New York Rangers vs Hartford Whalers
Regular season · Friday, February 21, 1997 · Hartford Civic Center
Game summary
The Hartford Whalers beat the New York Rangers 7–2 on Friday, February 21, 1997 at Hartford Civic Center. The Rangers outshot the Whalers 38–32.
Goals came from Kelly Chase, Kevin Haller, Steven Rice, Keith Primeau, Andrew Cassels, Wayne Gretzky, Glen Wesley, Adam Graves and Sami Kapanen.
Sean Burke made 36 saves on 38 shots for the win; Mike Richter stopped 10 of 13.
Scoring
1st period
Kelly Chase (1)Paul Ranheim (10), Kevin Haller (9)0–108:10 HFD
Kevin Haller (2)Paul Ranheim (11), Kent Manderville (4)0–211:01 HFD
Steven Rice (17)Keith Primeau (21)0–311:14 HFD
2nd period
Keith Primeau (18)Unassisted0–403:12 HFD
Andrew Cassels (17)Nelson Emerson (22), Glen Wesley (24)0–517:20 HFD · 
Wayne Gretzky (17)Doug Lidster (2), Mike Eastwood (4)1–517:54 NYR
3rd period
Glen Wesley (4)Kevin Dineen (26), Andrew Cassels (33)1–600:49 HFD
Adam Graves (22)Mark Messier (34), Sergei Nemchinov (12)2–613:18 NYR
Sami Kapanen (7)Unassisted2–716:00 HFD
Team stats
NYRHFD
3832
0%0%
0/41/5
4646
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 5:47 into the first period
Vladimir Vorobiev · hooking obstruction2 min - 8:10 into the first period
Kelly Chase · roughing2 min - 8:10 into the first periodMark Messier · butt ending double minor4 min
- 14:39 into the first periodGlen Featherstone · tripping obstruction2 min
- 5:58 into the second periodJeff O'Neill · holding obstruction2 min
- 12:11 into the second periodKevin Haller · interference obstruction2 min
- 14:58 into the second periodJeff O'Neill · roughing2 min
- 14:58 into the second periodUlf Samuelsson · roughing2 min
- 14:58 into the second periodUlf Samuelsson · roughing2 min
- 14:58 into the second periodDarren Langdon · high sticking2 min
- 16:08 into the second periodSteven Rice · hooking2 min
- 17:03 into the second periodMark Messier · hooking2 min
- 5:56 into the third periodKelly Chase · fighting5 min
- 5:56 into the third periodEric Cairns · fighting5 min
- 9:25 into the third periodGlen Featherstone · roughing2 min
- 9:25 into the third periodGlen Featherstone · misconduct10 min
- 9:25 into the third periodStu Grimson · fighting5 min
- 9:25 into the third periodStu Grimson · misconduct10 min
- 9:25 into the third periodUlf Samuelsson · roughing2 min
- 9:25 into the third periodUlf Samuelsson · misconduct10 min
- 9:25 into the third periodDarren Langdon · fighting5 min
- 9:25 into the third periodDarren Langdon · misconduct10 min
- 16:14 into the third periodGlen Wesley · tripping2 min
Season series
New York Rangers
| 9Adam GravesL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 11Mark MessierC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 13Sergei NemchinovL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 32Mike EastwoodC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −3 | 7 | – |
| 6Doug LidsterD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 15Darren LangdonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 18Bill BergL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 20Luc RobitailleL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 24Niklas SundstromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 28Brian NoonanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 39Vladimir VorobievR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 2Brian LeetchD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 5Ulf SamuelssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −5 | 1 | – |
| 23Jeff BeukeboomD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 25Alexander KarpovtsevD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −6 | 3 | – |
| 29Eric CairnsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 33Bruce DriverD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Glenn HealyG | 19 | 4 | .789 | |
| 35Mike RichterG | L | 13 | 3 | .769 |
Hartford Whalers
| 21Andrew CasselsC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 28Paul RanheimL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 55Keith PrimeauC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 14Kevin HallerD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 4 | – |
| 20Glen WesleyD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 11Kevin DineenR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 12Steven RiceR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 16Nelson EmersonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 24Sami KapanenR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 39Kelly ChaseR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 44Kent MandervilleC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 8Geoff SandersonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 32Stu GrimsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 92Jeff O'NeillC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 4Gerald DiduckD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 6Adam BurtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 7Curtis LeschyshynD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 36Glen FeatherstoneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Sean BurkeG | W | 38 | 2 | .947 |
| 29Jason MuzzattiG | 0 | 0 | – |