Ottawa Senators vs New York Rangers
Regular season · Monday, March 17, 1997 · Madison Square Garden
Game summary
The Ottawa Senators beat the New York Rangers 4–3 on Monday, March 17, 1997 at Madison Square Garden. The Rangers outshot the Senators 41–33.
Goals came from Shaun Van Allen, Radek Bonk, Patrick Flatley, Adam Graves, Tom Chorske, Wayne Gretzky and Bruce Gardiner.
Ron Tugnutt made 38 saves on 41 shots for the win; Mike Richter stopped 29 of 33.
Scoring
1st period
Shaun Van Allen (10)Alexandre Daigle (25)1–019:44 OTT
2nd period
Radek Bonk (5)Daniel Alfredsson (37), Wade Redden (21)2–010:45 OTT · 
Patrick Flatley (8)Darren Langdon (5), Mike Eastwood (6)2–112:15 NYR
Adam Graves (29)Russ Courtnall (20), Brian Leetch (52)2–214:21 NYR
3rd period
Tom Chorske (14)Daniel Alfredsson (38), Lance Pitlick (2)3–209:56 OTT
Wayne Gretzky (20)Bruce Driver (23)3–315:08 NYR
Bruce Gardiner (8)Alexei Yashin (32), Lance Pitlick (3)4–317:47 OTT
Team stats
OTTNYR
3341
0%0%
0/20/2
44
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:14 into the first period
Tom Chorske · interference2 min - 10:40 into the first period
Doug Lidster · cross checking2 min - 9:38 into the second periodBruce Gardiner · hooking2 min
- 1:13 into the third periodEsa Tikkanen · hooking2 min
Season series
Ottawa Senators
| 11Daniel AlfredssonR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 2Lance PitlickD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 17Tom ChorskeR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 19Alexei YashinC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 22Shaun Van AllenC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 25Bruce GardinerR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 76Radek BonkC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 91Alexandre DaigleR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 6Wade ReddenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 7Randy CunneyworthL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 10Andreas DackellR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 15Shawn McEachernL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 26Philip CroweR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 42Denny LambertL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Christer OlssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 28Steve DuchesneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 33Jason YorkD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 44Radim BicanekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Ron TugnuttG | W | 41 | 3 | .927 |
| 35Mike BalesG | 0 | 0 | – |
New York Rangers
| 8Patrick FlatleyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 9Adam GravesL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 6 | – |
| 15Darren LangdonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Russ CourtnallR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 32Mike EastwoodC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | – |
| 2Brian LeetchD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 33Bruce DriverD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 10Esa TikkanenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 11Mark MessierC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 18Bill BergL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Niklas SundstromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 26David OliverR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 37Ryan VandenbusscheR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Ulf SamuelssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 6Doug LidsterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 23Jeff BeukeboomD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 25Alexander KarpovtsevD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Glenn HealyG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Mike RichterG | L | 33 | 4 | .879 |