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BUF

TD GARDEN

1FINAL/OT1

April 1, 1997

NYR

Scoring Summary

2nd Period

Alexei Zhitnik (7)

Dixon Ward (30), Jay McKee (7)

1-0 BUF

Score

10:05

Time

3rd Period

Esa Tikkanen (13) (sh)

Niklas Sundstrom (26)

1-1 Tied

Score

06:28

Time

Penalties

1st Period

Team	Time	Penalty Description
	17:11	Michael Peca – high-sticking (2 min)

2nd Period

Team	Time	Penalty Description
	06:16	Brian Holzinger – charging (2 min)
	06:16	Brian Holzinger – roughing (2 min)
	06:16	Jeff Beukeboom – cross-checking (2 min)
	06:16	Jeff Beukeboom – roughing (2 min)
	15:03	Ulf Samuelsson – high-sticking-double-minor (4 min)

3rd Period

Team	Time	Penalty Description
	04:38	Alexander Karpovtsev – high-sticking (2 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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0/0	0.00%	0	00:00	0	0	0	0
5	Ulf Samuelsson	D	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%	0	00:00	0	0	0	0
8	Patrick Flatley	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0/0	0.00%	0	00:00	0	0	0	0
9	Adam Graves	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0/0	0.00%	0	00:00	0	0	0	0
10	Esa Tikkanen	L	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0/0	0.00%	0	00:00	0	0	0	0
11	Mark Messier	C	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
14	Chris Ferraro	C	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
15	Darren Langdon	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	1	0/0	0.00%	0	00:00	0	0	0	0
21	Russ Courtnall	R	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
23	Jeff Beukeboom	D	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%	0	00:00	0	0	0	0
24	Niklas Sundstrom	R	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%	0	00:00	0	0	0	0
25	Alexander Karpovtsev	D	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
29	Eric Cairns	D	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
32	Mike Eastwood	C	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
33	Bruce Driver	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
37	Ryan Vandenbussche	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
99	Wayne Gretzky	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0/0	0.00%	0	00:00	0	0	0	0

NYR – Goalies
#	Player			1ST	2ND	3RD	OT	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	★	T					33	34	1	1	0	0	.971	0.92	65:00

BUF – Skaters
#	Player	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	1G	OTG	GWG	ENG	S	FO	FO%	Shifts	TOI	Hits	BLK	GV	TK
3	Garry Galley	D	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
4	Mike Wilson	D	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
6	Bob Boughner	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	Darryl Shannon	D	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
10	Brad May	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
15	Dixon Ward	L	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0/0	0.00%	0	00:00	0	0	0	0
17	Jason Dawe	R	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
18	Michal Grosek	L	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
19	Brian Holzinger	C	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0/0	0.00%	0	00:00	0	0	0	0
26	Derek Plante	C	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
27	Michael Peca	C	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0/0	0.00%	0	00:00	0	0	0	0
28	Donald Audette	R	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
32	Rob Ray	R	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
36	Matthew Barnaby	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
44	Alexei Zhitnik	D	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	0/0	0.00%	0	00:00	0	0	0	0
74	Jay McKee	D	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%	0	00:00	0	0	0	0
76	Wayne Primeau	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
81	Miroslav Satan	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

BUF – Goalies
#	Player			1ST	2ND	3RD	OT	SV	SA	GA	EV	PP	SH	SV%	GAA	TOI
31	Steve Shields							0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00	00:00
39	Dominik Hasek	★	T					37	38	1	0	0	1	.974	0.92	65:00

NYR

BUF

Game Stats

1	Goals	1
38	Shots	34
0.0% (0/3)	Power Play	0.0% (0/1)
10	Penalty Minutes	6
0	Hits	0
0	Blocks	0
0	Giveaways	0
0	Takeaways	0

Goals by Period

	1	2	3	OT	T
	0	1	0	0	1
	0	0	1	0	1

Season Series: 2-1-1

BUF 4

NYR 6

FINALBoxscoreOCT 27

BUF 0

NYR 3

FINALBoxscoreDEC 13

BUF 1

NYR 1

FINAL OTBoxscoreAPR 1

BUF 5

NYR 1

FINALBoxscoreAPR 4

As of April 1, 1997

All-Time vs BUF

Overall: 40-46-19-0
At NYR: 24-15-13-0

Last 10 vs BUF

Overall: 7-1-2-0
At NYR: 6-1-3-0