New York Rangers vs Hartford Whalers
Regular season · Saturday, March 29, 1997 · Hartford Civic Center
Game summary
The Hartford Whalers beat the New York Rangers 2–1 on Saturday, March 29, 1997 at Hartford Civic Center. The Whalers outshot the Rangers 29–26.
Goals came from Derek King, Geoff Sanderson and Jeff Beukeboom.
Sean Burke made 25 saves on 26 shots for the win; Glenn Healy stopped 27 of 29.
Scoring
1st period
Derek King (24)Steve Chiasson (18), Robert Kron (9)0–108:17 HFD · 
Geoff Sanderson (33)Steven Rice (13), Andrew Cassels (39)0–219:43 HFD
3rd period
Jeff Beukeboom (2)Wayne Gretzky (68), Adam Graves (26)1–216:13 NYR
Team stats
NYRHFD
2629
0%0%
0/51/3
1721
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 2:26 into the first period
Stu Grimson · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min - 2:26 into the first period
Ryan Vandenbussche · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min - 4:36 into the first periodStu Grimson · fighting5 min
- 4:36 into the first periodRyan Vandenbussche · fighting5 min
- 6:46 into the first periodAlexander Karpovtsev · high sticking2 min
- 10:20 into the first periodSteven Rice · boarding2 min
- 10:36 into the first periodKevin Dineen · roughing2 min
- 10:36 into the first periodBruce Driver · holding the stick2 min
- 12:33 into the first periodAlexander Karpovtsev · tripping2 min
- 12:38 into the first periodSteven Rice · hooking obstruction2 min
- 11:57 into the second periodCurtis Leschyshyn · cross checking2 min
- 17:05 into the second periodGlen Wesley · slashing2 min
- 1:30 into the third periodAlexander Karpovtsev · cross checking2 min
- 5:50 into the third periodStu Grimson · roughing2 min
- 5:50 into the third periodGlen Wesley · roughing2 min
- 5:50 into the third periodUlf Samuelsson · roughing2 min
Season series
New York Rangers
| 9Adam GravesL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 23Jeff BeukeboomD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 8Patrick FlatleyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 10Esa TikkanenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 14Chris FerraroC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 15Darren LangdonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 18Bill BergL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Russ CourtnallR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Niklas SundstromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 26David OliverR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 32Mike EastwoodC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 37Ryan VandenbusscheR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Brian LeetchD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 5Ulf SamuelssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 6Doug LidsterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Alexander KarpovtsevD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 33Bruce DriverD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Glenn HealyG | L | 29 | 2 | .931 |
| 35Mike RichterG | 0 | 0 | – |
Hartford Whalers
| 8Geoff SandersonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 12Steven RiceR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 18Robert KronC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 7 | – |
| 21Andrew CasselsC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 27Derek KingL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 3Steve ChiassonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 11Kevin DineenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 16Nelson EmersonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 28Paul RanheimL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 32Stu GrimsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 44Kent MandervilleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 55Keith PrimeauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 92Jeff O'NeillC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Alexander GodynyukD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 6Adam BurtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 7Curtis LeschyshynD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 14Kevin HallerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Glen WesleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Sean BurkeG | W | 26 | 1 | .962 |
| 29Jason MuzzattiG | 0 | 0 | – |