New York Rangers vs Tampa Bay Lightning
Regular season · Saturday, December 20, 1997 · Ice Palace
Scoring
1st period
Kevin Stevens (9)Wayne Gretzky (22), Brian Leetch (13)1–016:28 NYR ·
3rd period
Daymond Langkow (3)Dino Ciccarelli (6), Patrick Poulin (6)1–103:50 TBL
Alexander Selivanov (8)Paul Ysebaert (12), Rob Zamuner (4)1–206:53 TBL
Tim Sweeney (9)Pat LaFontaine (26), Bruce Driver (5)2–217:28 NYR
Team stats
NYRTBL
4132
61%39%
1/40/4
1829
1117
53
14
18
Penalties
- 1:59 into the first period
Darren Langdon · fighting5 min - 1:59 into the first period
Mick Vukota · fighting5 min - 2:15 into the first periodEric Cairns · interference obstruction2 min
- 13:08 into the first periodJason Wiemer · spearing5 min
- 13:08 into the first periodJason Wiemer · game misconduct10 min
- 0:46 into the second periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 8:25 into the second periodBruce Driver · high sticking2 min
- 13:26 into the second periodPaul Brousseau · tripping2 min
- 14:22 into the second periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 6:53 into the third periodVladimir Vujtek · illegal stick2 min
- 14:41 into the third periodKevin Stevens · fighting5 min
- 14:41 into the third periodPaul Brousseau · fighting5 min
Season series
New York Rangers
| 16Pat LaFontaineC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 20:17 |
| 17Kevin StevensL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 16:32 |
| 37Tim SweeneyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 6 | 17:13 |
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 7 | 20:44 |
| 2Brian LeetchD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 32:51 |
| 33Bruce DriverD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 21:18 |
| 9Adam GravesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | 19:54 |
| 12Mike KeaneR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 18:40 |
| 15Darren LangdonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 04:30 |
| 20Brian SkrudlandC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 18:18 |
| 21Johan LindbomL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:18 |
| 27Alex KovalevR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 21:09 |
| 28P.J. StockC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 04:10 |
| 32Mike EastwoodC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:08 |
| 5Ulf SamuelssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23:36 |
| 25Alexander KarpovtsevD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 22:36 |
| 26Jeff FinleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 15:54 |
| 29Eric CairnsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 10:27 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Jason MuzzattiG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Mike RichterG | T | 32 | 2 | .938 |
Tampa Bay Lightning
| 7Rob ZamunerL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 24:12 |
| 15Paul YsebaertL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 24:54 |
| 18Daymond LangkowC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 20:57 |
| 22Dino CiccarelliR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 19:23 |
| 28Patrick PoulinL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 17:39 |
| 29Alexander SelivanovR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 22:28 |
| 10Paul BrousseauR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 08:57 |
| 21Mick VukotaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 02:45 |
| 24Jason WiemerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 04:25 |
| 34Mikael AnderssonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 18:03 |
| 36Louie DebruskL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 03:09 |
| 79Vladimir VujtekL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:37 |
| 4Cory CrossD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15:04 |
| 5Igor UlanovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:01 |
| 6Jeff NortonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:29 |
| 14Karl DykhuisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 26:00 |
| 33Yves RacineD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 26:37 |
| 44Roman HamrlikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:33 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32Corey SchwabG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 93Daren PuppaG | T | 41 | 2 | .951 |