Florida Panthers vs New York Rangers

Regular season · Friday, December 12, 1997 · Madison Square Garden

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4–3

Final

SOG 29–31

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Game summary

The Florida Panthers beat the New York Rangers 4-3 on Friday, December 12, 1997 at Madison Square Garden. The Rangers outshot the Panthers 31-29.

Radek Dvorak scored twice. Bruce Driver, David Nemirovsky, Kevin Stevens, Terry Carkner and Tim Sweeney also scored.

John Vanbiesbrouck made 28 saves on 31 shots for the win; Mike Richter stopped 25 of 29.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
FLA	2	2	0	4	29
NYR	1	1	1	3	31

Scoring

1st period

Bruce Driver (3)Kevin Stevens (11), Pat LaFontaine (22)0–102:38 NYR
Radek Dvorak (1)Chris Wells (5)1–113:37 FLA · SHG
Radek Dvorak (2)Steve Washburn (4)2–118:31 FLA · SHG

2nd period

David Nemirovsky (6)Ray Whitney (14), Chris Wells (6)3–103:22 FLA
Kevin Stevens (7)Pat LaFontaine (23)3–207:48 NYR
Terry Carkner (1)Ryan Johnson (2)4–217:27 FLA

3rd period

Tim Sweeney (8)Pat LaFontaine (24), Kevin Stevens (12)4–304:41 NYR

Team stats

FLANYR

29Shots on goal31

54%Faceoff %46%

0/2Power play0/4

15Penalty minutes11

19Hits30

18Blocked shots10

28Giveaways37

19Takeaways33

Penalties

1st 09:25Tim Sweeney · tripping2 min
1st 13:07Paul Laus · interference obstruction2 min
1st 17:35Chris Wells · interference obstruction2 min
2nd 03:00Paul Laus · fighting5 min
2nd 03:00Darren Langdon · fighting5 min
2nd 03:51Robert Svehla · interference obstruction2 min
2nd 09:44Chris Wells · roughing2 min
2nd 09:44Alexander Karpovtsev · roughing2 min
3rd 06:28Kevin Stevens · roughing2 min
3rd 08:30Robert Svehla · interference obstruction2 min

Season series

Florida Panthers

Florida Panthers skaters

19Radek DvorakR	2	0	2	0	3	1	1	0	–	15:31
23Chris WellsC	0	2	2	+2	0	1	1	4	63	13:17
14Ray WhitneyL	0	1	1	+1	0	0	1	0	100	12:31
16Ryan JohnsonC	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	80	10:42
22Steve WashburnC	0	1	1	+1	2	0	1	0	42	16:13
51David NemirovskyR	1	0	1	+1	3	0	0	0	–	10:57
2Terry CarknerD	1	0	1	+2	2	1	2	0	–	21:35
9Kirk MullerL	0	0	0	-2	3	0	2	0	100	14:33
11Bill LindsayL	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	13:59
15Dave GagnerC	0	0	0	-2	1	0	1	0	40	14:46
21Tom FitzgeraldR	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	55	14:19
26Ray SheppardR	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	–	17:23
27Scott MellanbyR	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	0	–	17:36
3Paul LausD	0	0	0	-1	1	1	2	7	–	11:37
5Gord MurphyD	0	0	0	+1	1	2	4	0	–	24:28
7Rhett WarrenerD	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	–	17:11
24Robert SvehlaD	0	0	0	+1	2	1	0	4	–	22:21
55Ed JovanovskiD	0	0	0	-1	1	6	3	0	–	21:35

Florida Panthers goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30Mark FitzpatrickG		0	0	0	–	–
34John VanbiesbrouckG	W	31	28	3	.903	60:00

New York Rangers

New York Rangers skaters

16Pat LaFontaineC	0	3	3	+1	1	1	1	0	39	19:14
17Kevin StevensL	1	2	3	+2	3	3	0	2	–	17:05
37Tim SweeneyR	1	0	1	+2	3	2	0	2	–	15:45
33Bruce DriverD	1	0	1	-1	4	0	2	0	–	22:48
9Adam GravesL	0	0	0	-3	3	4	0	0	–	22:45
12Mike KeaneR	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	–	17:37
15Darren LangdonL	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	5	–	04:28
20Brian SkrudlandC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	53	15:36
21Johan LindbomL	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	14:55
27Alex KovalevR	0	0	0	-2	1	0	0	0	–	08:03
32Mike EastwoodC	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	63	05:20
39Vladimir VorobievR	0	0	0	-3	1	1	0	0	–	14:09
99Wayne GretzkyC	0	0	0	-2	2	0	0	0	42	21:58
2Brian LeetchD	0	0	0	-1	3	4	3	0	–	16:31
5Ulf SamuelssonD	0	0	0	-1	2	4	2	0	–	22:05
23Jeff BeukeboomD	0	0	0	+2	0	2	0	0	–	19:34
25Alexander KarpovtsevD	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	2	–	11:46
29Eric CairnsD	0	0	0	+1	0	2	0	0	–	08:39

New York Rangers goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31Jason MuzzattiG		0	0	0	–	–
35Mike RichterG	L	29	25	4	.862	59:12