New York Rangers vs Vancouver Canucks

Regular season · Saturday, October 11, 1997 · General Motors Place

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6–3

32–23

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Game summary

The New York Rangers beat the Vancouver Canucks 6–3 on Saturday, October 11, 1997 at General Motors Place. The Rangers outshot the Canucks 32–23.

Bruce Driver scored twice and Wayne Gretzky scored a hat trick. Mark Messier, Adam Graves, Steve Staios and Martin Gelinas also scored.

Goals
NYR	1	4	1	6	32
VAN	0	2	1	3	23

Scoring

1st period

Bruce Driver (1)Wayne Gretzky (3), Niklas Sundstrom (2)1–003:14 NYR

2nd period

Mark Messier (2)Pavel Bure (1), Grant Ledyard (5)1–101:02 VAN
Adam Graves (2)Pat LaFontaine (2), Mike Keane (1)2–105:08 NYR
Bruce Driver (2)Niklas Sundstrom (3), Wayne Gretzky (4)3–108:05 NYR
Wayne Gretzky (1)Niklas Sundstrom (4), Ulf Samuelsson (2)4–111:34 NYR
Steve Staios (1)Pavel Bure (2), Trevor Linden (1)4–212:54 VAN
Wayne Gretzky (2)Kevin Stevens (1), Ulf Samuelsson (3)5–217:30 NYR

3rd period

Wayne Gretzky (3)Kevin Stevens (2), Jeff Beukeboom (1)6–208:00 NYR
Martin Gelinas (1)Scott Walker (1), Mattias Ohlund (2)6–316:31 VAN

Team stats

NYRVAN

3223

51%49%

0/40/5

5068

2024

45

1718

1914

Penalties

3:35 into the first periodBret Hedican · tripping obstruction2 min
8:34 into the first periodDarren Langdon · hooking obstruction2 min
14:52 into the first periodUlf Samuelsson · holding2 min
17:08 into the first periodDonald Brashear · holding obstruction2 min
19:24 into the first periodMarc Savard · high sticking2 min
19:28 into the first periodTrevor Linden · hooking obstruction2 min
15:20 into the second periodBruce Driver · holding obstruction2 min
17:40 into the second periodAdam Graves · fighting5 min
17:40 into the second periodSteve Staios · fighting5 min
5:27 into the third periodMike Keane · tripping2 min
8:14 into the third periodEric Cairns · fighting5 min
8:14 into the third periodEric Cairns · misconduct10 min
8:14 into the third periodDonald Brashear · instigator2 min
8:14 into the third periodDonald Brashear · fighting5 min
8:14 into the third periodDonald Brashear · misconduct10 min
8:14 into the third periodDonald Brashear · game misconduct10 min
13:11 into the third periodDarren Langdon · fighting5 min
13:11 into the third periodGino Odjick · fighting5 min
13:11 into the third periodGino Odjick · misconduct10 min
17:49 into the third periodMike Keane · fighting5 min
17:49 into the third periodScott Walker · fighting5 min
19:06 into the third periodUlf Samuelsson · misconduct10 min
19:06 into the third periodMike Sillinger · misconduct10 min

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