New Jersey Devils vs Tampa Bay Lightning
Regular season · Saturday, February 22, 1997 · Ice Palace
Game summary
The Tampa Bay Lightning beat the New Jersey Devils 3–1 on Saturday, February 22, 1997 at Ice Palace. The Devils outshot the Lightning 26–25.
Goals came from Alexander Selivanov, Bill Guerin, Chris Gratton and Dino Ciccarelli.
Rick Tabaracci made 25 saves on 26 shots for the win; Martin Brodeur stopped 22 of 24.
Scoring
1st period
Alexander Selivanov (13)Roman Hamrlik (21), Chris Gratton (25)0–109:53 TBL · 
Bill Guerin (20)Scott Niedermayer (19), Brian Rolston (20)1–117:45 NJD
2nd period
Chris Gratton (20)Rob Zamuner (25), Mikael Andersson (10)1–211:15 TBL
3rd period
Dino Ciccarelli (24)Bill Houlder (15)1–319:06 TBL ·
Team stats
NJDTBL
2625
0%0%
0/31/3
1515
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 5:20 into the first period
John MacLean · hooking2 min - 8:23 into the first periodValeri Zelepukin · hooking2 min
- 10:41 into the first period
Bill Houlder · interference2 min - 17:38 into the first periodScott Stevens · roughing2 min
- 17:38 into the first periodDavid Shaw · cross checking2 min
- 6:03 into the second periodRudy Poeschek · holding2 min
- 8:18 into the second periodScott Stevens · roughing2 min
- 8:18 into the second periodRudy Poeschek · roughing2 min
- 11:41 into the second periodReid Simpson · fighting5 min
- 11:41 into the second periodRudy Poeschek · fighting5 min
- 2:09 into the third periodCory Cross · holding2 min
- 7:53 into the third periodKen Daneyko · kneeing2 min
Season series
New Jersey Devils
| 12Bill GuerinR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 14Brian RolstonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 27Scott NiedermayerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 8Pascal RheaumeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 10Denis PedersonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 15John MacLeanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 7 | – |
| 16Bobby HolikC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 21Randy MckayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Peter ZezelC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Dave AndreychukL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 25Valeri ZelepukinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 32Steve ThomasR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 33Reid SimpsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Ken DaneykoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4Scott StevensD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 24Lyle OdeleinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 26Jason SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 29Shawn ChambersD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mike DunhamG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Martin BrodeurG | L | 24 | 2 | .917 |
Tampa Bay Lightning
| 77Chris GrattonC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 7Rob ZamunerL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 22Dino CiccarelliR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 29Alexander SelivanovR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 34Mikael AnderssonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 2Bill HoulderD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 44Roman HamrlikD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 9Jeff TomsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 11Shawn BurrL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 17Brent PetersonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 18Daymond LangkowC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 24Jason WiemerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 28Patrick PoulinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 74Brantt MyhresR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Cory CrossD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 20Rudy PoeschekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27David ShawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 55Drew BannisterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Rick TabaracciG | W | 26 | 1 | .962 |
| 32Corey SchwabG | 0 | 0 | – |