San Jose Sharks vs New York Rangers
Regular season · Monday, March 3, 1997 · Madison Square Garden
Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the San Jose Sharks 5–4 in overtime on Monday, March 3, 1997 at Madison Square Garden. The Rangers outshot the Sharks 37–33.
Ulf Samuelsson scored twice. Owen Nolan, Bruce Driver, Shean Donovan, Mark Messier, Greg Hawgood, Jeff Friesen and Niklas Sundstrom also scored.
Mike Richter made 29 saves on 33 shots for the win; Ed Belfour stopped 32 of 37.
Scoring
1st period
Owen Nolan (27)Jeff Friesen (26), Greg Hawgood (10)1–001:44 SJS · 
Bruce Driver (4)Unassisted1–107:11 NYR
Shean Donovan (6)Ron Sutter (5)2–113:49 SJS
Mark Messier (33)David Oliver (3), Adam Graves (24)2–218:48 NYR
2nd period
Ulf Samuelsson (5)Wayne Gretzky (62), Niklas Sundstrom (23)2–303:39 NYR- Ulf Samuelsson (6)Patrick Flatley (10)2–414:57 NYR
3rd period
Greg Hawgood (5)Viktor Kozlov (22), Owen Nolan (27)3–403:56 SJS · 
Jeff Friesen (21)Viktor Kozlov (23), Vlastimil Kroupa (3)4–419:08 SJS ·
Overtime
Niklas Sundstrom (20)Luc Robitaille (24)4–501:24 NYR
Team stats
SJSNYR
3337
0%0%
3/80/5
1521
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:25 into the first period
Mark Messier · high sticking2 min - 9:04 into the first period
Ed Belfour · delaying game2 min - 11:17 into the first periodShane Churla · roughing2 min
- 19:45 into the first periodBill Berg · hooking2 min
- 4:26 into the second periodBruce Driver · holding obstruction2 min
- 6:36 into the second periodViktor Kozlov · hooking2 min
- 7:37 into the second periodDavid Oliver · boarding2 min
- 12:06 into the second periodTony Granato · holding2 min
- 15:46 into the second periodBernie Nicholls · slashing2 min
- 16:16 into the second periodChris Ferraro · hooking obstruction2 min
- 2:15 into the third periodEric Cairns · fighting5 min
- 2:15 into the third periodDody Wood · fighting5 min
- 3:21 into the third periodChris Ferraro · holding obstruction2 min
- 5:38 into the third periodTodd Gill · hooking2 min
- 17:51 into the third periodBill Berg · hooking obstruction2 min
Season series
San Jose Sharks
| 11Owen NolanR | 1 | 1 | 2 | −3 | 7 | – |
| 25Viktor KozlovC | 0 | 2 | 2 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 39Jeff FriesenL | 1 | 1 | 2 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 4Greg HawgoodD | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 12Ron SutterC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 42Shean DonovanR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 44Vlastimil KroupaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 8Darren TurcotteC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 9Bernie NichollsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 16Dody WoodC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Stephen GuollaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 19Tim HunterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21Tony GranatoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 7 | – |
| 22Bob ErreyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Doug BodgerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 10Marcus RagnarssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Todd GillD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 33Marty McSorleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20Ed BelfourG | L | 37 | 5 | .865 |
| 32Kelly HrudeyG | 0 | 0 | – |
New York Rangers
| 24Niklas SundstromR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 7 | – |
| 5Ulf SamuelssonD | 2 | 0 | 2 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 8Patrick FlatleyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 9Adam GravesL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 11Mark MessierC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 20Luc RobitailleL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 26David OliverR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 33Bruce DriverD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 14Chris FerraroC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 15Darren LangdonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 18Bill BergL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 22Shane ChurlaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 32Mike EastwoodC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Brian LeetchD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 6Doug LidsterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Jeff BeukeboomD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 29Eric CairnsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Glenn HealyG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Mike RichterG | W | 33 | 4 | .879 |