Colorado Avalanche vs New York Rangers
Regular season · Sunday, November 16, 1997 · Madison Square Garden
Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the Colorado Avalanche 4-1 on Sunday, November 16, 1997 at Madison Square Garden. The Rangers outshot the Avalanche 33-27.
Tim Sweeney scored twice. Jeff Odgers, Alex Kovalev and Pat LaFontaine also scored.
Mike Richter made 26 saves on 27 shots for the win; Patrick Roy stopped 29 of 33.
Scoring
1st period
Jeff Odgers (2)Adam Deadmarsh (7), Joe Sakic (12)1–006:20 COL
Tim Sweeney (2)Pat LaFontaine (7), Jeff Finley (1)1–111:13 NYR · PPG
2nd period
Alex Kovalev (2)Pat LaFontaine (8), Tim Sweeney (4)1–208:46 NYR
Pat LaFontaine (10)Alex Kovalev (6), Eric Cairns (1)1–312:43 NYR
3rd period
- Tim Sweeney (3)Pat LaFontaine (9)1–408:28 NYR
Team stats
COLNYR
27Shots on goal33
37%Faceoff %63%
0/4Power play1/5
17Penalty minutes15
19Hits27
12Blocked shots17
25Giveaways16
14Takeaways32
Penalties
- 1st 02:40
Johan Lindbom · interference obstruction2 min - 1st 09:39
Adam Deadmarsh · holding2 min - 1st 16:28Jeff Odgers · fighting5 min
- 1st 16:28Jeff Beukeboom · fighting5 min
- 2nd 03:54Joe Sakic · interference obstruction2 min
- 2nd 09:57Brian Skrudland · holding2 min
- 2nd 11:46Claude Lemieux · roughing2 min
- 2nd 11:46Ulf Samuelsson · high sticking2 min
- 2nd 15:02Doug Lidster · high sticking2 min
- 2nd 18:16Valeri Kamensky · slashing2 min
- 2nd 20:00Bench · abuse of officials2 min
- 3rd 01:24Wayne Gretzky · holding stick obstruction2 min
- 3rd 16:36Patrick Roy · goalie leave crease2 min
Season series
Colorado Avalanche
| 16Jeff OdgersR | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 06:30 |
| 18Adam DeadmarshR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 16:35 |
| 19Joe SakicC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 23:32 |
| 9Mike RicciC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 11:49 |
| 13Valeri KamenskyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:09 |
| 17Jari KurriR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 15:48 |
| 20Rene CorbetL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 12:12 |
| 21Peter ForsbergC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18:11 |
| 22Claude LemieuxR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 16:52 |
| 26Stephane YelleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 16:26 |
| 28Eric LacroixL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:09 |
| 29Eric MessierL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 20:31 |
| 2Sylvain LefebvreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 16:58 |
| 3Aaron MillerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 14:01 |
| 4Uwe KruppD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22:47 |
| 5Alexei GusarovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:23 |
| 27Francois LerouxD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 02:50 |
| 52Adam FooteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 22:04 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Craig BillingtonG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |
| 33Patrick RoyG | L | 33 | 29 | 4 | .879 | 60:00 |
New York Rangers
| 16Pat LaFontaineC | 1 | 3 | 4 | +2 | 8 | 16:31 |
| 37Tim SweeneyR | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 6 | 14:35 |
| 27Alex KovalevR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 16:51 |
| 26Jeff FinleyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 19:57 |
| 29Eric CairnsD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 0 | 15:16 |
| 12Mike KeaneR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:35 |
| 15Darren LangdonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 03:51 |
| 17Kevin StevensL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 20:10 |
| 18Bill BergL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:01 |
| 20Brian SkrudlandC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:54 |
| 21Johan LindbomL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 03:33 |
| 24Niklas SundstromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 18:57 |
| 32Mike EastwoodC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:47 |
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19:30 |
| 2Brian LeetchD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 27:43 |
| 5Ulf SamuelssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:41 |
| 6Doug LidsterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 0 | 17:17 |
| 23Jeff BeukeboomD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 15:57 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Jason MuzzattiG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |
| 35Mike RichterG | W | 27 | 26 | 1 | .963 | 60:00 |