BOXSCORE
New York Rangers
Madison Square Garden
2 FINAL OT 3
December 2, 1997
Washington Capitals
Scoring Summary
1st Period
Chris Simon (6) (pp)
Adam Oates (20), Phil Housley (16)
1-0 WSH
Score
11:10
Time
2nd Period
Alex Kovalev (7) (pp)
Mike Keane (5), Kevin Stevens (9)
1-1 Tied
Score
08:13
Time
Calle Johansson (9) (pp)
Phil Housley (17), Adam Oates (21)
2-1 WSH
Score
16:35
Time
Wayne Gretzky (9)
Kevin Stevens (10), Niklas Sundstrom (13)
2-2 Tied
Score
19:53
Time
Overtime Period
Joe Juneau (3)
Steve Konowalchuk (9)
3-2 WSH
Score
03:45
Time
Penalties
1st Period
| Team | Time | Penalty |
|---|---|---|
| 10:34 | Pat LaFontaine – hooking (2 min) |
| 11:20 | Steve Konowalchuk – hooking (2 min) |
2nd Period
| Team | Time | Penalty |
|---|---|---|
| 04:10 | Brian Skrudland – tripping (2 min) |
| 07:29 | Dale Hunter – interference-goalkeeper (2 min) |
| 08:31 | Kelly Miller – tripping-obstruction (2 min) |
| 08:52 | Alex Kovalev – hooking (2 min) |
| 13:46 | Todd Krygier – tripping (2 min) |
| 15:34 | Adam Graves – hooking (2 min) |
3rd Period
| Team | Time | Penalty |
|---|---|---|
| 06:27 | Craig Berube – tripping (2 min) |
| Skaters | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Player | POS | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | HITS | PPG | S | FO% | TOI | BLK | SHIFT | GV | TK |
| 2 | B. Leetch | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.00% | 28:40 | 2 | 32 | 4 | 4 |
| 5 | U. Samuelsson | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 50.00% | 19:29 | 2 | 25 | 3 | 1 |
| 6 | D. Lidster | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | 17:57 | 1 | 25 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | R. Vandenbussche | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 03:47 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | A. Graves | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 50.00% | 21:46 | 1 | 25 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | M. Keane | R | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | 19:54 | 1 | 26 | 1 | 2 |
| 16 | P. LaFontaine | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 58.00% | 20:40 | 0 | 24 | 3 | 3 |
| 17 | K. Stevens | L | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | 16:15 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | B. Skrudland | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 47.00% | 14:29 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 1 |
| 21 | J. Lindbom | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0.00% | 16:41 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 1 |
| 23 | J. Beukeboom | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 19:11 | 1 | 26 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | N. Sundstrom | R | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 50.00% | 16:45 | 0 | 27 | 2 | 4 |
| 26 | J. Finley | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | 19:05 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | A. Kovalev | R | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.00% | 17:38 | 0 | 21 | 5 | 2 |
| 32 | M. Eastwood | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 67.00% | 09:35 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 3 |
| 33 | B. Driver | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.00% | 18:42 | 1 | 24 | 2 | 0 |
| 37 | T. Sweeney | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | 10:19 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 1 |
| 99 | W. Gretzky | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 44.00% | 18:11 | 0 | 27 | 4 | 1 |
| Goalies | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Player | SV | SA | GA | EV | PP | SH | SV% | GAA | TOI | ||
| 31 | J. Muzzatti | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0/0 | 0/0/0 | 0/0/0 | 0.000 | 0.00 | 60:00 | ||
| 35 | M. Richter | x | L | 26 | 26 | 3 | 1/0/0 | 2/0/0 | 0/0/0 | 0.897 | 2.83 | 63:42 |
| Skaters | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Player | POS | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | HITS | PPG | S | FO% | TOI | BLK | SHIFT | GV | TK |
| 2 | K. Klee | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 09:51 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | S. Cote | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 16:40 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | C. Johansson | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0.00% | 25:54 | 0 | 26 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | J. Bulis | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 38.00% | 09:47 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | T. Krygier | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.00% | 11:27 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | K. Miller | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.00% | 11:04 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | C. Simon | L | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0.00% | 16:03 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | J. Toms | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | 20:13 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | S. Konowalchuk | L | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 60.00% | 18:54 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | M. Tinordi | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | 18:15 | 1 | 21 | 2 | 1 |
| 27 | C. Berube | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | 12:45 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 1 |
| 29 | J. Reekie | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0.00% | 24:22 | 3 | 25 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | D. Hunter | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50.00% | 10:19 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 0 |
| 44 | R. Zednik | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | 10:02 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 1 |
| 55 | S. Gonchar | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0.00% | 16:35 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 1 |
| 77 | A. Oates | C | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 50.00% | 21:27 | 0 | 23 | 2 | 3 |
| 90 | J. Juneau | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 45.00% | 17:19 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 0 |
| 96 | P. Housley | D | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | 17:30 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 1 |
| Goalies | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Player | SV | SA | GA | EV | PP | SH | SV% | GAA | TOI | ||
| 30 | B. Ranford | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0/0 | 0/0/0 | 0/0/0 | 0.000 | 0.00 | 60:00 | ||
| 37 | O. Kolzig | x | W | 23 | 23 | 2 | 1/0/0 | 1/0/0 | 0/0/0 | 0.920 | 1.88 | 63:45 |
NYR
VS
WSH
Game Stats
| 2 | Goals | 3 |
| 25 | Shots | 29 |
| 8 | Penalty Minutes | 10 |
| 28 | Hits | 21 |
| 12 | Blocks | 7 |
| 31 | Give Aways | 7 |
| 25 | Take Aways | 13 |
Goals by Period
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | OT | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Season Series: 1-3-1
As of December 2, 1997
All-Time vs WSH
Overall: 60-58-15-4
At NYR: 34-25-6-3
Last 10 vs WSH
Overall: 3-5-1-1
At NYR: 5-4-1