New York Rangers vs Philadelphia Flyers
Regular season · Saturday, February 1, 1997 · CoreStates Center
Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the Philadelphia Flyers 4–2 on Saturday, February 1, 1997 at CoreStates Center. The Flyers outshot the Rangers 41–17.
Goals came from Niklas Sundstrom, Shjon Podein, Eric Lindros, Alexander Karpovtsev, Mark Messier and Sergei Nemchinov.
Mike Richter made 39 saves on 41 shots for the win; Ron Hextall stopped 13 of 17.
Scoring
1st period
Niklas Sundstrom (18)Wayne Gretzky (52)1–001:43 NYR
2nd period
Shjon Podein (11)Eric Desjardins (23), Joel Otto (14)1–111:49 PHI
Eric Lindros (15)John LeClair (25), Dainius Zubrus (4)1–213:38 PHI
Alexander Karpovtsev (6)Brian Leetch (39), Niklas Sundstrom (19)2–219:38 NYR ·
3rd period
Mark Messier (28)Adam Graves (22)3–202:54 NYR
Sergei Nemchinov (5)Brian Leetch (40), Luc Robitaille (21)4–208:37 NYR
Team stats
NYRPHI
1741
0%0%
1/30/6
3226
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:28 into the first period
Eric Cairns · fighting5 min - 0:28 into the first period
Scott Daniels · fighting5 min - 4:06 into the first periodPat Falloon · holding2 min
- 9:22 into the first periodEric Cairns · fighting5 min
- 9:22 into the first periodDan Kordic · fighting5 min
- 9:51 into the first periodJeff Beukeboom · cross checking2 min
- 9:51 into the first periodJeff Beukeboom · fighting5 min
- 9:51 into the first periodDaniel Lacroix · fighting5 min
- 12:41 into the first periodChris Therien · tripping2 min
- 18:39 into the first periodBill Berg · interference2 min
- 3:43 into the second periodEric Cairns · slashing2 min
- 8:12 into the second periodDarren Langdon · fighting5 min
- 8:12 into the second periodDan Kordic · fighting5 min
- 17:53 into the second periodJanne Niinimaa · roughing2 min
- 5:07 into the third periodEric Cairns · high sticking2 min
- 9:20 into the third periodBruce Driver · high sticking double minor4 min
Season series
New York Rangers
| 24Niklas SundstromR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 2Brian LeetchD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 9Adam GravesL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 11Mark MessierC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 13Sergei NemchinovL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 20Luc RobitailleL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 25Alexander KarpovtsevD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 8Patrick FlatleyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 15Darren LangdonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 18Bill BergL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 28Brian NoonanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 32Sylvain BlouinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 39Vladimir VorobievR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 5Ulf SamuelssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 23Jeff BeukeboomD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 29Eric CairnsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 33Bruce DriverD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Glenn HealyG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Mike RichterG | W | 41 | 2 | .951 |
Philadelphia Flyers
| 9Dainius ZubrusC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 10John LeClairL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 25Shjon PodeinL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | – |
| 29Joel OttoC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 88Eric LindrosC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 37Eric DesjardinsD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 15Pat FalloonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 17Rod Brind'AmourC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 19Mikael RenbergR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 20Trent KlattR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 21Dan KordicL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Scott DanielsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 32Daniel LacroixC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Darren RumbleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 6Chris TherienD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 8Michel PetitD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 44Janne NiinimaaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 77Paul CoffeyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Ron HextallG | L | 17 | 4 | .765 |
| 30Garth SnowG | 0 | 0 | – |