New York Islanders vs New York Rangers
Regular season · Monday, January 13, 1997 · Madison Square Garden
Game summary
The New York Islanders beat the New York Rangers 4–2 on Monday, January 13, 1997 at Madison Square Garden. The Rangers outshot the Islanders 30–29.
Goals came from Ziggy Palffy, Brent Hughes, Travis Green, Brian Leetch, Luc Robitaille and Scott Lachance.
Scoring
1st period
Ziggy Palffy (26)Travis Green (17), Bryan McCabe (8)1–014:34 NYI
Brent Hughes (5)Niklas Andersson (16)2–014:48 NYI
2nd period
Travis Green (10)Derek King (19), Steve Webb (1)3–006:01 NYI · 
Brian Leetch (11)Mark Messier (24)3–116:55 NYR
3rd period
Luc Robitaille (19)Niklas Sundstrom (15)3–202:10 NYR
Scott Lachance (2)Bryan Smolinski (9), Marty Mcinnis (13)4–217:57 NYI ·
Team stats
NYINYR
2930
0%0%
2/30/2
911
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 15:38 into the first period
Steve Webb · fighting5 min - 15:38 into the first period
Eric Cairns · fighting5 min - 4:10 into the second periodDarren Langdon · boarding2 min
- 13:44 into the second periodSteve Webb · holding2 min
- 9:59 into the third periodMark Messier · elbowing2 min
- 13:10 into the third periodBrent Hughes · holding2 min
- 16:32 into the third periodVladimir Vorobiev · interference obstruction2 min
Season series
The box score appears once the game starts.