Phoenix Coyotes vs New York Rangers
Regular season · Monday, December 8, 1997 · Madison Square Garden
Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the Phoenix Coyotes 3-1 on Monday, December 8, 1997 at Madison Square Garden. The Rangers outshot the Coyotes 29-28.
Goals came from Adam Graves, Alexander Karpovtsev, Jocelyn Lemieux and Vladimir Vorobiev.
Mike Richter made 27 saves on 28 shots for the win; Nikolai Khabibulin stopped 26 of 29.
| Goals | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | T | SOG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 PHX | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 28 |
 NYR | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 29 |
Scoring
1st period
Adam Graves (7)Brian Leetch (11), Wayne Gretzky (21)0–103:31 NYR · PPG
3rd period
Alexander Karpovtsev (1)Brian Skrudland (3), Mike Keane (7)0–209:20 NYR
Jocelyn Lemieux (1)Cliff Ronning (12), Mike Gartner (5)1–212:56 PHX
Vladimir Vorobiev (1)Pat LaFontaine (20), Alexander Karpovtsev (6)1–314:31 NYR
Team stats
PHXNYR
28Shots on goal29
52%Faceoff %48%
0/5Power play1/4
10Penalty minutes12
22Hits20
6Blocked shots21
28Giveaways37
17Takeaways33
Penalties
- 1st 03:22Jayson More · interference2 min
- 1st 11:28Jim McKenzie · hooking obstruction2 min
- 1st 14:04Ulf Samuelsson · holding obstruction2 min
- 2nd 03:26Johan Lindbom · holding obstruction2 min
- 2nd 06:57Brian Skrudland · tripping obstruction2 min
- 2nd 13:33Gerald Diduck · high sticking2 min
- 3rd 06:22Eric Cairns · tripping obstruction2 min
- 3rd 10:26Mike Stapleton · kneeing2 min
- 3rd 17:33Alexander Karpovtsev · charging2 min
- 3rd 17:33Alexander Karpovtsev · roughing2 min
- 3rd 17:33Jayson More · roughing2 min
Season series
Phoenix Coyotes
| 22Mike GartnerR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 19:51 |
| 32Jocelyn LemieuxR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 05:14 |
| 77Cliff RonningC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 17:06 |
| 7Keith TkachukL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 19:59 |
| 14Mike StapletonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 08:32 |
| 15Craig JanneyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:17 |
| 16Brad IsbisterL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 21:57 |
| 18Chad KilgerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 04:39 |
| 21Bob CorkumC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 13:39 |
| 33Jim McKenzieL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 13:05 |
| 36Juha YlonenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 12:06 |
| 92Rick TocchetR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 20:25 |
| 97Jeremy RoenickC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 21:59 |
| 4Gerald DiduckD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 21:42 |
| 6Jayson MoreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 20:18 |
| 24Michel PetitD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 10:04 |
| 26John SlaneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 21:20 |
| 27Teppo NumminenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 27:39 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28Jimmy WaiteG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |
| 35Nikolai KhabibulinG | L | 29 | 26 | 3 | .897 | 57:19 |
New York Rangers
| 25Alexander KarpovtsevD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 19:36 |
| 9Adam GravesL | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 7 | 24:06 |
| 12Mike KeaneR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 19:56 |
| 16Pat LaFontaineC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 16:38 |
| 20Brian SkrudlandC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 15:36 |
| 39Vladimir VorobievR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 13:27 |
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 21:01 |
| 2Brian LeetchD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 30:58 |
| 15Darren LangdonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 01:20 |
| 17Kevin StevensL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 03:18 |
| 21Johan LindbomL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 15:15 |
| 27Alex KovalevR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20:31 |
| 32Mike EastwoodC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 09:28 |
| 37Tim SweeneyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 13:12 |
| 5Ulf SamuelssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 20:17 |
| 23Jeff BeukeboomD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23:09 |
| 29Eric CairnsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 08:25 |
| 33Bruce DriverD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:17 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Jason MuzzattiG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |
| 35Mike RichterG | W | 28 | 27 | 1 | .964 | 60:00 |