New York Rangers vs San Jose Sharks
Regular season · Sunday, March 9, 1997 · San Jose Arena
Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the San Jose Sharks 2-1 on Sunday, March 9, 1997 at San Jose Arena. The Sharks outshot the Rangers 29-25.
Goals came from Luc Robitaille, Jeff Friesen and Niklas Sundstrom.
Mike Richter made 28 saves on 29 shots for the win; Ed Belfour stopped 23 of 25.
Scoring
1st period
Luc Robitaille (24)Wayne Gretzky (65), Alexander Karpovtsev (25)1–012:31 NYR
Jeff Friesen (22)Doug Bodger (11), Greg Hawgood (11)1–117:59 SJS · PPG
2nd period
Niklas Sundstrom (22)Bruce Driver (22), Wayne Gretzky (66)2–115:00 NYR
Team stats
NYRSJS
25Shots on goal29
0%Faceoff %0%
0/3Power play1/5
25Penalty minutes34
0Hits0
0Blocked shots0
0Giveaways0
0Takeaways0
Penalties
- 1st 13:15
Marcus Ragnarsson · interference obstruction2 min - 1st 17:00
Eric Cairns · roughing2 min - 1st 17:00Marty McSorley · roughing2 min
- 1st 17:23Wayne Gretzky · hooking2 min
- 2nd 04:11Ryan Vandenbussche · cross checking2 min
- 2nd 04:11Tim Hunter · interference obstruction2 min
- 2nd 08:56Marcus Ragnarsson · slashing5 min
- 2nd 08:56Marcus Ragnarsson · game misconduct10 min
- 2nd 12:59Mark Messier · cross checking2 min
- 2nd 12:59Mark Messier · fighting5 min
- 2nd 12:59Marty McSorley · elbowing2 min
- 2nd 12:59Marty McSorley · roughing2 min
- 2nd 12:59Marty McSorley · fighting5 min
- 2nd 16:52Luc Robitaille · interference obstruction2 min
- 2nd 16:52Ulf Samuelsson · roughing2 min
- 2nd 16:52Tony Granato · roughing2 min
- 3rd 02:24Bruce Driver · holding2 min
- 3rd 06:23Shane Churla · cross checking2 min
- 3rd 10:11Adam Graves · roughing2 min
- 3rd 12:08Bill Berg · roughing2 min
- 3rd 12:08Bernie Nicholls · roughing2 min
Season series
New York Rangers
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 20Luc RobitailleL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 24Niklas SundstromR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 25Alexander KarpovtsevD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 33Bruce DriverD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 8Patrick FlatleyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 9Adam GravesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 11Mark MessierC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Chris FerraroC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 18Bill BergL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 22Shane ChurlaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26David OliverR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 32Mike EastwoodC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 37Ryan VandenbusscheR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2Brian LeetchD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 5Ulf SamuelssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Jeff BeukeboomD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 29Eric CairnsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Glenn HealyG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |
| 35Mike RichterG | W | 29 | 28 | 1 | .966 | 60:00 |
San Jose Sharks
| 39Jeff FriesenL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 3Doug BodgerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 4 | – |
| 4Greg HawgoodD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | – |
| 8Darren TurcotteC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 9Bernie NichollsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | – |
| 11Owen NolanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 12Ron SutterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | – |
| 17Stephen GuollaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 19Tim HunterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Tony GranatoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 5 | – |
| 22Bob ErreyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Viktor KozlovC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | – |
| 36Todd EwenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | – |
| 42Shean DonovanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | – |
| 10Marcus RagnarssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Todd GillD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 33Marty McSorleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | – |
| 44Vlastimil KroupaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20Ed BelfourG | L | 25 | 23 | 2 | .920 | 59:07 |
| 32Kelly HrudeyG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – |