Scoring Summary

1st Period

Dale Hunter (12)

Steve Konowalchuk (21), Chris Simon (11)

1-0 WSH

Score

11:56

Time

Wayne Gretzky (19)

Brian Leetch (49), Mark Messier (39)

1-1 Tied

Score

15:59

Time

2nd Period

Rick Tocchet (18)

Phil Housley (26), Adam Oates (54)

2-1 WSH

Score

06:32

Time

Adam Graves (25)

Brian Leetch (50), Mark Messier (40)

2-2 Tied

Score

08:19

Time

3rd Period

Mark Messier (34) (pp)

Alexander Karpovtsev (26), Esa Tikkanen (16)

3-2 NYR

Score

11:13

Time

Penalties

1st Period

Team	Time	Penalty
	01:51	Andrei Nikolishin – tripping (2 min)
	05:47	Brendan Witt – slashing (2 min)
	09:29	Ryan Vandenbussche – roughing (2 min)
	09:29	Chris Simon – roughing (2 min)
	15:00	Eric Cairns – fighting (5 min)
	15:00	Craig Berube – fighting (5 min)
	17:53	Adam Graves – kneeing (2 min)

2nd Period

Team	Time	Penalty
	08:35	Ryan Vandenbussche – fighting (5 min)
	08:35	Brendan Witt – fighting (5 min)
	08:41	Darren Langdon – fighting (5 min)
	08:41	Chris Simon – fighting (5 min)
	09:23	Adam Graves – roughing (2 min)
	09:23	Mark Tinordi – roughing (2 min)
	09:23	Mark Tinordi – roughing (2 min)
	11:50	Patrick Flatley – tripping (2 min)

3rd Period

Team	Time	Penalty
	00:26	Bruce Driver – roughing (2 min)
	00:26	Dale Hunter – roughing (2 min)
	01:03	Adam Graves – holding (2 min)
	09:38	Andrei Nikolishin – hooking (2 min)
	13:28	Esa Tikkanen – slashing (2 min)
	13:28	Chris Simon – slashing (2 min)
	16:21	Mike Richter – roughing (2 min)
	16:21	Dale Hunter – interference-goalkeeper (2 min)
	17:50	Bruce Driver – roughing (2 min)
	17:50	Andrei Nikolishin – high-sticking (2 min)

Season Series: 2-3-0

WSH 3

NYR 2

FINALBoxscoreOCT 23

WSH 3

NYR 2

FINALBoxscoreNOV 9

WSH 2

NYR 0

FINALBoxscoreJAN 9

WSH 3

NYR 5

FINALBoxscoreJAN 22

WSH 2

NYR 3

FINALBoxscoreMAR 12

As of March 12, 1997

All-Time vs WSH

Overall: 60-58-15-3
At NYR: 34-25-6-2

Last 10 vs WSH

Overall: 4-5-1-0
At NYR: 6-4-0