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NYR

TD GARDEN

3FINAL/OT3

December 6, 1997

MTL

Scoring Summary

1st Period

Brian Skrudland (2)

Alex Kovalev (10), Jeff Beukeboom (3)

1-0 NYR

Score

03:49

Time

Shayne Corson (12) (pp)

Saku Koivu (21), Valeri Bure (13)

1-1 Tied

Score

16:59

Time

Martin Rucinsky (9) (pp)

Vincent Damphousse (12), Patrice Brisebois (10)

2-1 MTL

Score

19:16

Time

2nd Period

Vladimir Malakhov (6)

Mark Recchi (17), Shayne Corson (23)

3-1 MTL

Score

11:42

Time

Brian Skrudland (3)

Johan Lindbom (1)

3-2 MTL

Score

15:23

Time

3rd Period

Adam Graves (6)

Wayne Gretzky (20), Alex Kovalev (11)

3-3 Tied

Score

12:37

Time

Penalties

1st Period

Team	Time	Penalty Description
	16:01	Tim Sweeney – tripping-obstruction (2 min)
	17:34	Kevin Stevens – holding-stick-obstruction (2 min)

2nd Period

Team	Time	Penalty Description
	00:46	Brian Savage – hooking (2 min)
	05:40	Ulf Samuelsson – holding (2 min)
	11:50	Turner Stevenson – fighting (5 min)
	11:50	Eric Cairns – fighting (5 min)
	18:48	Brian Savage – holding (2 min)
	19:34	Martin Rucinsky – high-sticking (2 min)

3rd Period

Team	Time	Penalty Description
	16:53	Saku Koivu – slashing (2 min)
	16:53	Brian Skrudland – slashing (2 min)

MTL – Skaters
#	Player	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	1G	OTG	GWG	ENG	S	FO	FO%	Shifts	TOI	Hits	BLK	GV	TK
5	Stephane Quintal	D	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%	20	21:10	2	0	0	0
8	Mark Recchi	R	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0/0	0.00%	22	21:44	1	0	1	0
11	Saku Koivu	C	0	1	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%	23	20:20	1	0	0	0
12	Darcy Tucker	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0/0	0.00%	17	15:10	2	1	0	1
20	Valeri Bure	R	0	1	1	-1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%	20	18:33	0	0	1	0
22	Dave Manson	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%	22	22:17	1	0	2	0
23	Turner Stevenson	R	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%	11	09:16	3	0	0	0
24	Scott Thornton	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%	16	14:29	3	0	1	0
25	Vincent Damphousse	C	0	1	1	-2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%	22	18:09	2	0	0	1
26	Martin Rucinsky	L	1	0	1	-2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%	24	18:03	1	0	0	0
27	Shayne Corson	L	1	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%	27	23:07	1	0	0	0
28	Marc Bureau	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%	15	10:03	0	1	1	1
34	Peter Popovic	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%	18	18:00	2	2	0	0
38	Vladimir Malakhov	D	1	0	1	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%	22	24:52	0	1	2	1
43	Patrice Brisebois	D	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%	22	22:20	1	2	1	2
49	Brian Savage	L	0	0	0	-1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%	20	13:41	2	0	0	0
52	Craig Rivet	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%	18	16:52	1	1	0	0
71	Sebastien Bordeleau	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%	10	07:40	0	1	1	0

MTL – Goalies
#	Player			1ST	2ND	3RD	OT	SV	SA	GA	EV	PP	SH	SV%	GAA	TOI
35	Andy Moog							0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00	00:00
41	Jocelyn Thibault	★	T					24	27	3	3	0	0	.889	2.77	65:00

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	1	0/0	0.00%	33	33:07	2	2	1	1
5	Ulf Samuelsson	D	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%	29	20:29	2	4	2	0
9	Adam Graves	L	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%	28	23:39	5	1	0	0
12	Mike Keane	R	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%	33	20:46	1	2	0	0
15	Darren Langdon	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%	2	01:26	0	0	0	1
16	Pat LaFontaine	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0/0	0.00%	26	24:53	0	0	0	0
17	Kevin Stevens	L	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0/0	0.00%	15	09:24	0	0	0	0
20	Brian Skrudland	C	2	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%	27	18:58	0	0	1	2
21	Johan Lindbom	L	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%	28	16:03	1	0	1	1
23	Jeff Beukeboom	D	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%	31	26:39	5	0	2	0
25	Alexander Karpovtsev	D	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%	27	22:06	6	0	1	0
27	Alex Kovalev	R	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0/0	0.00%	24	22:56	0	1	1	0
29	Eric Cairns	D	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%	17	09:50	2	0	1	0
32	Mike Eastwood	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%	6	03:06	0	0	0	0
33	Bruce Driver	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%	19	13:20	2	1	0	0
37	Tim Sweeney	R	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%	13	10:19	3	1	0	0
39	Vladimir Vorobiev	R	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%	17	15:50	0	1	1	1
99	Wayne Gretzky	C	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%	29	25:26	0	0	0	2

NYR – Goalies
#	Player			1ST	2ND	3RD	OT	SV	SA	GA	EV	PP	SH	SV%	GAA	TOI
31	Jason Muzzatti							0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00	00:00
35	Mike Richter	★	T					19	22	3	1	2	0	.864	2.77	65:00

MTL

NYR

Game Stats

3	Goals	3
22	Shots	27
66.7% (2/3)	Power Play	0.0% (0/4)
13	Penalty Minutes	13
23	Hits	29
9	Blocks	13
10	Giveaways	11
6	Takeaways	8

Goals by Period

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

Shots by Period

	1	2	3	OT	T
	5	10	11	1	27
	9	10	3	0	22

Season Series: 1-2-1

MTL 3

NYR 3

FINAL OTBoxscoreDEC 6

MTL 4

NYR 1

FINALBoxscoreMAR 12

MTL 1

NYR 2

FINAL OTBoxscoreMAR 18

MTL 3

NYR 2

FINALBoxscoreAPR 7

As of December 6, 1997

All-Time vs MTL

Overall: 168-288-90-7
At MTL: 112-106-54-4

Last 10 vs MTL

Overall: 3-4-3-0
At MTL: 5-1-4-0