New York Rangers vs Montréal Canadiens

Regular season · Saturday, December 6, 1997 · Centre Molson

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3–3

27–22

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Goals
NYR	1	1	1	0	3	27
MTL	2	1	0	0	3	22

Scoring

1st period

Brian Skrudland (2)Alex Kovalev (10), Jeff Beukeboom (3)1–003:49 NYR
Shayne Corson (12)Saku Koivu (21), Valeri Bure (13)1–116:59 MTL ·
Martin Rucinsky (9)Vincent Damphousse (12), Patrice Brisebois (10)1–219:16 MTL ·

2nd period

Vladimir Malakhov (6)Mark Recchi (17), Shayne Corson (23)1–311:42 MTL
Brian Skrudland (3)Johan Lindbom (1)2–315:23 NYR

3rd period

Adam Graves (6)Wayne Gretzky (20), Alex Kovalev (11)3–312:37 NYR

Team stats

NYRMTL

2722

35%65%

0/32/3

1313

2923

139

1211

86

Penalties

16:01 into the first periodTim Sweeney · tripping obstruction2 min
17:34 into the first periodKevin Stevens · holding stick obstruction2 min
0:46 into the second periodBrian Savage · hooking2 min
5:40 into the second periodUlf Samuelsson · holding2 min
11:50 into the second periodTurner Stevenson · fighting5 min
11:50 into the second periodEric Cairns · fighting5 min
18:48 into the second periodBrian Savage · holding2 min
19:34 into the second periodMartin Rucinsky · high sticking2 min
16:53 into the third periodSaku Koivu · slashing2 min
16:53 into the third periodBrian Skrudland · slashing2 min

Season series

New York Rangers

New York Rangers skaters

20Brian SkrudlandC	2	0	2	+2	2	0	0	2	28	1	2	27	18:58
27Alex KovalevR	0	2	2	+2	3	0	1	0	–	1	0	24	22:56
9Adam GravesL	1	0	1	+1	1	5	1	0	25	0	0	28	23:39
21Johan LindbomL	0	1	1	+2	2	1	0	0	–	1	1	28	16:03
99Wayne GretzkyC	0	1	1	+1	2	0	0	0	50	0	2	29	25:26
23Jeff BeukeboomD	0	1	1	0	1	5	0	0	–	2	0	31	26:39
12Mike KeaneR	0	0	0	+1	2	1	2	0	–	0	0	33	20:46
15Darren LangdonL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	0	1	2	01:26
16Pat LaFontaineC	0	0	0	−1	5	0	0	0	29	0	0	26	24:53
17Kevin StevensL	0	0	0	−1	3	0	0	2	–	0	0	15	09:24
32Mike EastwoodC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	0	0	6	03:06
37Tim SweeneyR	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	2	–	0	0	13	10:19
39Vladimir VorobievR	0	0	0	−1	2	0	1	0	–	1	1	17	15:50
2Brian LeetchD	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	–	1	1	33	33:07
5Ulf SamuelssonD	0	0	0	+2	0	2	4	2	–	2	0	29	20:29
25Alexander KarpovtsevD	0	0	0	+2	1	6	0	0	–	1	0	27	22:06
29Eric CairnsD	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	5	–	1	0	17	09:50
33Bruce DriverD	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	–	0	0	19	13:20

New York Rangers goalies
Goalie
31Jason MuzzattiG		0	0	0	–	–
35Mike RichterG	T	22	19	3	.864	65:00

Montréal Canadiens

Montréal Canadiens skaters

27Shayne CorsonL	1	1	2	0	1	1	0	0	33	0	0	27	23:07
8Mark RecchiR	0	1	1	0	5	1	0	0	–	1	0	22	21:44
11Saku KoivuC	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	2	64	0	0	23	20:20
20Valeri BureR	0	1	1	−1	0	0	0	0	–	1	0	20	18:33
25Vincent DamphousseC	0	1	1	−2	2	2	0	0	81	0	1	22	18:09
26Martin RucinskyL	1	0	1	−2	2	1	0	2	–	0	0	24	18:03
38Vladimir MalakhovD	1	0	1	−1	2	0	1	0	–	2	1	22	24:52
43Patrice BriseboisD	0	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	–	1	2	22	22:20
12Darcy TuckerR	0	0	0	0	3	2	1	0	40	0	1	17	15:10
23Turner StevensonR	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	5	–	0	0	11	09:16
24Scott ThorntonL	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	100	1	0	16	14:29
28Marc BureauC	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	100	1	1	15	10:03
49Brian SavageL	0	0	0	−1	1	2	0	4	–	0	0	20	13:41
71Sebastien BordeleauC	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	67	1	0	10	07:40
5Stephane QuintalD	0	0	0	−2	1	2	0	0	–	0	0	20	21:10
22Dave MansonD	0	0	0	−1	2	1	0	0	–	2	0	22	22:17
34Peter PopovicD	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	–	0	0	18	18:00
52Craig RivetD	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	–	0	0	18	16:52

Montréal Canadiens goalies
Goalie
35Andy MoogG		0	0	0	–	–
41Jocelyn ThibaultG	T	27	24	3	.889	65:00