New York Rangers vs Colorado Avalanche
Regular season · Wednesday, November 5, 1997 · McNichols Sports Arena
Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the Colorado Avalanche 4-2 on Wednesday, November 5, 1997 at McNichols Sports Arena. The Rangers outshot the Avalanche 24-21.
Goals came from Pat LaFontaine, Eric Lacroix, Niklas Sundstrom, Kevin Stevens, Jeff Odgers and Wayne Gretzky.
Mike Richter made 19 saves on 21 shots for the win; Patrick Roy stopped 20 of 23.
Scoring
1st period
Pat LaFontaine (9)Alex Kovalev (5), Mike Keane (4)1–014:32 NYR
Eric Lacroix (3)Peter Forsberg (16), Uwe Krupp (5)1–116:05 COL
2nd period
Niklas Sundstrom (5)Kevin Stevens (6), Wayne Gretzky (12)2–101:16 NYR
3rd period
Kevin Stevens (6)Pat LaFontaine (6), Wayne Gretzky (13)3–105:39 NYR · PPG
Jeff Odgers (1)Peter Forsberg (17), Francois Leroux (2)3–211:00 COL
Wayne Gretzky (5)Mike Eastwood (3), Bill Berg (2)4–219:31 NYR · EN
Team stats
NYRCOL
24Shots on goal21
49%Faceoff %51%
1/2Power play0/6
22Penalty minutes16
3Hits10
14Blocked shots7
0Giveaways4
1Takeaways2
Penalties
- 1st 01:58
Wade Belak · fighting5 min - 1st 01:58
Ryan Vandenbussche · fighting5 min - 1st 02:56Bench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 1st 17:12Jeff Beukeboom · interference obstruction2 min
- 2nd 01:55Ulf Samuelsson · high sticking2 min
- 2nd 01:55Ulf Samuelsson · high sticking2 min
- 2nd 02:56Christian Matte · holding obstruction2 min
- 2nd 03:17Alexander Karpovtsev · interference obstruction2 min
- 2nd 13:49Jeff Odgers · fighting5 min
- 2nd 13:49Eric Cairns · fighting5 min
- 3rd 02:47Mike Eastwood · interference obstruction2 min
- 3rd 04:22Stephane Yelle · holding obstruction2 min
- 3rd 08:48Ulf Samuelsson · interference obstruction2 min
Season series
New York Rangers
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 4 | 19:57 |
| 16Pat LaFontaineC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 16:13 |
| 17Kevin StevensL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 15:03 |
| 12Mike KeaneR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 19:47 |
| 18Bill BergL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 17:18 |
| 24Niklas SundstromR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 20:06 |
| 27Alex KovalevR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12:51 |
| 32Mike EastwoodC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 17:36 |
| 8Ryan VandenbusscheR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 00:53 |
| 15Darren LangdonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 03:37 |
| 20Brian SkrudlandC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:38 |
| 2Brian LeetchD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 27:18 |
| 5Ulf SamuelssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 19:52 |
| 6Doug LidsterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 01:57 |
| 23Jeff BeukeboomD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 22:03 |
| 25Alexander KarpovtsevD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 15:43 |
| 29Eric CairnsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 07:05 |
| 33Bruce DriverD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 15:17 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Jason MuzzattiG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |
| 35Mike RichterG | W | 21 | 19 | 2 | .905 | 60:00 |
Colorado Avalanche
| 21Peter ForsbergC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 20:21 |
| 16Jeff OdgersR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 06:07 |
| 28Eric LacroixL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 12:48 |
| 4Uwe KruppD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 23:50 |
| 27Francois LerouxD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 02:28 |
| 6Wade BelakR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 03:34 |
| 13Valeri KamenskyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 22:05 |
| 14Christian MatteR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 08:18 |
| 17Jari KurriR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 17:57 |
| 18Adam DeadmarshR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 24:13 |
| 19Joe SakicC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | 26:47 |
| 20Rene CorbetL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 13:11 |
| 26Stephane YelleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 15:09 |
| 2Sylvain LefebvreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23:08 |
| 3Aaron MillerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 17:35 |
| 5Alexei GusarovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 22:27 |
| 7Pascal TrepanierD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 07:03 |
| 52Adam FooteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22:47 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Craig BillingtonG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |
| 33Patrick RoyG | L | 23 | 20 | 3 | .870 | 59:25 |