New York Rangers vs Pittsburgh Penguins

Regular season · Saturday, January 25, 1997 · Civic Arena

7–4

39–32

Game summary

The New York Rangers beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 7–4 on Saturday, January 25, 1997 at Civic Arena. The Rangers outshot the Penguins 39–32.

Petr Nedved scored twice. Alexander Karpovtsev, Stu Barnes, Doug Lidster, Luc Robitaille, Joe Dziedzic, Mark Messier, Adam Graves, Sergei Nemchinov and Vladimir Vorobiev also scored.

Mike Richter made 28 saves on 32 shots for the win; Patrick Lalime stopped 32 of 38.

Goals
NYR	0	3	4	7	39
PIT	2	1	1	4	32

Scoring

1st period

Petr Nedved (21)Kevin Hatcher (27), J.J. Daigneault (13)0–105:14 PIT ·
Petr Nedved (22)Tomas Sandstrom (15), Fredrik Olausson (21)0–219:08 PIT ·

2nd period

Alexander Karpovtsev (5)Mark Messier (28), Brian Leetch (37)1–206:59 NYR ·
Stu Barnes (12)Kevin Hatcher (28)1–310:53 PIT
Doug Lidster (2)Wayne Gretzky (49), Luc Robitaille (20)2–314:05 NYR
Luc Robitaille (21)Wayne Gretzky (50), Brian Leetch (38)3–319:15 NYR ·

3rd period

Joe Dziedzic (4)Stu Barnes (18), Alex Hicks (10)3–401:06 PIT
Mark Messier (27)Wayne Gretzky (51), Bruce Driver (16)4–404:25 NYR
Adam Graves (16)Vladimir Vorobiev (5), Mark Messier (29)5–406:52 NYR
Sergei Nemchinov (4)Brian Noonan (13), Bruce Driver (17)6–418:11 NYR
Vladimir Vorobiev (3)Mark Messier (30), Adam Graves (21)7–419:40 NYR ·

Team stats

NYRPIT

3932

0%0%

2/42/6

1723

Penalties

5:07 into the first periodBrian Leetch · cross checking2 min
6:19 into the first periodSergei Nemchinov · high sticking2 min
6:19 into the first periodDarren Langdon · fighting5 min
6:19 into the first periodDave Roche · fighting5 min
8:30 into the first periodAlexander Karpovtsev · holding2 min
11:20 into the first periodKevin Hatcher · hooking obstruction2 min
17:13 into the first periodShane Churla · roughing2 min
17:13 into the first periodDave Roche · misconduct10 min
2:14 into the second periodJ.J. Daigneault · holding stick obstruction2 min
5:17 into the second periodJason Woolley · interference obstruction2 min
15:38 into the second periodBill Berg · interference obstruction2 min
17:22 into the second periodJason Woolley · hooking obstruction2 min
2:13 into the third periodMark Messier · hooking2 min

Season series

New York Rangers

New York Rangers skaters

11Mark MessierC	1	3	4	+2	5	2	–	–
99Wayne GretzkyC	0	3	3	+1	4	0	–	–
9Adam GravesL	1	1	2	+2	7	0	–	–
20Luc RobitailleL	1	1	2	0	3	0	–	–
39Vladimir VorobievR	1	1	2	+2	2	0	–	–
2Brian LeetchD	0	2	2	+2	1	2	–	–
33Bruce DriverD	0	2	2	+2	2	0	–	–
13Sergei NemchinovL	1	0	1	+1	1	2	–	–
28Brian NoonanR	0	1	1	+2	3	0	–	–
6Doug LidsterD	1	0	1	+2	1	0	–	–
25Alexander KarpovtsevD	1	0	1	−1	1	2	–	–
15Darren LangdonL	0	0	0	−1	1	5	–	–
18Bill BergL	0	0	0	+1	2	2	–	–
22Shane ChurlaR	0	0	0	−1	1	2	–	–
24Niklas SundstromR	0	0	0	0	3	0	–	–
5Ulf SamuelssonD	0	0	0	−1	2	0	–	–
23Jeff BeukeboomD	0	0	0	+2	0	0	–	–
29Eric CairnsD	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–

New York Rangers goalies
Goalie
30Glenn HealyG		0	0	0	–	–
35Mike RichterG	W	32	28	4	.875	60:00

Pittsburgh Penguins

Pittsburgh Penguins skaters

14Stu BarnesC	1	1	2	0	3	0	–	–
93Petr NedvedC	2	0	2	−3	5	0	–	–
4Kevin HatcherD	0	2	2	−1	3	2	–	–
16Joe DziedzicL	1	0	1	0	2	0	–	–
17Tomas SandstromR	0	1	1	−3	0	0	–	–
33Alex HicksL	0	1	1	0	0	0	–	–
23Fredrik OlaussonD	0	1	1	−2	1	0	–	–
36J.J. DaigneaultD	0	1	1	0	1	2	–	–
7Joe MullenR	0	0	0	+1	0	0	–	–
10Ron FrancisC	0	0	0	−1	2	0	–	–
29Tyler WrightC	0	0	0	+1	1	0	–	–
38Andreas JohanssonL	0	0	0	−2	2	0	–	–
51Dave RocheL	0	0	0	0	0	15	–	–
66Mario LemieuxC	0	0	0	−2	4	0	–	–
68Jaromir JagrR	0	0	0	−1	3	0	–	–
18Francois LerouxD	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
22Jason WoolleyD	0	0	0	−1	5	4	–	–
28Craig MuniD	0	0	0	−2	0	0	–	–

Pittsburgh Penguins goalies
Goalie
30Philippe De RouvilleG		0	0	0	–	–
40Patrick LalimeG	L	38	32	6	.842	59:33