Florida Panthers vs New York Rangers
Playoffs · Wednesday, April 23, 1997 · Madison Square Garden
Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the Florida Panthers 3–2 on Wednesday, April 23, 1997 at Madison Square Garden. The Rangers outshot the Panthers 28–23.
Wayne Gretzky scored a hat trick. Rob Niedermayer and David Nemirovsky also scored.
Mike Richter made 21 saves on 23 shots for the win; John Vanbiesbrouck stopped 25 of 28.
Scoring
1st period
Rob Niedermayer (2)Gord Murphy (3)1–013:23 FLA ·
2nd period
Wayne Gretzky (2)Brian Leetch (2)1–103:07 NYR · - Wayne Gretzky (3)Luc Robitaille (1), Niklas Sundstrom (3)1–206:46 NYR
- Wayne Gretzky (4)Niklas Sundstrom (4), Alexander Karpovtsev (1)1–309:30 NYR
3rd period
David Nemirovsky (1)Paul Laus (1)2–301:40 FLA
Team stats
FLANYR
2328
0%0%
1/41/6
128
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 2:27 into the first period
Mike Hough · boarding2 min - 11:50 into the first period
Shane Churla · charging2 min - 16:23 into the first periodEd Jovanovski · roughing2 min
- 0:52 into the second periodJeff Beukeboom · high sticking2 min
- 1:57 into the second periodGord Murphy · hooking2 min
- 3:42 into the second periodTerry Carkner · slashing2 min
- 10:21 into the second periodMike Eastwood · boarding2 min
- 19:16 into the second periodGord Murphy · cross checking2 min
- 14:11 into the third periodRobert Svehla · holding2 min
- 14:28 into the third periodMark Messier · hooking2 min
Season series
Florida Panthers
| 15David NemirovskyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 44Rob NiedermayerC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 3Paul LausD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 5Gord MurphyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 9Kirk MullerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 10Dave LowryL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 12Jody HullR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 18Mike HoughL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21Tom FitzgeraldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 23Chris WellsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Ray SheppardR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 27Scott MellanbyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 28Martin StrakaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 29Johan GarpenlovL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Terry CarknerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 7Rhett WarrenerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Robert SvehlaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 55Ed JovanovskiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Mark FitzpatrickG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 34John VanbiesbrouckG | L | 28 | 3 | .893 |
New York Rangers
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 3 | 0 | 3 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 24Niklas SundstromR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 20Luc RobitailleL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 2Brian LeetchD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 25Alexander KarpovtsevD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 8Patrick FlatleyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 9Adam GravesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 10Esa TikkanenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 11Mark MessierC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 12Ken GernanderR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 15Darren LangdonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Russ CourtnallR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Shane ChurlaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 32Mike EastwoodC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 5Ulf SamuelssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 6Doug LidsterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 23Jeff BeukeboomD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 33Bruce DriverD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Glenn HealyG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Mike RichterG | W | 23 | 2 | .913 |