Washington Capitals vs New York Rangers

Regular season · Wednesday, March 12, 1997 · Madison Square Garden

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2–3

27–41

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Game summary

The New York Rangers beat the Washington Capitals 3–2 on Wednesday, March 12, 1997 at Madison Square Garden. The Rangers outshot the Capitals 41–27.

Goals came from Dale Hunter, Wayne Gretzky, Rick Tocchet, Adam Graves and Mark Messier.

Goals
WSH	1	1	0	2	27
NYR	1	1	1	3	41

Scoring

1st period

Dale Hunter (12)Steve Konowalchuk (21), Chris Simon (11)1–011:56 WSH
Wayne Gretzky (19)Brian Leetch (49), Mark Messier (39)1–115:59 NYR

2nd period

Rick Tocchet (18)Phil Housley (26), Adam Oates (54)2–106:32 WSH
Adam Graves (25)Brian Leetch (50), Mark Messier (40)2–208:19 NYR

3rd period

Mark Messier (34)Alexander Karpovtsev (26), Esa Tikkanen (16)2–311:13 NYR ·

Team stats

WSHNYR

2741

0%0%

0/31/4

3533

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00

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Penalties

1:51 into the first periodAndrei Nikolishin · tripping2 min
5:47 into the first periodBrendan Witt · slashing2 min
9:29 into the first periodRyan Vandenbussche · roughing2 min
9:29 into the first periodChris Simon · roughing2 min
15:00 into the first periodEric Cairns · fighting5 min
15:00 into the first periodCraig Berube · fighting5 min
17:53 into the first periodAdam Graves · kneeing2 min
8:35 into the second periodRyan Vandenbussche · fighting5 min
8:35 into the second periodBrendan Witt · fighting5 min
8:41 into the second periodDarren Langdon · fighting5 min
8:41 into the second periodChris Simon · fighting5 min
9:23 into the second periodAdam Graves · roughing2 min
9:23 into the second periodMark Tinordi · roughing2 min
9:23 into the second periodMark Tinordi · roughing2 min
11:50 into the second periodPatrick Flatley · tripping2 min
0:26 into the third periodBruce Driver · roughing2 min
0:26 into the third periodDale Hunter · roughing2 min
1:03 into the third periodAdam Graves · holding2 min
9:38 into the third periodAndrei Nikolishin · hooking2 min
13:28 into the third periodEsa Tikkanen · slashing2 min
13:28 into the third periodChris Simon · slashing2 min
16:21 into the third periodMike Richter · roughing2 min
16:21 into the third periodDale Hunter · interference goalkeeper2 min
17:50 into the third periodBruce Driver · roughing2 min
17:50 into the third periodAndrei Nikolishin · high sticking2 min

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