BOXSCORE
New York Rangers
Madison Square Garden
1 FINAL OT 1
April 1, 1997
Buffalo Sabres
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 17:11 | Michael Peca – high-sticking (2 min) |
2nd Period
| Team | Time | Penalty |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 04:38 | Alexander Karpovtsev – high-sticking (2 min) |
| # | Player | POS | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | HITS | PPG | S | FO% | TOI | BLK | SHIFT | GV | TK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | B. Leetch | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.00% | 00:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | U. Samuelsson | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | 00:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | P. Flatley | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.00% | 00:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | A. Graves | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.00% | 00:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | E. Tikkanen | L | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.00% | 00:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | M. Messier | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | 00:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | C. Ferraro | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | 00:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | D. Langdon | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 00:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | B. Berg | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | 00:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | R. Courtnall | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.00% | 00:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | J. Beukeboom | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.00% | 00:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | N. Sundstrom | R | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.00% | 00:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | A. Karpovtsev | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | 00:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | E. Cairns | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | 00:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | M. Eastwood | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | 00:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | B. Driver | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 00:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | R. Vandenbussche | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 00:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | W. Gretzky | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.00% | 00:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| # | Player | SV | SA | GA | EV | PP | SH | SV% | GAA | TOI | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 | G. Healy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0/0 | 0/0/0 | 0/0/0 | 0.000 | 0.00 | 60:00 | ||
| 35 | M. Richter | x | T | 33 | 33 | 1 | 1/0/0 | 0/0/0 | 0/0/0 | 0.971 | 0.92 | 65:00 |
| # | Player | POS | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | HITS | PPG | S | FO% | TOI | BLK | SHIFT | GV | TK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | G. Galley | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.00% | 00:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | M. Wilson | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.00% | 00:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | R. Boughner | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 00:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | D. Shannon | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.00% | 00:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | B. May | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | 00:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | D. Ward | L | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.00% | 00:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | J. Dawe | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.00% | 00:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | M. Grosek | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 00:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | B. Holzinger | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.00% | 00:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | D. Plante | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.00% | 00:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | M. Peca | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.00% | 00:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | D. Audette | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.00% | 00:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | R. Ray | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.00% | 00:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | M. Barnaby | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | 00:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | A. Zhitnik | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.00% | 00:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 74 | J. McKee | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 00:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 76 | W. Primeau | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 00:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 81 | M. Satan | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | 00:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| # | Player | SV | SA | GA | EV | PP | SH | SV% | GAA | TOI | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 | S. Shields | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0/0 | 0/0/0 | 0/0/0 | 0.000 | 0.00 | 60:00 | ||
| 39 | D. Hasek | x | T | 37 | 37 | 1 | 0/0/0 | 0/0/0 | 1/0/0 | 0.974 | 0.92 | 65:00 |
NYR
VS
BUF
Game Stats
| 1 | Goals | 1 |
| 38 | Shots | 34 |
| 10 | Penalty Minutes | 6 |
| 0 | Hits | 0 |
| 0 | Blocks | 0 |
| 0 | Give Aways | 0 |
| 0 | Take Aways | 0 |
Goals by Period
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | OT | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Season Series: 2-1-1
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
