New Jersey Devils vs New York Rangers

Regular season · Wednesday, November 12, 1997 · Madison Square Garden

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3–2

19–19

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Game summary

The New Jersey Devils beat the New York Rangers 3–2 on Wednesday, November 12, 1997 at Madison Square Garden.

Niklas Sundstrom scored twice. Petr Sykora, Brian Rolston and Bobby Holik also scored.

Martin Brodeur made 17 saves on 19 shots for the win; Mike Richter stopped 16 of 19.

Goals
NJD	0	2	1	3	19
NYR	0	0	2	2	19

Scoring

2nd period

Petr Sykora (7)Unassisted1–005:27 NJD
Brian Rolston (1)Doug Gilmour (15), Denis Pederson (4)2–011:01 NJD

3rd period

Niklas Sundstrom (6)Wayne Gretzky (14), Kevin Stevens (7)2–101:26 NYR
Bobby Holik (5)Sheldon Souray (1)3–110:14 NJD
Niklas Sundstrom (7)Unassisted3–212:02 NYR

Team stats

NJDNYR

1919

59%41%

0/30/1

915

1830

107

1226

615

Penalties

2:51 into the first periodSasha Lakovic · fighting5 min
2:51 into the first periodDarren Langdon · fighting5 min
10:22 into the first periodDenis Pederson · roughing2 min
10:22 into the first periodMike Keane · roughing2 min
2:33 into the second periodEric Cairns · holding obstruction2 min
6:52 into the third periodBrian Leetch · interference obstruction2 min
7:11 into the third periodPatrik Elias · holding obstruction2 min
18:48 into the third periodUlf Samuelsson · high sticking2 min
18:48 into the third periodUlf Samuelsson · high sticking2 min

Season series

New Jersey Devils

New Jersey Devils skaters

10Denis PedersonC	0	1	1	0	2	1	2	2	29	0	0	21	12:38
14Brian RolstonR	1	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	–	0	0	21	13:36
16Bobby HolikC	1	0	1	+1	2	3	1	0	71	1	1	23	13:10
17Petr SykoraR	1	0	1	+1	1	0	0	0	100	0	0	22	13:49
93Doug GilmourC	0	1	1	+1	1	2	0	0	68	2	2	34	28:13
2Sheldon SourayD	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	–	0	0	20	06:56
8Sasha LakovicL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	–	0	0	6	02:37
15John MacLeanR	0	0	0	−1	2	1	1	0	–	2	0	33	19:27
19Bobby CarpenterC	0	0	0	−1	2	0	0	0	45	0	0	32	14:39
21Randy MckayR	0	0	0	+1	0	2	0	0	–	1	0	21	13:00
23Dave AndreychukL	0	0	0	+1	2	0	1	0	–	0	1	20	15:31
25Valeri ZelepukinL	0	0	0	−1	2	1	1	0	–	0	0	29	15:59
26Patrik EliasC	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	2	–	1	1	20	12:47
4Scott StevensD	0	0	0	0	2	3	1	0	–	3	0	36	28:12
5Ken SuttonD	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	0	0	28	15:08
6Brad BombardirD	0	0	0	+1	0	1	1	0	–	0	0	28	17:20
27Scott NiedermayerD	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	–	2	1	32	30:27
28Kevin DeanD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	–	0	0	31	19:19

New Jersey Devils goalies
Goalie
1Mike DunhamG		0	0	0	–	–
30Martin BrodeurG	W	19	17	2	.895	60:00

New York Rangers

New York Rangers skaters

24Niklas SundstromR	2	0	2	+1	3	2	0	0	33	0	4	32	22:04
17Kevin StevensL	0	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	–	3	1	28	18:34
99Wayne GretzkyC	0	1	1	+1	1	0	0	0	28	5	0	33	22:23
8Ryan VandenbusscheR	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	–	0	0	6	03:33
12Mike KeaneR	0	0	0	−1	3	3	1	2	–	1	3	29	21:40
15Darren LangdonL	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	–	0	0	8	05:19
16Pat LaFontaineC	0	0	0	−1	0	1	0	0	48	5	0	26	21:52
18Bill BergL	0	0	0	−1	2	2	0	0	–	1	0	20	10:12
20Brian SkrudlandC	0	0	0	−1	0	1	0	0	45	1	1	25	14:09
21Johan LindbomL	0	0	0	−1	2	4	0	0	–	0	0	17	10:09
27Alex KovalevR	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	–	2	3	24	19:55
32Mike EastwoodC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100	0	0	6	03:17
2Brian LeetchD	0	0	0	−2	2	3	1	2	–	3	1	32	27:41
5Ulf SamuelssonD	0	0	0	+1	0	1	1	4	–	1	0	28	20:06
23Jeff BeukeboomD	0	0	0	−2	0	4	2	0	–	1	1	22	19:23
25Alexander KarpovtsevD	0	0	0	+1	0	2	2	0	–	0	1	30	22:27
29Eric CairnsD	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	–	0	0	16	11:19
33Bruce DriverD	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	–	2	0	23	18:45

New York Rangers goalies
Goalie
31Jason MuzzattiG		0	0	0	–	–
35Mike RichterG	L	19	16	3	.842	59:37