New York Rangers vs Ottawa Senators
Regular season · Friday, March 14, 1997 · Corel Centre
Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the Ottawa Senators 4–3 in overtime on Friday, March 14, 1997 at Corel Centre. The Senators outshot the Rangers 30–28.
Adam Graves scored a hat trick. Alexandre Daigle, Steve Duchesne, Tom Chorske and Niklas Sundstrom also scored.
Mike Richter made 27 saves on 30 shots for the win; Ron Tugnutt stopped 24 of 28.
Scoring
1st period
Adam Graves (26)Ulf Samuelsson (11), Mark Messier (41)1–005:23 NYR
2nd period
Alexandre Daigle (25)Alexei Yashin (30), Jason York (17)1–103:52 OTT
Steve Duchesne (13)Alexei Yashin (31), Daniel Alfredsson (36)1–206:44 OTT · - Adam Graves (27)Mark Messier (42), Brian Leetch (51)2–219:33 NYR
3rd period
Tom Chorske (13)Unassisted2–315:33 OTT- Adam Graves (28)Mark Messier (43), Doug Lidster (4)3–315:52 NYR
Overtime
Niklas Sundstrom (23)Mike Eastwood (5)4–301:24 NYR
Team stats
NYROTT
2830
0%0%
0/41/5
1917
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 7:21 into the first period
Mark Messier · high sticking2 min - 7:21 into the first period
Steve Duchesne · slashing2 min - 16:35 into the first periodBruce Gardiner · hooking obstruction2 min
- 17:14 into the first periodNiklas Sundstrom · tripping2 min
- 0:39 into the second periodJanne Laukkanen · tripping obstruction2 min
- 3:55 into the second periodRyan Vandenbussche · fighting5 min
- 3:55 into the second periodDenny Lambert · fighting5 min
- 5:29 into the second periodUlf Samuelsson · interference2 min
- 9:43 into the second periodAlexander Karpovtsev · holding obstruction2 min
- 11:18 into the second periodShaun Van Allen · interference2 min
- 16:02 into the second periodAlexander Karpovtsev · tripping2 min
- 3:48 into the third periodJanne Laukkanen · hooking2 min
- 9:57 into the third periodBruce Driver · tripping2 min
- 14:27 into the third periodBill Berg · roughing2 min
- 14:27 into the third periodLance Pitlick · roughing2 min
Season series
New York Rangers
| 9Adam GravesL | 3 | 0 | 3 | +3 | 5 | – |
| 11Mark MessierC | 0 | 3 | 3 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 24Niklas SundstromR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 32Mike EastwoodC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 2Brian LeetchD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 5Ulf SamuelssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 6Doug LidsterD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 8Patrick FlatleyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 10Esa TikkanenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 15Darren LangdonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 18Bill BergL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 21Russ CourtnallR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26David OliverR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 37Ryan VandenbusscheR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 23Jeff BeukeboomD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 25Alexander KarpovtsevD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 33Bruce DriverD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Glenn HealyG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Mike RichterG | W | 30 | 3 | .900 |
Ottawa Senators
| 19Alexei YashinC | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 11Daniel AlfredssonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 17Tom ChorskeR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 91Alexandre DaigleR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 28Steve DuchesneD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 33Jason YorkD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 7Randy CunneyworthL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 10Andreas DackellR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 15Shawn McEachernL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 22Shaun Van AllenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 25Bruce GardinerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Philip CroweR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 42Denny LambertL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 76Radek BonkC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2Lance PitlickD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 6Wade ReddenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 27Janne LaukkanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 44Radim BicanekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Ron TugnuttG | L | 28 | 4 | .857 |
| 35Mike BalesG | 0 | 0 | – |