Philadelphia Flyers vs New York Rangers
Regular season · Monday, April 7, 1997 · Madison Square Garden
Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the Philadelphia Flyers 3–2 on Monday, April 7, 1997 at Madison Square Garden. The Flyers outshot the Rangers 29–27.
Goals came from Pat Falloon, Eric Lindros, Doug Lidster, Alexander Karpovtsev and Brian Leetch.
Mike Richter made 27 saves on 29 shots for the win; Ron Hextall stopped 24 of 27.
Scoring
1st period
Pat Falloon (11)Rod Brind'Amour (31)1–008:11 PHI
Eric Lindros (31)John LeClair (46), Trent Klatt (21)2–011:11 PHI
2nd period
Doug Lidster (3)Russ Courtnall (23), Alexander Karpovtsev (29)2–111:29 NYR
Alexander Karpovtsev (9)Brian Leetch (56), Wayne Gretzky (69)2–216:05 NYR · 
Brian Leetch (20)Wayne Gretzky (70), Adam Graves (27)2–316:56 NYR ·
Team stats
PHINYR
2927
0%0%
0/62/7
4024
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 3:57 into the first period
Trent Klatt · high sticking2 min - 15:38 into the first period
Jeff Beukeboom · tripping2 min - 7:15 into the second periodJeff Beukeboom · tripping2 min
- 9:26 into the second periodUlf Samuelsson · misconduct10 min
- 9:26 into the second periodPetr Svoboda · misconduct10 min
- 9:26 into the second periodKarl Dykhuis · roughing2 min
- 15:04 into the second periodEric Lindros · high sticking double minor4 min
- 17:41 into the second periodRon Hextall · misconduct10 min
- 18:39 into the second periodDarren Langdon · interference goalkeeper2 min
- 18:39 into the second periodDarren Langdon · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 3:02 into the third periodBill Berg · roughing2 min
- 3:02 into the third periodPaul Coffey · roughing2 min
- 3:02 into the third periodEric Lindros · high sticking2 min
- 8:44 into the third periodKarl Dykhuis · tripping obstruction2 min
- 12:56 into the third periodChris Therien · hooking obstruction2 min
- 13:43 into the third periodNiklas Sundstrom · holding the stick2 min
- 15:47 into the third periodBill Berg · holding2 min
- 20:00 into the third periodEric Lindros · high sticking double minor4 min
Season series
Philadelphia Flyers
| 10John LeClairL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 15Pat FalloonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 17Rod Brind'AmourC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 20Trent KlattR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 88Eric LindrosC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 9Dainius ZubrusC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 18Dale HawerchukC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 21Dan KordicL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25Shjon PodeinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 29Joel OttoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 32Daniel LacroixC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 45Vinny ProspalL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 6Chris TherienD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 23Petr SvobodaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Karl DykhuisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 37Eric DesjardinsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 44Janne NiinimaaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 77Paul CoffeyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Ron HextallG | L | 27 | 3 | .889 |
| 30Garth SnowG | 0 | 0 | – |
New York Rangers
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 0 | 2 | 2 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 2Brian LeetchD | 1 | 1 | 2 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 25Alexander KarpovtsevD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 9Adam GravesL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | – |
| 21Russ CourtnallR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 6Doug LidsterD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 8Patrick FlatleyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 10Esa TikkanenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 14Chris FerraroC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 15Darren LangdonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 18Bill BergL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 22Shane ChurlaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Niklas SundstromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 26David OliverR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 32Mike EastwoodC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Ulf SamuelssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Jeff BeukeboomD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 33Bruce DriverD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Glenn HealyG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Mike RichterG | W | 29 | 2 | .931 |