New York Rangers vs New Jersey Devils
Playoffs · Sunday, May 11, 1997 · Continental Airlines Arena
Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the New Jersey Devils 2–1 in overtime on Sunday, May 11, 1997 at Continental Airlines Arena. The Devils outshot the Rangers 47–31.
Goals came from Esa Tikkanen, Brian Rolston and Adam Graves.
Mike Richter made 46 saves on 47 shots for the win; Martin Brodeur stopped 29 of 31.
Scoring
1st period
Esa Tikkanen (7)Wayne Gretzky (5), Mike Richter (1)1–007:53 NYR
2nd period
Brian Rolston (4)Unassisted1–112:02 NJD ·
Overtime
Adam Graves (2)Russ Courtnall (3), Mark Messier (6)2–114:08 NYR
Team stats
NYRNJD
3147
0%0%
0/21/4
84
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 5:12 into the first period
Esa Tikkanen · interference2 min - 18:23 into the first periodEsa Tikkanen · holding obstruction2 min
- 6:25 into the second period
Ken Daneyko · roughing2 min - 9:41 into the second periodBrian Leetch · high sticking double minor4 min
- 0:56 into the third periodScott Niedermayer · roughing2 min
Season series
New York Rangers
| 9Adam GravesL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 10Esa TikkanenL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 11Mark MessierC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 21Russ CourtnallR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 8Patrick FlatleyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 12Ken GernanderR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 15Darren LangdonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Luc RobitailleL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 22Shane ChurlaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26David OliverR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 32Mike EastwoodC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2Brian LeetchD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 5Ulf SamuelssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 6Doug LidsterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 23Jeff BeukeboomD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 25Alexander KarpovtsevD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 33Bruce DriverD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Glenn HealyG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Mike RichterG | W | 47 | 1 | .979 |
New Jersey Devils
| 14Brian RolstonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 10Denis PedersonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 12Bill GuerinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 15John MacLeanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Bobby HolikC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 19Bobby CarpenterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 21Randy MckayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 23Dave AndreychukL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 26Patrik EliasC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 32Steve ThomasR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 33Reid SimpsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 93Doug GilmourC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 2Dave EllettD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 3Ken DaneykoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 4Scott StevensD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 24Lyle OdeleinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 27Scott NiedermayerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 29Shawn ChambersD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mike DunhamG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Martin BrodeurG | L | 31 | 2 | .935 |