New York Rangers vs Philadelphia Flyers
Playoffs · Sunday, May 18, 1997 · CoreStates Center
Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the Philadelphia Flyers 5–4 on Sunday, May 18, 1997 at CoreStates Center. The Flyers outshot the Rangers 29–22.
Wayne Gretzky scored a hat trick. John LeClair, Doug Lidster, Paul Coffey, Rod Brind'Amour, Mark Messier and Shjon Podein also scored.
Mike Richter made 25 saves on 29 shots for the win; Garth Snow stopped 5 of 10.
Scoring
1st period
John LeClair (6)Eric Desjardins (5), Janne Niinimaa (7)0–104:11 PHI · 
Doug Lidster (1)Mike Eastwood (2)1–105:09 NYR
Wayne Gretzky (7)Esa Tikkanen (2), Brian Leetch (8)2–107:35 NYR · - Wayne Gretzky (8)Luc Robitaille (5), Mark Messier (7)3–109:34 NYR ·
2nd period
Paul Coffey (1)Rod Brind'Amour (6), Mikael Renberg (5)3–206:45 PHI
Rod Brind'Amour (7)Unassisted3–307:34 PHI- Wayne Gretzky (9)Mark Messier (8), Bruce Driver (1)4–309:30 NYR
Mark Messier (3)Jeff Beukeboom (1)5–313:45 NYR
Shjon Podein (4)Joel Otto (4)5–415:11 PHI
Team stats
NYRPHI
2229
0%0%
2/21/4
104
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 3:21 into the first period
Shane Churla · interference2 min - 6:16 into the first period
Janne Niinimaa · closing hand on puck2 min - 8:18 into the first periodEric Lindros · interference goalkeeper2 min
- 10:06 into the first periodShane Churla · hooking2 min
- 16:12 into the first periodDallas Eakins · interference2 min
- 1:47 into the second periodDoug Lidster · hooking obstruction2 min
- 20:00 into the third periodJeff Beukeboom · holding2 min
Season series
New York Rangers
| 11Mark MessierC | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 10Esa TikkanenL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 20Luc RobitailleL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 32Mike EastwoodC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Brian LeetchD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 6Doug LidsterD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 23Jeff BeukeboomD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 33Bruce DriverD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 9Adam GravesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 12Ken GernanderR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 15Darren LangdonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Peter FerraroR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 21Russ CourtnallR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 22Shane ChurlaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Ulf SamuelssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 25Alexander KarpovtsevD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 28Dallas EakinsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Glenn HealyG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Mike RichterG | W | 29 | 4 | .862 |
Philadelphia Flyers
| 17Rod Brind'AmourC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 10John LeClairL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 19Mikael RenbergR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25Shjon PodeinL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 29Joel OttoC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 37Eric DesjardinsD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 44Janne NiinimaaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 77Paul CoffeyD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 9Dainius ZubrusC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 18Dale HawerchukC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 20Trent KlattR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 21Dan KordicL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26John DruceR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 32Daniel LacroixC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 88Eric LindrosC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 6Chris TherienD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 23Petr SvobodaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Karl DykhuisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Ron HextallG | 12 | 0 | 1.000 | |
| 30Garth SnowG | L | 10 | 5 | .500 |