New York Rangers vs Pittsburgh Penguins
Regular season · Saturday, November 22, 1997 · Civic Arena
Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the New York Rangers 4–3 in overtime on Saturday, November 22, 1997 at Civic Arena. The Penguins outshot the Rangers 25–21.
Goals came from Pat LaFontaine, Brad Werenka, Alex Hicks, Stu Barnes, Adam Graves, Tim Sweeney and Jaromir Jagr.
Tom Barrasso made 18 saves on 21 shots for the win; Mike Richter stopped 21 of 25.
Scoring
1st period
Pat LaFontaine (13)Brian Leetch (9), Tim Sweeney (5)1–014:40 NYR ·
2nd period
Brad Werenka (1)Rob Brown (10), Martin Straka (9)1–108:20 PIT · 
Alex Hicks (2)Chris Ferraro (4), Peter Ferraro (4)1–210:13 PIT
Stu Barnes (5)Neil Wilkinson (2)1–313:45 PIT
3rd period
Adam Graves (5)Pat LaFontaine (14), Alex Kovalev (9)2–308:06 NYR · 
Tim Sweeney (4)Pat LaFontaine (15), Alexander Karpovtsev (5)3–311:43 NYR
Overtime
Jaromir Jagr (8)Unassisted3–400:25 PIT
Team stats
NYRPIT
2125
45%55%
2/21/4
84
615
85
1011
815
Penalties
- 13:54 into the first period
Tuomas Gronman · holding obstruction2 min - 17:49 into the first period
Bruce Driver · tripping2 min - 19:13 into the first periodJeff Beukeboom · cross checking2 min
- 8:10 into the second periodUlf Samuelsson · interference obstruction2 min
- 7:59 into the third periodTuomas Gronman · hooking obstruction2 min
- 14:10 into the third periodTim Sweeney · hooking obstruction2 min
Season series
New York Rangers
| 16Pat LaFontaineC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 2 | 15:05 |
| 37Tim SweeneyR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 15:50 |
| 9Adam GravesL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 15:20 |
| 27Alex KovalevR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | 19:19 |
| 2Brian LeetchD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 25:32 |
| 25Alexander KarpovtsevD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 20:24 |
| 12Mike KeaneR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 18:15 |
| 17Kevin StevensL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 10:41 |
| 18Bill BergL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 12:57 |
| 20Brian SkrudlandC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 18:32 |
| 21Johan LindbomL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 03:03 |
| 24Niklas SundstromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 22:44 |
| 28P.J. StockC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 03:27 |
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 20:48 |
| 5Ulf SamuelssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | 22:12 |
| 23Jeff BeukeboomD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:44 |
| 26Jeff FinleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 19:57 |
| 33Bruce DriverD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:23 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Jason MuzzattiG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Mike RichterG | L | 25 | 4 | .840 |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 14Stu BarnesC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 23:50 |
| 17Peter FerraroR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 08:11 |
| 33Alex HicksL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 09:49 |
| 44Rob BrownR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | 12:20 |
| 57Chris FerraroC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 09:10 |
| 68Jaromir JagrR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 24:32 |
| 82Martin StrakaC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18:10 |
| 5Brad WerenkaD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 20:02 |
| 6Neil WilkinsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17:18 |
| 10Ron FrancisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | 24:53 |
| 16Eddie OlczykR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:23 |
| 20Robert LangC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:49 |
| 29Tyler WrightC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 09:17 |
| 95Aleksey MorozovR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:13 |
| 2Chris TamerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:15 |
| 11Darius KasparaitisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 19:18 |
| 23Fredrik OlaussonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 21:32 |
| 42Tuomas GronmanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 21:24 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Peter SkudraG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Tom BarrassoG | W | 21 | 3 | .857 |