Scoring Summary

2nd Period

Steve Thomas (7)

Brian Rolston (19), Scott Stevens (15)

1-0 NJD

Score

08:23

Time

Niklas Sundstrom (19)

Wayne Gretzky (60), Ulf Samuelsson (9)

1-1 Tied

Score

18:28

Time

3rd Period

Valeri Zelepukin (9)

John MacLean (10), Peter Zezel (10)

2-1 NJD

Score

02:45

Time

Brian Noonan (8)

Wayne Gretzky (61), Darren Langdon (4)

2-2 Tied

Score

04:29

Time

Penalties

1st Period

Team	Time	Penalty
	03:12	Reid Simpson – unsportsmanlike-conduct (2 min)
	03:12	Shane Churla – unsportsmanlike-conduct (2 min)
	03:12	Shane Churla – misconduct (10 min)
	08:15	Randy Mckay – fighting (5 min)
	08:15	Darren Langdon – fighting (5 min)
	08:43	Steve Thomas – tripping (2 min)
	11:38	Bobby Holik – cross-checking (2 min)
	13:31	Luc Robitaille – cross-checking (2 min)
	15:28	Steve Sullivan – hooking (2 min)
	17:56	Ulf Samuelsson – high-sticking (2 min)

2nd Period

Team	Time	Penalty
	04:07	Bill Berg – interference (2 min)
	06:09	Steve Sullivan – roughing (2 min)
	06:09	Ulf Samuelsson – roughing (2 min)
	11:07	Lyle Odelein – roughing (2 min)
	11:07	Darren Langdon – roughing (2 min)

3rd Period

Team	Time	Penalty
	10:16	Randy Mckay – roughing (2 min)
	10:16	Ulf Samuelsson – roughing (2 min)

Overtime

Team	Time	Penalty
	05:00	Lyle Odelein – roughing (2 min)
	05:00	Bill Berg – charging (2 min)

Season Series: 2-1-2

NJD 1

NYR 6

FINALBoxscoreOCT 30

NJD 0

NYR 3

FINALBoxscoreJAN 12

NJD 2

NYR 2

FINAL OTBoxscoreFEB 17

NJD 1

NYR 1

FINAL OTBoxscoreFEB 19

NJD 4

NYR 0

FINALBoxscoreMAR 27

As of February 17, 1997

All-Time vs NJD

Overall: 50-32-9-4
At NYR: 28-11-8-2

Last 10 vs NJD

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