Detroit Red Wings vs New York Rangers
Regular season · Friday, March 21, 1997 · Madison Square Garden
Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the Detroit Red Wings 3–1 on Friday, March 21, 1997 at Madison Square Garden. The Red Wings outshot the Rangers 33–31.
Goals came from Mark Messier, Nicklas Lidstrom, Russ Courtnall and Wayne Gretzky.
Glenn Healy made 32 saves on 33 shots for the win; Chris Osgood stopped 28 of 31.
Scoring
1st period
Mark Messier (35)Adam Graves (25), Brian Leetch (53)0–103:13 NYR
Nicklas Lidstrom (14)Vyacheslav Kozlov (20), Darren McCarty (27)1–118:10 DET ·
2nd period
Russ Courtnall (11)Mike Eastwood (8)1–207:56 NYR ·
3rd period
Wayne Gretzky (22)Esa Tikkanen (17)1–307:52 NYR
Team stats
DETNYR
3331
0%0%
1/50/3
610
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 9:17 into the first period
Darren Langdon · roughing2 min - 15:28 into the first period
Tomas Holmstrom · holding2 min - 17:34 into the first periodUlf Samuelsson · elbowing2 min
- 5:59 into the second periodDoug Lidster · holding the stick2 min
- 8:28 into the second periodJoey Kocur · interference2 min
- 16:05 into the second periodAdam Graves · roughing2 min
- 18:50 into the second periodUlf Samuelsson · roughing2 min
- 16:53 into the third periodBrendan Shanahan · roughing2 min
Season series
Detroit Red Wings
| 13Vyacheslav KozlovL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 25Darren McCartyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 5Nicklas LidstromD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 11Mathieu DandenaultR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 14Brendan ShanahanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 15Tomas HolmstromL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Doug BrownR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 18Kirk MaltbyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 19Steve YzermanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 20Martin LapointeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Joey KocurR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 28Tomas SandstromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 33Kris DraperC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 91Sergei FedorovC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 2Viacheslav FetisovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 3Bob RouseD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Vladimir KonstantinovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 55Larry MurphyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Mike VernonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Chris OsgoodG | L | 31 | 3 | .903 |
New York Rangers
| 9Adam GravesL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 10Esa TikkanenL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 11Mark MessierC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 21Russ CourtnallR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 32Mike EastwoodC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 2Brian LeetchD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 8Patrick FlatleyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 14Chris FerraroC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 15Darren LangdonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 18Bill BergL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Shane ChurlaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Niklas SundstromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 5Ulf SamuelssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 6Doug LidsterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 23Jeff BeukeboomD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 25Alexander KarpovtsevD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 33Bruce DriverD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Glenn HealyG | W | 33 | 1 | .970 |
| 35Mike RichterG | 0 | 0 | – |