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 9Adam GravesL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 11Mark MessierC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 25Alexander KarpovtsevD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 33Bruce DriverD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 13Sergei NemchinovL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Daniel GoneauL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 18Bill BergL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 22Shane ChurlaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 28Brian NoonanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 2Brian LeetchD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +4 | 6 | – |
| 5Ulf SamuelssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Jeff BeukeboomD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 29Eric CairnsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Glenn HealyG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Mike RichterG | W | 43 | 4 | .907 |