New York Rangers vs Carolina Hurricanes
Regular season · Friday, November 21, 1997 · Greensboro Coliseum
Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the Carolina Hurricanes 4–3 on Friday, November 21, 1997 at Greensboro Coliseum. The Hurricanes outshot the Rangers 31–28.
Alex Kovalev scored twice and Steven Rice scored twice. Wayne Gretzky, Pat LaFontaine and Robert Kron also scored.
Mike Richter made 28 saves on 31 shots for the win; Sean Burke stopped 24 of 28.
Scoring
2nd period
Alex Kovalev (3)Wayne Gretzky (17)1–003:30 NYR · 
Steven Rice (1)Glen Wesley (7)1–105:16 CAR
Wayne Gretzky (7)Jeff Finley (2)2–109:56 NYR
3rd period
Pat LaFontaine (12)Alexander Karpovtsev (4)3–100:51 NYR
Robert Kron (5)Geoff Sanderson (3)3–202:21 CAR- Steven Rice (2)Keith Primeau (10), Sami Kapanen (8)3–306:54 CAR
- Alex Kovalev (4)Niklas Sundstrom (11), Wayne Gretzky (18)4–310:15 NYR
Team stats
NYRCAR
2831
56%44%
1/40/4
1515
72
65
26
44
Penalties
- 0:33 into the first period
Brian Skrudland · interference2 min - 5:37 into the first period
Sean Burke · roughing2 min - 6:20 into the first periodAdam Burt · fighting5 min
- 6:20 into the first periodKeith Primeau · roughing2 min
- 6:20 into the first periodKevin Stevens · fighting5 min
- 0:36 into the second periodKeith Primeau · roughing2 min
- 0:36 into the second periodKeith Primeau · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 6:31 into the second periodStephen Leach · roughing2 min
- 6:31 into the second periodP.J. Stock · boarding2 min
- 7:42 into the second periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 12:21 into the second periodUlf Samuelsson · holding2 min
- 17:22 into the third periodAlexander Karpovtsev · cross checking2 min
Season series
New York Rangers
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 4 | 18:13 |
| 27Alex KovalevR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 7 | 19:23 |
| 16Pat LaFontaineC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 19:10 |
| 24Niklas SundstromR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 15:50 |
| 25Alexander KarpovtsevD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 19:03 |
| 26Jeff FinleyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | 15:50 |
| 9Adam GravesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 21:36 |
| 12Mike KeaneR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 20:14 |
| 15Darren LangdonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 02:39 |
| 17Kevin StevensL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 12:07 |
| 18Bill BergL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:22 |
| 20Brian SkrudlandC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19:28 |
| 28P.J. StockC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 02:00 |
| 37Tim SweeneyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:52 |
| 2Brian LeetchD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 28:49 |
| 5Ulf SamuelssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 13:05 |
| 23Jeff BeukeboomD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 20:49 |
| 33Bruce DriverD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:59 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Jason MuzzattiG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Mike RichterG | W | 31 | 3 | .903 |
Carolina Hurricanes
| 12Steven RiceR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 17:10 |
| 8Geoff SandersonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18:02 |
| 18Robert KronC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 18:07 |
| 24Sami KapanenR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 20:58 |
| 55Keith PrimeauC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 21:05 |
| 2Glen WesleyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 18:14 |
| 19Nelson EmersonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:30 |
| 27Stephen LeachR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | 17:41 |
| 28Paul RanheimL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 18:26 |
| 32Stu GrimsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 03:14 |
| 44Kent MandervilleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 07:07 |
| 92Jeff O'NeillC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:48 |
| 3Steve ChiassonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 18:42 |
| 5Kevin HallerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 13:21 |
| 6Adam BurtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 11:06 |
| 7Curtis LeschyshynD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:04 |
| 21Jeff BrownD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 24:55 |
| 22Sean HillD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 14:08 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Sean BurkeG | L | 28 | 4 | .857 |
| 35Pat JablonskiG | 0 | 0 | – |