Hartford Whalers vs New York Rangers
Regular season · Wednesday, February 5, 1997 · Madison Square Garden
Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the Hartford Whalers 5–2 on Wednesday, February 5, 1997 at Madison Square Garden. The Rangers outshot the Whalers 44–34.
Adam Graves scored twice and Luc Robitaille scored twice. Steven Rice, Brian Leetch and Hnat Domenichelli also scored.
Mike Richter made 32 saves on 34 shots for the win; Sean Burke stopped 37 of 42.
Scoring
1st period
Steven Rice (16)Unassisted1–008:23 HFD
2nd period
Adam Graves (18)Wayne Gretzky (53), Brian Leetch (43)1–108:38 NYR · 
Luc Robitaille (22)Wayne Gretzky (54), Niklas Sundstrom (20)1–213:55 NYR
3rd period
- Adam Graves (19)Mark Messier (32), Brian Leetch (44)1–303:54 NYR
Brian Leetch (16)Wayne Gretzky (55), Luc Robitaille (22)1–406:21 NYR- Luc Robitaille (23)Niklas Sundstrom (21), Wayne Gretzky (56)1–511:32 NYR
Hnat Domenichelli (2)Glen Featherstone (4), Kevin Dineen (23)2–519:57 HFD ·
Team stats
HFDNYR
3444
0%0%
1/41/4
2525
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 2:52 into the first period
Nelson Emerson · tripping2 min - 18:14 into the first periodStu Grimson · fighting5 min
- 18:14 into the first period
Darren Langdon · fighting5 min - 19:22 into the first periodKevin Haller · roughing2 min
- 19:22 into the first periodWayne Gretzky · roughing2 min
- 7:50 into the second periodMarek Malik · hooking2 min
- 11:04 into the second periodUlf Samuelsson · holding2 min
- 11:37 into the second periodKeith Primeau · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 11:37 into the second periodJeff Beukeboom · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 15:44 into the second periodNelson Emerson · roughing2 min
- 15:44 into the second periodUlf Samuelsson · roughing2 min
- 16:18 into the second periodKevin Haller · hooking obstruction2 min
- 7:02 into the third periodKevin Haller · high sticking2 min
- 7:02 into the third periodKevin Haller · roughing2 min
- 7:02 into the third periodLuc Robitaille · roughing2 min
- 7:18 into the third periodKevin Dineen · slashing2 min
- 7:18 into the third periodBruce Driver · hooking obstruction2 min
- 13:06 into the third periodSylvain Blouin · holding obstruction2 min
- 18:22 into the third periodKevin Haller · roughing2 min
- 18:22 into the third periodAdam Graves · roughing2 min
- 18:22 into the third periodAdam Graves · roughing2 min
- 18:22 into the third periodEric Cairns · roughing2 min
Season series
Hartford Whalers
| 11Kevin DineenR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 12Steven RiceR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 7 | – |
| 17Hnat DomenichelliL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 36Glen FeatherstoneD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 8Geoff SandersonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 16Nelson EmersonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 21Andrew CasselsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 28Paul RanheimL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 32Stu GrimsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 44Kent MandervilleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 46Kevin BrownR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 55Keith PrimeauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 92Jeff O'NeillC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 4Gerald DiduckD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Alexander GodynyukD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 7Curtis LeschyshynD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 6 | – |
| 14Kevin HallerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Marek MalikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Sean BurkeG | L | 42 | 5 | .881 |
| 29Jason MuzzattiG | 2 | 0 | 1.000 |
New York Rangers
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 0 | 4 | 4 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 20Luc RobitailleL | 2 | 1 | 3 | +3 | 7 | – |
| 2Brian LeetchD | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 9Adam GravesL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 24Niklas SundstromR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 0 | – |
| 11Mark MessierC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 13Sergei NemchinovL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 15Darren LangdonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 18Bill BergL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 26Patrick FlatleyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 28Brian NoonanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 32Sylvain BlouinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 39Vladimir VorobievR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 5Ulf SamuelssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 23Jeff BeukeboomD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 25Alexander KarpovtsevD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 29Eric CairnsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 33Bruce DriverD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Glenn HealyG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Mike RichterG | W | 34 | 2 | .941 |