Pittsburgh Penguins vs New York Rangers
Regular season · Friday, November 14, 1997 · Madison Square Garden
Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 3–1 on Friday, November 14, 1997 at Madison Square Garden. The Penguins outshot the Rangers 33–26.
Goals came from Andreas Johansson, Mike Keane, Alex Kovalev and Brian Leetch.
Mike Richter made 32 saves on 33 shots for the win; Tom Barrasso stopped 23 of 25.
Scoring
1st period
Andreas Johansson (3)Brad Werenka (2), Martin Straka (6)1–003:21 PIT ·
2nd period
Mike Keane (4)Bill Berg (4)1–114:16 NYR
3rd period
Alex Kovalev (1)Tim Sweeney (3), Alexander Karpovtsev (3)1–208:50 NYR
Brian Leetch (4)Unassisted1–319:37 NYR ·
Team stats
PITNYR
3326
57%43%
0/40/3
68
2724
1015
2031
2240
Penalties
- 2:09 into the first period
Neil Wilkinson · hooking obstruction2 min - 9:20 into the first period
Mike Keane · hooking obstruction2 min - 11:49 into the first periodNeil Wilkinson · interference obstruction2 min
- 15:30 into the first periodJohan Lindbom · tripping obstruction2 min
- 17:56 into the first periodKevin Stevens · roughing2 min
- 7:03 into the second periodKevin Stevens · elbowing2 min
- 9:32 into the second periodGarry Valk · interference goalkeeper2 min
Season series
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 38Andreas JohanssonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 11:45 |
| 82Martin StrakaC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 2 | 20:35 |
| 5Brad WerenkaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 21:23 |
| 8Garry ValkL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:38 |
| 10Ron FrancisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 20:19 |
| 14Stu BarnesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | 19:46 |
| 16Eddie OlczykR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 18:11 |
| 17Peter FerraroR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:12 |
| 29Tyler WrightC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:00 |
| 33Alex HicksL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 14:35 |
| 44Rob BrownR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:36 |
| 57Chris FerraroC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:44 |
| 95Aleksey MorozovR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 09:16 |
| 6Neil WilkinsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:45 |
| 11Darius KasparaitisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 18:28 |
| 23Fredrik OlaussonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | 22:29 |
| 42Tuomas GronmanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 18:26 |
| 71Jiri SlegrD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 18:32 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Peter SkudraG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Tom BarrassoG | L | 25 | 2 | .920 |
New York Rangers
| 12Mike KeaneR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 18:34 |
| 18Bill BergL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 19:07 |
| 27Alex KovalevR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 15:06 |
| 37Tim SweeneyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 13:49 |
| 2Brian LeetchD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 26:25 |
| 25Alexander KarpovtsevD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 21:50 |
| 15Darren LangdonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:45 |
| 16Pat LaFontaineC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:43 |
| 17Kevin StevensL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17:30 |
| 20Brian SkrudlandC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 18:29 |
| 21Johan LindbomL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:24 |
| 24Niklas SundstromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 17:33 |
| 32Mike EastwoodC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 09:07 |
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 16:26 |
| 5Ulf SamuelssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 19:58 |
| 23Jeff BeukeboomD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 22:14 |
| 26Jeff FinleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:32 |
| 33Bruce DriverD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:37 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Jason MuzzattiG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Mike RichterG | W | 33 | 1 | .970 |