Vancouver Canucks vs New York Rangers
Regular season · Tuesday, November 25, 1997 · Madison Square Garden
Game summary
The Vancouver Canucks beat the New York Rangers 4–2 on Tuesday, November 25, 1997 at Madison Square Garden. The Canucks outshot the Rangers 27–25.
Goals came from Dave Scatchard, Mark Messier, Pat LaFontaine, Pavel Bure, Mike Sillinger and Tim Sweeney.
Kirk McLean made 23 saves on 25 shots for the win; Mike Richter stopped 23 of 27.
Scoring
1st period
Dave Scatchard (4)Brian Noonan (6)1–004:42 VAN
2nd period
Mark Messier (8)Jyrki Lumme (6), Alexander Mogilny (3)2–016:22 VAN
3rd period
Pat LaFontaine (14)Tim Sweeney (6), Brian Leetch (10)2–106:48 NYR · 
Pavel Bure (11)Bret Hedican (13)3–109:47 VAN · 
Mike Sillinger (5)Donald Brashear (5)4–118:42 VAN
Tim Sweeney (5)Kevin Stevens (8), Pat LaFontaine (16)4–219:57 NYR
Team stats
VANNYR
2725
47%53%
0/21/5
126
2217
1512
2643
1530
Penalties
- 14:11 into the first period
Chris McAllister · hooking obstruction2 min - 2:52 into the second periodSteve Staios · interference2 min
- 5:18 into the second period
Brian Skrudland · tripping obstruction2 min - 10:40 into the second periodBruce Driver · cross checking2 min
- 15:10 into the second periodP.J. Stock · roughing2 min
- 15:10 into the second periodDonald Brashear · roughing2 min
- 17:36 into the second periodSteve Staios · interference2 min
- 5:05 into the third periodDave Scatchard · holding2 min
- 9:08 into the third periodMarkus Naslund · holding obstruction2 min
Season series
Vancouver Canucks
| 8Donald BrashearL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 14:53 |
| 10Pavel BureR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 5 | 23:18 |
| 11Mark MessierC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 5 | 28:47 |
| 20Dave ScatchardC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10:23 |
| 26Mike SillingerC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 11:33 |
| 28Brian NoonanR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 18:01 |
| 89Alexander MogilnyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 27:12 |
| 3Bret HedicanD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 23:52 |
| 21Jyrki LummeD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 31:58 |
| 17Lonny BohonosR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 04:42 |
| 19Markus NaslundL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 13:19 |
| 22Larry CourvilleL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 02:22 |
| 23Martin GelinasL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 18:03 |
| 36Chris McAllisterL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 07:25 |
| 2Mattias OhlundD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 23:28 |
| 4Grant LedyardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 07:16 |
| 5Dana MurzynD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 29:02 |
| 25Steve StaiosD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 07:58 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Kirk McLeanG | W | 25 | 2 | .920 |
| 32Arturs IrbeG | 0 | 0 | – |
New York Rangers
| 16Pat LaFontaineC | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 2 | 20:17 |
| 37Tim SweeneyR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 11:24 |
| 17Kevin StevensL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 09:59 |
| 2Brian LeetchD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 1 | 30:04 |
| 9Adam GravesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 3 | 19:31 |
| 12Mike KeaneR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 23:04 |
| 18Bill BergL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:26 |
| 20Brian SkrudlandC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:34 |
| 21Johan LindbomL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 05:48 |
| 24Niklas SundstromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 19:38 |
| 27Alex KovalevR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | 21:24 |
| 28P.J. StockC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 02:15 |
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | 21:38 |
| 5Ulf SamuelssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25:32 |
| 23Jeff BeukeboomD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:23 |
| 25Alexander KarpovtsevD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 28:18 |
| 29Eric CairnsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:16 |
| 33Bruce DriverD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15:25 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Jason MuzzattiG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Mike RichterG | L | 27 | 4 | .852 |