Tampa Bay Lightning vs New York Rangers

Regular season · Friday, October 24, 1997 · Madison Square Garden

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3–4

Final

SOG 27–31

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Game summary

The New York Rangers beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 4-3 on Friday, October 24, 1997 at Madison Square Garden. The Rangers outshot the Lightning 31-27.

Goals came from Alexander Selivanov, Patrick Poulin, Niklas Sundstrom, Jason Wiemer, Pat LaFontaine, Mike Keane and Wayne Gretzky.

Mike Richter made 24 saves on 27 shots for the win; Corey Schwab stopped 27 of 31.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
TBL	1	2	0	3	27
NYR	0	3	1	4	31

Scoring

1st period

Alexander Selivanov (2)Jeff Norton (2), Vladimir Vujtek (2)1–011:48 TBL

2nd period

Patrick Poulin (1)Dino Ciccarelli (5), David Shaw (1)2–000:17 TBL
Niklas Sundstrom (3)Kevin Stevens (4), Bruce Driver (3)2–102:59 NYR
Jason Wiemer (3)Alexander Selivanov (2)3–112:31 TBL
Pat LaFontaine (7)Tim Sweeney (1), Mike Keane (3)3–214:42 NYR
Mike Keane (1)Unassisted3–317:04 NYR

3rd period

Wayne Gretzky (4)Niklas Sundstrom (6), Kevin Stevens (5)3–409:17 NYR

Team stats

TBLNYR

27Shots on goal31

40%Faceoff %60%

0/4Power play0/5

12Penalty minutes10

25Hits39

18Blocked shots20

14Giveaways35

21Takeaways47

Penalties

1st 02:37Jamie Huscroft · hooking2 min
1st 05:09Jeff Finley · cross checking2 min
1st 09:12Ryan Vandenbussche · holding stick obstruction2 min
1st 17:33Dino Ciccarelli · high sticking2 min
2nd 00:55Jason Wiemer · hooking obstruction2 min
2nd 03:09Mike Keane · roughing2 min
2nd 08:29Kevin Stevens · roughing2 min
2nd 08:29Alexander Selivanov · roughing2 min
3rd 02:25Mikael Renberg · tripping2 min
3rd 12:58Jeff Finley · holding obstruction2 min
3rd 17:31Alexander Selivanov · interference2 min

Season series

Tampa Bay Lightning

Tampa Bay Lightning skaters

29Alexander SelivanovR	1	1	2	+2	2	1	0	4	100	13:39
22Dino CiccarelliR	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	2	–	22:02
24Jason WiemerC	1	0	1	+1	1	3	1	2	–	17:56
28Patrick PoulinL	1	0	1	0	3	0	1	0	33	20:30
79Vladimir VujtekL	0	1	1	+2	2	0	1	0	33	13:32
6Jeff NortonD	0	1	1	0	0	1	3	0	–	26:56
27David ShawD	0	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	–	13:15
7Rob ZamunerL	0	0	0	-1	1	2	2	0	56	16:00
15Paul YsebaertL	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	–	05:22
18Daymond LangkowC	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	44	14:41
19Brian BradleyC	0	0	0	-1	2	1	0	0	28	17:38
20Mikael RenbergR	0	0	0	0	7	2	0	2	–	16:59
21Mick VukotaR	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	01:15
34Mikael AnderssonR	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	75	08:41
4Cory CrossD	0	0	0	-1	0	3	4	0	–	20:18
5Igor UlanovD	0	0	0	-1	1	4	3	0	–	19:22
8Jamie HuscroftD	0	0	0	+1	0	2	0	2	–	13:04
44Roman HamrlikD	0	0	0	+1	2	2	3	0	–	27:07

Tampa Bay Lightning goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
32Corey SchwabG	L	31	27	4	.871	59:14
93Daren PuppaG		0	0	0	–	–

New York Rangers

New York Rangers skaters

12Mike KeaneR	1	1	2	+2	1	3	1	2	–	18:08
17Kevin StevensL	0	2	2	0	4	5	0	2	–	18:05
24Niklas SundstromR	1	1	2	+1	3	2	0	0	67	20:13
16Pat LaFontaineC	1	0	1	-1	6	1	0	0	58	19:40
37Tim SweeneyR	0	1	1	+1	1	1	0	0	–	13:49
99Wayne GretzkyC	1	0	1	+1	4	0	1	0	57	25:56
33Bruce DriverD	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	0	–	14:58
8Ryan VandenbusscheR	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	–	03:24
9Adam GravesL	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	–	03:42
15Darren LangdonL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	03:50
18Bill BergL	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	0	–	15:09
27Alex KovalevR	0	0	0	-2	6	0	0	0	100	13:15
32Mike EastwoodC	0	0	0	0	0	5	2	0	65	16:04
2Brian LeetchD	0	0	0	0	4	2	6	0	–	28:07
5Ulf SamuelssonD	0	0	0	-1	0	4	3	0	–	19:57
23Jeff BeukeboomD	0	0	0	0	0	7	2	0	–	19:41
25Alexander KarpovtsevD	0	0	0	-1	1	1	3	0	–	22:37
26Jeff FinleyD	0	0	0	+1	0	2	1	4	–	12:50

New York Rangers goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31Jason MuzzattiG		0	0	0	–	–
35Mike RichterG	W	27	24	3	.889	60:00