New York Rangers vs Florida Panthers
Playoffs · Friday, April 25, 1997 · Miami Arena
Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the Florida Panthers 3–2 in overtime on Friday, April 25, 1997 at Miami Arena. The Panthers outshot the Rangers 40–33.
Mark Messier scored twice. Mike Hough, Ray Sheppard and Esa Tikkanen also scored.
Mike Richter made 38 saves on 40 shots for the win; John Vanbiesbrouck stopped 30 of 33.
Scoring
1st period
Mark Messier (1)Brian Leetch (3), Esa Tikkanen (1)1–000:39 NYR
Mike Hough (1)Tom Fitzgerald (1), Gord Murphy (4)1–114:17 FLA
2nd period
- Mark Messier (2)Ulf Samuelsson (1)2–119:44 NYR
3rd period
Ray Sheppard (2)Rob Niedermayer (1), Gord Murphy (5)2–212:37 FLA ·
Overtime
Esa Tikkanen (3)Mark Messier (3), Brian Leetch (4)3–212:02 NYR
Team stats
NYRFLA
3340
0%0%
0/31/6
1610
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 4:15 into the first period
Alexander Karpovtsev · hooking2 min - 10:37 into the first periodWayne Gretzky · slashing2 min
- 14:24 into the first period
Kirk Muller · roughing2 min - 17:38 into the first periodRob Niedermayer · holding2 min
- 17:38 into the first periodEd Jovanovski · roughing2 min
- 17:38 into the first periodPatrick Flatley · roughing2 min
- 5:36 into the second periodAdam Graves · interference2 min
- 13:21 into the second periodEsa Tikkanen · interference2 min
- 12:18 into the third periodEsa Tikkanen · interference2 min
- 14:02 into the third periodTerry Carkner · cross checking2 min
- 15:57 into the third periodPaul Laus · roughing2 min
- 15:57 into the third periodAdam Graves · roughing2 min
- 7:34 into overtimeUlf Samuelsson · holding2 min
Season series
New York Rangers
| 11Mark MessierC | 2 | 1 | 3 | +3 | 6 | – |
| 10Esa TikkanenL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 4 | – |
| 2Brian LeetchD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 5Ulf SamuelssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 8Patrick FlatleyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 9Adam GravesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 12Ken GernanderR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 15Darren LangdonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Luc RobitailleL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 21Russ CourtnallR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 22Shane ChurlaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Niklas SundstromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 32Mike EastwoodC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 6Doug LidsterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 23Jeff BeukeboomD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 25Alexander KarpovtsevD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 33Bruce DriverD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Glenn HealyG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Mike RichterG | W | 40 | 2 | .950 |
Florida Panthers
| 5Gord MurphyD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 18Mike HoughL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 21Tom FitzgeraldR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 26Ray SheppardR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 44Rob NiedermayerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 9Kirk MullerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 7 | – |
| 10Dave LowryL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 12Jody HullR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 7 | – |
| 15David NemirovskyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 19Radek DvorakR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Chris WellsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Scott MellanbyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 28Martin StrakaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2Terry CarknerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 3Paul LausD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 7Rhett WarrenerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 24Robert SvehlaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 55Ed JovanovskiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Mark FitzpatrickG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 34John VanbiesbrouckG | L | 33 | 3 | .909 |