New York Rangers vs Florida Panthers

Regular season · Sunday, February 9, 1997 · Miami Arena

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3–4

Final

SOG 32–29

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Game summary

The Florida Panthers beat the New York Rangers 4-3 on Sunday, February 9, 1997 at Miami Arena. The Rangers outshot the Panthers 32-29.

Goals came from Rob Niedermayer, Vladimir Vorobiev, Scott Mellanby, Martin Straka, Jody Hull, Sergei Nemchinov and Adam Graves.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
NYR	1	1	1	3	32
FLA	3	1	0	4	29

Scoring

1st period

Rob Niedermayer (8)Robert Svehla (20), Johan Garpenlov (20)0–102:50 FLA · PPG
Vladimir Vorobiev (5)Wayne Gretzky (58), Luc Robitaille (23)1–104:02 NYR · PPG
Scott Mellanby (22)Rob Niedermayer (16), Johan Garpenlov (21)1–215:11 FLA · PPG
Martin Straka (5)Chris Wells (4), Per Gustafsson (15)1–317:31 FLA

2nd period

Jody Hull (7)Gord Murphy (12)1–410:42 FLA
Sergei Nemchinov (6)Bruce Driver (20), Patrick Flatley (9)2–411:36 NYR

3rd period

Adam Graves (20)Niklas Sundstrom (22), Alexander Karpovtsev (22)3–417:24 NYR

Team stats

NYRFLA

32Shots on goal29

0%Faceoff %0%

1/5Power play2/4

8Penalty minutes10

0Hits0

0Blocked shots0

0Giveaways0

0Takeaways0

Penalties

1st 02:32Bill Berg · holding2 min
1st 03:45Gord Murphy · interference2 min
1st 04:46Brian Leetch · holding2 min
1st 07:50Bill Lindsay · elbowing2 min
1st 11:29Scott Mellanby · interference goalkeeper2 min
1st 15:03Darren Langdon · tripping2 min
2nd 08:39Tom Fitzgerald · interference goalkeeper2 min
3rd 02:45Patrick Flatley · tripping2 min
3rd 06:39Robert Svehla · hooking2 min

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