Carolina Hurricanes vs New York Rangers
Regular season · Monday, October 20, 1997 · Madison Square Garden
Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the Carolina Hurricanes 4–2 on Monday, October 20, 1997 at Madison Square Garden. The Hurricanes outshot the Rangers 26–19.
Goals came from Kevin Dineen, Niklas Sundstrom, Jeff Finley, Brian Leetch, Jeff Brown and Kevin Stevens.
Mike Richter made 24 saves on 26 shots for the win; Sean Burke stopped 15 of 19.
Scoring
1st period
Kevin Dineen (3)Enrico Ciccone (2), Keith Primeau (3)1–019:58 CAR
2nd period
Niklas Sundstrom (2)Adam Graves (2), Jeff Beukeboom (2)1–100:36 NYR
Jeff Finley (1)Pat LaFontaine (3)1–201:29 NYR
Brian Leetch (1)Adam Graves (3), Kevin Stevens (3)1–307:31 NYR · 
Jeff Brown (1)Nelson Emerson (5), Robert Kron (4)2–316:08 CAR ·
3rd period
Kevin Stevens (3)Alexander Karpovtsev (2), Pat LaFontaine (4)2–407:17 NYR ·
Team stats
CARNYR
2619
57%43%
1/82/7
5034
917
619
512
1132
Penalties
- 9:16 into the first period
Niklas Sundstrom · holding stick obstruction2 min - 12:45 into the first periodTim Sweeney · hooking obstruction2 min
- 15:11 into the first period
Stephen Leach · high sticking2 min - 19:58 into the first periodKevin Dineen · cross checking2 min
- 19:58 into the first periodEnrico Ciccone · roughing2 min
- 19:58 into the first periodAlexander Karpovtsev · roughing2 min
- 19:58 into the first periodAlex Kovalev · cross checking2 min
- 2:06 into the second periodKevin Haller · holding obstruction2 min
- 3:11 into the second periodPat LaFontaine · high sticking2 min
- 3:52 into the second periodCurtis Leschyshyn · cross checking2 min
- 5:52 into the second periodKent Manderville · delaying game2 min
- 9:01 into the second periodStu Grimson · fighting5 min
- 9:01 into the second periodDarren Langdon · fighting5 min
- 10:14 into the second periodUlf Samuelsson · holding obstruction2 min
- 15:58 into the second periodKevin Stevens · interference obstruction2 min
- 16:17 into the second periodKevin Dineen · hooking obstruction2 min
- 2:52 into the third periodAlex Kovalev · hooking2 min
- 5:44 into the third periodEnrico Ciccone · slashing2 min
- 5:44 into the third periodEnrico Ciccone · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 5:44 into the third periodEnrico Ciccone · misconduct10 min
- 5:44 into the third periodEnrico Ciccone · game misconduct10 min
- 10:32 into the third periodUlf Samuelsson · interference obstruction2 min
- 13:52 into the third periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 19:19 into the third periodBrian Leetch · tripping2 min
- 19:43 into the third periodKevin Dineen · fighting5 min
- 19:43 into the third periodKeith Primeau · charging2 min
- 19:43 into the third periodUlf Samuelsson · fighting5 min
- 19:43 into the third periodAlexander Karpovtsev · cross checking2 min
Season series
Carolina Hurricanes
| 11Kevin DineenR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 25:16 |
| 18Robert KronC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 13:53 |
| 19Nelson EmersonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17:31 |
| 55Keith PrimeauC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 18:39 |
| 21Jeff BrownD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | 22:10 |
| 39Enrico CicconeD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 06:20 |
| 8Geoff SandersonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 13:01 |
| 10Gary RobertsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:55 |
| 12Steven RiceR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 04:57 |
| 24Sami KapanenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 26:43 |
| 27Stephen LeachR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 09:38 |
| 28Paul RanheimL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 09:31 |
| 32Stu GrimsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 01:41 |
| 44Kent MandervilleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 06:43 |
| 2Glen WesleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 29:32 |
| 3Steve ChiassonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 26:00 |
| 5Kevin HallerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 15:16 |
| 7Curtis LeschyshynD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:36 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Sean BurkeG | L | 19 | 4 | .789 |
| 37Trevor KiddG | 0 | 0 | – |
New York Rangers
| 9Adam GravesL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 13:55 |
| 16Pat LaFontaineC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 15:55 |
| 17Kevin StevensL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 13:02 |
| 24Niklas SundstromR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 25:29 |
| 2Brian LeetchD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 4 | 19:27 |
| 23Jeff BeukeboomD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 26:56 |
| 25Alexander KarpovtsevD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | 20:16 |
| 26Jeff FinleyD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 05:46 |
| 10Marc SavardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 02:28 |
| 12Mike KeaneR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:24 |
| 15Darren LangdonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 00:46 |
| 18Bill BergL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:13 |
| 27Alex KovalevR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 10:20 |
| 32Mike EastwoodC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:14 |
| 37Tim SweeneyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 06:18 |
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:12 |
| 5Ulf SamuelssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 14:14 |
| 33Bruce DriverD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 13:41 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Jason MuzzattiG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Mike RichterG | W | 26 | 2 | .923 |