Boston Bruins vs New York Rangers

Regular season · Sunday, February 2, 1997 · Madison Square Garden

BostonBruinsAway

3–2

Final

SOG 30–31

NY RangersRangersHome

Game summary

The Boston Bruins beat the New York Rangers 3-2 on Sunday, February 2, 1997 at Madison Square Garden. The Rangers outshot the Bruins 31-30.

Goals came from Barry Richter, Ted Donato, Brett Harkins, Vladimir Vorobiev and Mark Messier.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
BOS	3	0	0	3	30
NYR	0	2	0	2	31

Scoring

1st period

Barry Richter (3)Ted Donato (16), Jean-Yves Roy (6)1–011:16 BOS
Ted Donato (17)Adam Oates (36), Barry Richter (11)2–012:24 BOS · PPG
Brett Harkins (3)Tim Sweeney (3), Jeff Odgers (3)3–015:06 BOS · PPG

2nd period

Vladimir Vorobiev (4)Brian Leetch (41)3–101:02 NYR · PPG
Mark Messier (29)Brian Leetch (42)3–211:19 NYR

Team stats

BOSNYR

30Shots on goal31

0%Faceoff %0%

2/3Power play1/2

6Penalty minutes8

0Hits0

0Blocked shots0

0Giveaways0

0Takeaways0

Penalties

1st 03:23Dean Malkoc · roughing2 min
1st 06:09Ulf Samuelsson · holding2 min
1st 11:33Steve Staios · roughing2 min
1st 11:33Adam Graves · roughing2 min
1st 12:00Mark Messier · hooking2 min
1st 13:19Ulf Samuelsson · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
1st 19:21Troy Mallette · holding the stick2 min

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