New York Rangers vs Tampa Bay Lightning

Regular season · Wednesday, December 31, 1997 · Ice Palace

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0–2

Final

SOG 23–24

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Game summary

The Tampa Bay Lightning beat the New York Rangers 2-0 on Wednesday, December 31, 1997 at Ice Palace. The Lightning outshot the Rangers 24-23.

Goals came from Rob Zamuner and Karl Dykhuis.

Derek Wilkinson made 9 saves on 9 shots for the win; Mike Richter stopped 22 of 23.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
NYR	0	0	0	0	23
TBL	0	0	2	2	24

Scoring

3rd period

Rob Zamuner (13)Daymond Langkow (9), Alexander Selivanov (10)0–106:05 TBL
Karl Dykhuis (4)Igor Ulanov (6)0–219:06 TBL · EN

Team stats

NYRTBL

23Shots on goal24

53%Faceoff %47%

0/4Power play0/4

10Penalty minutes10

16Hits10

4Blocked shots8

2Giveaways4

1Takeaways11

Penalties

1st 06:54Rob Zamuner · hooking obstruction2 min
1st 13:01Bill Berg · tripping obstruction2 min
1st 19:58Kevin Stevens · interference goalkeeper2 min
2nd 11:34Karl Dykhuis · interference2 min
2nd 14:17Cory Cross · interference2 min
3rd 01:33Jeff Finley · slashing2 min
3rd 08:54Brian Skrudland · holding obstruction2 min
3rd 13:02Ulf Samuelsson · roughing2 min
3rd 13:02Dino Ciccarelli · roughing2 min
3rd 15:00Bench · too many men on the ice2 min

Season series

New York Rangers

New York Rangers skaters

9Adam GravesL	0	0	0	-1	5	1	0	0	67	21:21
12Mike KeaneR	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	–	18:56
15Darren LangdonL	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	–	03:37
16Pat LaFontaineC	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0	0	55	16:36
17Kevin StevensL	0	0	0	-1	1	1	0	2	–	14:43
18Bill BergL	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	–	14:18
20Brian SkrudlandC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	43	16:00
21Johan LindbomL	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	–	11:08
27Alex KovalevR	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	–	09:41
32Mike EastwoodC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	60	06:52
37Tim SweeneyR	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	–	16:07
99Wayne GretzkyC	0	0	0	-1	4	0	0	0	53	21:26
2Brian LeetchD	0	0	0	-2	2	0	1	0	–	29:52
5Ulf SamuelssonD	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	–	19:31
25Alexander KarpovtsevD	0	0	0	-2	3	1	1	0	–	23:23
26Jeff FinleyD	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	2	–	14:17
29Eric CairnsD	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	–	10:38
33Bruce DriverD	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	21:31

New York Rangers goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
34Dan CloutierG		0	0	0	–	–
35Mike RichterG	L	23	22	1	.957	59:40

Tampa Bay Lightning

Tampa Bay Lightning skaters

7Rob ZamunerL	1	0	1	+2	2	0	0	2	–	18:13
18Daymond LangkowC	0	1	1	+2	2	2	0	0	56	22:01
29Alexander SelivanovR	0	1	1	+1	5	0	0	0	–	17:31
5Igor UlanovD	0	1	1	+1	1	1	2	0	–	20:50
14Karl DykhuisD	1	0	1	+1	6	0	0	2	–	22:57
11Steve KellyC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	36	14:52
15Paul YsebaertL	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	56	18:52
21Mick VukotaR	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	03:26
22Dino CiccarelliR	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	2	–	17:35
24Jason WiemerC	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	–	13:07
26Jason BonsignoreC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	55	13:30
28Patrick PoulinL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	14:39
34Mikael AnderssonR	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	29	18:11
36Louie DebruskL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	03:36
4Cory CrossD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	–	12:43
6Jeff NortonD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	0	–	23:02
23Bryan MarchmentD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	2	0	–	16:14
33Yves RacineD	0	0	0	0	1	3	3	0	–	18:52

Tampa Bay Lightning goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
32Corey SchwabG		14	14	0	1.000	33:00
35Derek WilkinsonG	W	9	9	0	1.000	27:00