Tampa Bay Lightning vs New York Rangers
Regular season · Wednesday, January 8, 1997 · Madison Square Garden
Game summary
The Tampa Bay Lightning beat the New York Rangers 4–3 on Wednesday, January 8, 1997 at Madison Square Garden. The Rangers outshot the Lightning 36–31.
Goals came from Brian Leetch, Mark Messier, Chris Gratton, Rob Zamuner, Alex Kovalev, Shawn Burr and Patrick Poulin.
Rick Tabaracci made 33 saves on 36 shots for the win; Mike Richter stopped 27 of 31.
Scoring
1st period
Brian Leetch (10)Alexander Karpovtsev (19), Wayne Gretzky (44)0–110:08 NYR ·
2nd period
Mark Messier (24)Adam Graves (18), Brian Leetch (33)0–202:03 NYR · 
Chris Gratton (16)Alexander Selivanov (6), Drew Bannister (7)1–202:24 TBL · 
Rob Zamuner (8)Chris Gratton (16), Bill Houlder (8)2–207:24 TBL
Alex Kovalev (13)Adam Graves (19), Mark Messier (23)2–312:57 NYR
3rd period
Shawn Burr (9)Unassisted3–302:29 TBL
Patrick Poulin (8)Alexander Selivanov (7), Shawn Burr (11)4–317:16 TBL
Team stats
TBLNYR
3136
0%0%
1/31/2
146
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 9:21 into the first period
Rob Zamuner · interference2 min - 10:15 into the first period
Ulf Samuelsson · holding2 min - 16:34 into the first periodShane Churla · holding2 min
- 0:35 into the second periodShawn Burr · misconduct10 min
- 1:39 into the second periodAlex Kovalev · interference obstruction2 min
- 5:09 into the second periodPatrick Poulin · tripping2 min
Season series
Tampa Bay Lightning
| 11Shawn BurrL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 29Alexander SelivanovR | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 77Chris GrattonC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 7Rob ZamunerL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 28Patrick PoulinL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 2Bill HoulderD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 0 | – |
| 55Drew BannisterD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 12John CullenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 15Paul YsebaertL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 18Daymond LangkowC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 19Brian BradleyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 22Dino CiccarelliR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 34Mikael AnderssonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 74Brantt MyhresR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Cory CrossD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 6Craig WolaninD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 20Rudy PoeschekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 44Roman HamrlikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Rick TabaracciG | W | 36 | 3 | .917 |
| 32Corey SchwabG | 0 | 0 | – |
New York Rangers
| 9Adam GravesL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 11Mark MessierC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 6 | – |
| 2Brian LeetchD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 27Alex KovalevR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 25Alexander KarpovtsevD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 8Patrick FlatleyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 13Sergei NemchinovL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 18Bill BergL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 19Christian DubeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 20Luc RobitailleL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 22Shane ChurlaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 24Niklas SundstromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 28Brian NoonanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 5Ulf SamuelssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 6Doug LidsterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 23Jeff BeukeboomD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 29Eric CairnsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Glenn HealyG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Mike RichterG | L | 31 | 4 | .871 |