Philadelphia Flyers vs New York Rangers
Playoffs · Tuesday, May 20, 1997 · Madison Square Garden
Game summary
The Philadelphia Flyers beat the New York Rangers 6–3 on Tuesday, May 20, 1997 at Madison Square Garden. The Rangers outshot the Flyers 28–25.
Eric Lindros scored a hat trick and Russ Courtnall scored twice. Petr Svoboda, Wayne Gretzky, Trent Klatt and Rod Brind'Amour also scored.
Ron Hextall made 25 saves on 28 shots for the win; Mike Richter stopped 19 of 24.
Scoring
1st period
Eric Lindros (7)Janne Niinimaa (8), Paul Coffey (6)1–007:33 PHI
Petr Svoboda (1)John LeClair (8), Dainius Zubrus (3)2–012:03 PHI
3rd period
Russ Courtnall (2)Wayne Gretzky (7), Esa Tikkanen (3)2–100:43 NYR · - Russ Courtnall (3)Luc Robitaille (6), Doug Lidster (4)2–204:02 NYR
- Eric Lindros (8)John LeClair (9), Dainius Zubrus (4)3–206:35 PHI
Wayne Gretzky (10)Russ Courtnall (4)3–314:21 NYR
Trent Klatt (4)Shjon Podein (3)4–314:59 PHI
Rod Brind'Amour (8)Chris Therien (4)5–316:52 PHI- Eric Lindros (9)Joel Otto (5)6–319:22 PHI ·
Team stats
PHINYR
2528
0%0%
0/41/6
1410
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:27 into the first period
Dallas Eakins · interference2 min - 6:00 into the first periodDarren Langdon · roughing2 min
- 6:00 into the first period
Dan Kordic · roughing2 min - 16:23 into the first periodShjon Podein · roughing2 min
- 6:40 into the second periodPetr Svoboda · slashing2 min
- 14:55 into the second periodEric Desjardins · hooking2 min
- 17:07 into the second periodMichel Petit · high sticking double minor4 min
- 1:13 into the third periodShane Churla · slashing2 min
- 6:56 into the third periodEsa Tikkanen · interference2 min
- 9:12 into the third periodJoel Otto · holding the stick2 min
- 12:12 into the third periodJeff Beukeboom · interference2 min
Season series
Philadelphia Flyers
| 88Eric LindrosC | 3 | 0 | 3 | +3 | 6 | – |
| 9Dainius ZubrusC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 10John LeClairL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 17Rod Brind'AmourC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 20Trent KlattR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 25Shjon PodeinL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 29Joel OttoC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 6Chris TherienD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 23Petr SvobodaD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 44Janne NiinimaaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 77Paul CoffeyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 18Dale HawerchukC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 19Mikael RenbergR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21Dan KordicL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 32Daniel LacroixC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 8Michel PetitD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Karl DykhuisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 37Eric DesjardinsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Ron HextallG | W | 28 | 3 | .893 |
| 30Garth SnowG | 0 | 0 | – |
New York Rangers
| 21Russ CourtnallR | 2 | 1 | 3 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 10Esa TikkanenL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 3 | – |
| 20Luc RobitailleL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 6Doug LidsterD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 9Adam GravesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 11Mark MessierC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 12Ken GernanderR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 15Darren LangdonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 19Christian DubeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 22Shane ChurlaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 32Mike EastwoodC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 2Brian LeetchD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 5Ulf SamuelssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 23Jeff BeukeboomD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 28Dallas EakinsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 29Eric CairnsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 33Bruce DriverD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Glenn HealyG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Mike RichterG | L | 24 | 5 | .792 |