Philadelphia Flyers vs New York Rangers
Playoffs · Friday, May 23, 1997 · Madison Square Garden
Game summary
The Philadelphia Flyers beat the New York Rangers 3–2 on Friday, May 23, 1997 at Madison Square Garden. The Flyers outshot the Rangers 42–33.
Goals came from Mikael Renberg, Esa Tikkanen, John Druce, Brian Leetch and Eric Lindros.
Ron Hextall made 31 saves on 33 shots for the win; Mike Richter stopped 39 of 42.
Scoring
1st period
Mikael Renberg (5)Dale Hawerchuk (5), Paul Coffey (7)1–007:08 PHI ·
3rd period
Esa Tikkanen (8)Doug Lidster (5)1–101:41 NYR · 
John Druce (1)Unassisted2–116:47 PHI · 
Brian Leetch (2)Wayne Gretzky (8), Luc Robitaille (7)2–217:52 NYR
Eric Lindros (10)John LeClair (10), Rod Brind'Amour (7)3–219:53 PHI ·
Team stats
PHINYR
4233
0%0%
2/70/6
1820
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 5:10 into the first period
Adam Graves · roughing2 min - 7:08 into the first periodJeff Beukeboom · roughing2 min
- 7:08 into the first period
John LeClair · roughing2 min - 10:14 into the first periodPetr Svoboda · cross checking2 min
- 13:09 into the first periodMike Eastwood · interference2 min
- 18:13 into the first periodLuc Robitaille · holding2 min
- 19:59 into the first periodMike Eastwood · holding2 min
- 0:37 into the second periodEric Lindros · cross checking2 min
- 3:14 into the second periodDaniel Lacroix · interference2 min
- 9:37 into the second periodUlf Samuelsson · roughing2 min
- 9:37 into the second periodJanne Niinimaa · roughing2 min
- 10:36 into the second periodEric Lindros · slashing2 min
- 11:05 into the second periodEric Desjardins · slashing2 min
- 19:44 into the second periodAdam Graves · cross checking2 min
- 19:44 into the second periodJanne Niinimaa · cross checking2 min
- 19:49 into the second periodUlf Samuelsson · roughing2 min
- 15:50 into the third periodJoel Otto · holding2 min
- 18:25 into the third periodJeff Beukeboom · high sticking double minor4 min
Season series
Philadelphia Flyers
| 10John LeClairL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 17Rod Brind'AmourC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 18Dale HawerchukC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 19Mikael RenbergR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 26John DruceR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 88Eric LindrosC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 77Paul CoffeyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 9Dainius ZubrusC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 20Trent KlattR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 21Dan KordicL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Shjon PodeinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 29Joel OttoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 32Daniel LacroixC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 6Chris TherienD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 23Petr SvobodaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Karl DykhuisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 37Eric DesjardinsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 44Janne NiinimaaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Ron HextallG | W | 33 | 2 | .939 |
| 30Garth SnowG | 0 | 0 | – |
New York Rangers
| 10Esa TikkanenL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 20Luc RobitailleL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2Brian LeetchD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 6Doug LidsterD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 9Adam GravesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 11Mark MessierC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 15Darren LangdonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Peter FerraroR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 19Christian DubeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Russ CourtnallR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Shane ChurlaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 32Mike EastwoodC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 5Ulf SamuelssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Jeff BeukeboomD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 28Dallas EakinsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 29Eric CairnsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 33Bruce DriverD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Glenn HealyG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Mike RichterG | L | 42 | 3 | .929 |