Tampa Bay Lightning vs New York Rangers
Regular season · Friday, April 11, 1997 · Madison Square Garden
Game summary
The Tampa Bay Lightning beat the New York Rangers 4–2 on Friday, April 11, 1997 at Madison Square Garden. The Lightning outshot the Rangers 33–27.
Goals came from Dino Ciccarelli, Daymond Langkow, Bill Berg, Adam Graves, Rob Zamuner and Chris Gratton.
Rick Tabaracci made 25 saves on 27 shots for the win; Mike Richter stopped 29 of 32.
Scoring
1st period
Dino Ciccarelli (34)Roman Hamrlik (28), Rob Zamuner (31)1–009:19 TBL
Daymond Langkow (15)Jason Wiemer (5)2–013:27 TBL
2nd period
Bill Berg (8)Mark Messier (48)2–111:58 NYR · 
Adam Graves (33)Brian Leetch (58), Bruce Driver (25)2–216:29 NYR · 
Rob Zamuner (17)Unassisted3–219:40 TBL ·
3rd period
Chris Gratton (30)Rob Zamuner (32)4–219:28 TBL ·
Team stats
TBLNYR
3327
0%0%
0/21/3
64
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 15:13 into the first period
Rob Zamuner · interference2 min - 5:21 into the second period
Russ Courtnall · roughing2 min - 11:09 into the second periodAdam Graves · slashing2 min
- 16:06 into the second periodCory Cross · holding the stick2 min
- 17:52 into the second periodRoman Hamrlik · roughing2 min
Season series
Tampa Bay Lightning
| 7Rob ZamunerL | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 4 | – |
| 18Daymond LangkowC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 22Dino CiccarelliR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 24Jason WiemerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 77Chris GrattonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 44Roman HamrlikD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 9Jeff TomsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 11Shawn BurrL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 15Paul YsebaertL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 19Brian BradleyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 28Patrick PoulinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 29Alexander SelivanovR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Bill HoulderD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 0 | – |
| 4Cory CrossD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 5Igor UlanovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 6Jeff NortonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 8Jamie HuscroftD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Rudy PoeschekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Rick TabaracciG | W | 27 | 2 | .926 |
| 32Corey SchwabG | 0 | 0 | – |
New York Rangers
| 9Adam GravesL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −3 | 6 | – |
| 11Mark MessierC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 18Bill BergL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 2Brian LeetchD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 33Bruce DriverD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 8Patrick FlatleyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 10Esa TikkanenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 15Darren LangdonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Russ CourtnallR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 22Shane ChurlaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Niklas SundstromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 26David OliverR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 32Mike EastwoodC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 3 | – |
| 5Ulf SamuelssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 6Doug LidsterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 23Jeff BeukeboomD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 28Dallas EakinsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Glenn HealyG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Mike RichterG | L | 32 | 3 | .906 |