New York Rangers vs Buffalo Sabres

Regular season · Friday, April 4, 1997 · Marine Midland Arena

1–5

21–29

Game summary

The Buffalo Sabres beat the New York Rangers 5–1 on Friday, April 4, 1997 at Marine Midland Arena. The Sabres outshot the Rangers 29–21.

Darryl Shannon scored twice and Miroslav Satan scored a hat trick. Wayne Gretzky also scored.

Goals
NYR	0	1	0	1	21
BUF	3	2	0	5	29

Scoring

1st period

Darryl Shannon (2)Unassisted0–106:50 BUF
Miroslav Satan (20)Randy Burridge (20), Brian Holzinger (25)0–210:18 BUF
Miroslav Satan (21)Brian Holzinger (26), Jay McKee (8)0–316:29 BUF

2nd period

Wayne Gretzky (25)Brian Leetch (55), Niklas Sundstrom (27)1–300:42 NYR ·
Darryl Shannon (3)Garry Galley (33), Brian Holzinger (27)1–408:01 BUF ·
Miroslav Satan (22)Darryl Shannon (19), Garry Galley (34)1–508:48 BUF ·

Team stats

NYRBUF

2129

0%0%

1/52/5

7868

Penalties

1:13 into the first periodMichael Peca · roughing2 min
1:13 into the first periodMichael Peca · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
1:13 into the first periodDarren Langdon · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
2:14 into the first periodDarryl Shannon · tripping2 min
5:03 into the first periodBrad May · roughing2 min
5:03 into the first periodUlf Samuelsson · roughing2 min
8:16 into the first periodGarry Galley · misconduct10 min
8:16 into the first periodRob Ray · misconduct10 min
8:16 into the first periodBob Boughner · fighting5 min
8:16 into the first periodMichael Peca · misconduct10 min
8:16 into the first periodMichal Grosek · fighting5 min
8:16 into the first periodShane Churla · fighting5 min
8:16 into the first periodDoug Lidster · misconduct10 min
8:16 into the first periodMike Eastwood · misconduct10 min
8:16 into the first periodEric Cairns · misconduct10 min
8:16 into the first periodDarren Langdon · fighting5 min
13:05 into the first periodEsa Tikkanen · cross checking2 min
17:30 into the first periodAlexei Zhitnik · interference2 min
17:30 into the first periodShane Churla · cross checking2 min
19:00 into the first periodMike Wilson · holding the stick2 min
4:55 into the second periodRob Ray · fighting5 min
4:55 into the second periodEric Cairns · fighting5 min
7:57 into the second periodJeff Beukeboom · interference obstruction2 min
8:38 into the second periodUlf Samuelsson · high sticking2 min
11:23 into the second periodWayne Primeau · fighting5 min
11:23 into the second periodShane Churla · fighting5 min
15:15 into the second periodBob Boughner · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
15:15 into the second periodRyan Vandenbussche · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
5:48 into the third periodEric Cairns · roughing2 min
5:48 into the third periodEric Cairns · misconduct10 min
8:54 into the third periodGarry Galley · interference2 min
13:10 into the third periodDarren Langdon · hooking2 min
18:04 into the third periodDarryl Shannon · hooking obstruction2 min

Game summary

Scoring

Team stats

Penalties

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