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NYI

TD GARDEN

3FINAL4

January 2, 1997

NYR

Scoring Summary

1st Period

Bryan McCabe (5) (pp)

Travis Green (15), Kenny Jonsson (7)

1-0 NYI

Score

18:48

Time

2nd Period

Luc Robitaille (15)

Eric Cairns (1), Wayne Gretzky (39)

1-1 Tied

Score

07:09

Time

Mark Messier (21)

Adam Graves (15), Alex Kovalev (20)

2-1 NYR

Score

08:36

Time

Bryan Smolinski (10) (pp)

Ziggy Palffy (18), Kenny Jonsson (8)

2-2 Tied

Score

10:01

Time

Ziggy Palffy (23)

Derek King (17), Doug Houda (3)

3-2 NYI

Score

11:11

Time

3rd Period

Alexander Karpovtsev (4)

Mark Messier (21)

3-3 Tied

Score

13:12

Time

Mark Messier (22)

Brian Leetch (32), Adam Graves (16)

4-3 NYR

Score

16:30

Time

Penalties

1st Period

Team	Time	Penalty Description
	10:52	Jeff Beukeboom – hooking (2 min)
	12:06	Travis Green – boarding (2 min)
	17:20	Wayne Gretzky – hooking (2 min)

2nd Period

Team	Time	Penalty Description
	09:52	Brian Noonan – hooking-obstruction (2 min)
	13:13	Derek Armstrong – roughing (2 min)
	13:13	Patrick Flatley – roughing (2 min)
	17:15	Derek King – cross-checking (2 min)
	17:15	Mark Messier – slashing (2 min)
	18:45	Bryan McCabe – holding-obstruction (2 min)
	18:45	Bryan McCabe – slashing (2 min)

3rd Period

Team	Time	Penalty Description
	04:30	Eric Cairns – cross-checking (2 min)
	05:05	Bryan Berard – slashing (2 min)
	20:00	Mark Messier – misconduct (10 min)
	20:00	Mark Messier – gross-misconduct (10 min)

NYR – Skaters
#	Player	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	1G	OTG	GWG	ENG	S	FO	FO%	Shifts	TOI	Hits	BLK	GV	TK
2	Brian Leetch	D	0	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0/0	0.00%	0	00:00	0	0	0	0
5	Ulf Samuelsson	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%	0	00:00	0	0	0	0
8	Patrick Flatley	R	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%	0	00:00	0	0	0	0
9	Adam Graves	L	0	2	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0/0	0.00%	0	00:00	0	0	0	0
11	Mark Messier	C	2	1	3	2	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	0/0	0.00%	0	00:00	0	0	0	0
13	Sergei Nemchinov	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0/0	0.00%	0	00:00	0	0	0	0
16	Daniel Goneau	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%	0	00:00	0	0	0	0
18	Bill Berg	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%	0	00:00	0	0	0	0
20	Luc Robitaille	L	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0/0	0.00%	0	00:00	0	0	0	0
22	Shane Churla	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%	0	00:00	0	0	0	0
23	Jeff Beukeboom	D	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%	0	00:00	0	0	0	0
24	Niklas Sundstrom	R	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%	0	00:00	0	0	0	0
25	Alexander Karpovtsev	D	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%	0	00:00	0	0	0	0
27	Alex Kovalev	R	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0/0	0.00%	0	00:00	0	0	0	0
28	Brian Noonan	R	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%	0	00:00	0	0	0	0
29	Eric Cairns	D	0	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%	0	00:00	0	0	0	0
33	Bruce Driver	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%	0	00:00	0	0	0	0
99	Wayne Gretzky	C	0	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0/0	0.00%	0	00:00	0	0	0	0

NYR – Goalies
#	Player			1ST	2ND	3RD	SV	SA	GA	EV	PP	SH	SV%	GAA	TOI
30	Glenn Healy						0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00	00:00
35	Mike Richter	★	W				26	29	3	1	2	0	.897	3.00	60:00

NYI – Skaters
#	Player	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	1G	OTG	GWG	ENG	S	FO	FO%	Shifts	TOI	Hits	BLK	GV	TK
2	Rich Pilon	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%	0	00:00	0	0	0	0
3	Kenny Jonsson	D	0	2	2	-1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%	0	00:00	0	0	0	0
4	Bryan Mccabe	D	1	0	1	-1	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%	0	00:00	0	0	0	0
6	Doug Houda	D	0	1	1	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%	0	00:00	0	0	0	0
7	Scott Lachance	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0/0	0.00%	0	00:00	0	0	0	0
11	Randy Wood	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%	0	00:00	0	0	0	0
13	Claude Lapointe	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%	0	00:00	0	0	0	0
14	Derek Armstrong	C	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%	0	00:00	0	0	0	0
15	Bryan Smolinski	C	1	0	1	-3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0/0	0.00%	0	00:00	0	0	0	0
16	Ziggy Palffy	R	1	1	2	-2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0/0	0.00%	0	00:00	0	0	0	0
18	Marty Mcinnis	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%	0	00:00	0	0	0	0
20	Brent Hughes	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%	0	00:00	0	0	0	0
24	Paul Kruse	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%	0	00:00	0	0	0	0
27	Derek King	L	0	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%	0	00:00	0	0	0	0
32	Niklas Andersson	L	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%	0	00:00	0	0	0	0
34	Bryan Berard	D	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%	0	00:00	0	0	0	0
39	Travis Green	C	0	1	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%	0	00:00	0	0	0	0
42	Dan Plante	R	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%	0	00:00	0	0	0	0

NYI – Goalies
#	Player			1ST	2ND	3RD	SV	SA	GA	EV	PP	SH	SV%	GAA	TOI
1	Eric Fichaud						0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00	00:00
35	Tommy Salo	★	L				30	34	4	4	0	0	.882	4.00	59:56

NYR

NYI

Game Stats

4	Goals	3
34	Shots	29
0.0% (0/4)	Power Play	50.0% (2/4)
32	Penalty Minutes	12
0	Hits	0
0	Blocks	0
0	Giveaways	0
0	Takeaways	0

Goals by Period

	1	2	3	T
	1	2	0	3
	0	2	2	4

Season Series: 2-2-1

NYI 1

NYR 1

FINAL OTBoxscoreNOV 6

NYI 5

NYR 3

FINALBoxscoreDEC 11

NYI 3

NYR 4

FINALBoxscoreJAN 2

NYI 4

NYR 2

FINALBoxscoreJAN 13

NYI 2

NYR 5

FINALBoxscoreFEB 8

As of January 2, 1997

All-Time vs NYI

Overall: 67-70-15-2
At NYR: 46-21-8-2

Last 10 vs NYI

Overall: 6-3-1-0
At NYR: 3-4-2-1