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NYR

TD GARDEN

4FINAL2

December 17, 1997

FLA

Scoring Summary

2nd Period

Brian Skrudland (4)

Alex Kovalev (12), Ulf Samuelsson (5)

1-0 NYR

Score

01:21

Time

Ray Whitney (10) (pp)

Robert Svehla (14), Dave Gagner (11)

1-1 Tied

Score

17:22

Time

3rd Period

Chris Wells (3) (sh)

Radek Dvorak (6), Gord Murphy (6)

2-1 FLA

Score

00:41

Time

Mike Eastwood (1)

Ulf Samuelsson (6)

2-2 Tied

Score

08:18

Time

Pat LaFontaine (16)

Johan Lindbom (2), Brian Leetch (12)

3-2 NYR

Score

11:42

Time

Mike Eastwood (2)

Darren Langdon (2), P.J. Stock (1)

4-2 NYR

Score

12:56

Time

Penalties

1st Period

Team	Time	Penalty Description
	11:02	Bill Lindsay – slashing (2 min)
	19:01	Ray Whitney – holding-obstruction (2 min)

2nd Period

Team	Time	Penalty Description
	04:32	Alex Kovalev – holding-obstruction (2 min)
	11:17	Chris Wells – slashing (2 min)
	11:17	Brian Skrudland – slashing (2 min)
	17:14	Alexander Karpovtsev – hooking-obstruction (2 min)
	19:43	Rhett Warrener – interference-obstruction (2 min)

3rd Period

Team	Time	Penalty Description
	10:05	Ed Jovanovski – roughing (2 min)
	10:05	Alex Kovalev – roughing (2 min)

FLA – 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	Terry Carkner	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%	29	19:13	0	0	0	0
3	Paul Laus	D	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%	20	11:59	0	0	0	0
5	Gord Murphy	D	0	1	1	-1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%	30	22:47	0	0	0	1
7	Rhett Warrener	D	0	0	0	-3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%	24	16:17	0	0	0	1
8	Dallas Eakins	D	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%	20	14:34	0	0	0	0
9	Kirk Muller	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%	16	12:16	0	0	0	0
11	Bill Lindsay	L	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%	22	11:56	2	0	0	0
14	Ray Whitney	L	1	0	1	-2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0/0	0.00%	21	13:48	1	0	0	1
15	Dave Gagner	C	0	1	1	-2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0/0	0.00%	24	16:15	0	0	0	0
19	Radek Dvorak	R	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%	24	16:21	0	0	0	2
21	Tom Fitzgerald	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%	29	16:21	1	0	0	1
22	Steve Washburn	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%	22	16:09	1	0	0	0
23	Chris Wells	C	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0/0	0.00%	24	13:03	1	0	0	1
24	Robert Svehla	D	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%	33	23:06	0	1	0	0
26	Ray Sheppard	R	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%	22	18:25	0	0	1	0
27	Scott Mellanby	R	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%	22	18:04	0	0	0	1
51	David Nemirovsky	R	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0/0	0.00%	17	10:12	0	0	0	1
55	Ed Jovanovski	D	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0/0	0.00%	29	20:42	3	0	2	2

FLA – Goalies
#	Player			1ST	2ND	3RD	SV	SA	GA	EV	PP	SH	SV%	GAA	TOI
30	Mark Fitzpatrick						0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00	00:00
34	John Vanbiesbrouck	★	L				36	40	4	4	0	0	.900	4.09	58:39

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	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0/0	0.00%	27	25:17	0	0	0	1
5	Ulf Samuelsson	D	0	2	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%	27	20:41	1	0	0	0
9	Adam Graves	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0/0	0.00%	23	20:53	0	0	0	0
12	Mike Keane	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0/0	0.00%	21	16:27	0	0	0	0
15	Darren Langdon	L	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%	11	08:18	1	0	0	1
16	Pat LaFontaine	C	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0/0	0.00%	24	18:21	0	0	0	0
17	Kevin Stevens	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0/0	0.00%	22	16:18	2	0	0	0
20	Brian Skrudland	C	1	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%	19	12:14	0	0	0	0
21	Johan Lindbom	L	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0/0	0.00%	20	14:21	0	0	0	1
25	Alexander Karpovtsev	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0/0	0.00%	28	22:42	0	0	0	0
26	Jeff Finley	D	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%	26	20:11	0	0	0	0
27	Alex Kovalev	R	0	1	1	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%	21	12:01	1	0	0	0
28	P.J. Stock	C	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%	12	09:34	0	0	0	0
29	Eric Cairns	D	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%	19	13:57	0	0	0	1
32	Mike Eastwood	C	2	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%	14	10:27	0	1	0	1
33	Bruce Driver	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%	25	17:12	0	0	0	0
37	Tim Sweeney	R	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%	23	16:24	0	0	0	0
99	Wayne Gretzky	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%	22	18:55	0	0	0	1

NYR – Goalies
#	Player			1ST	2ND	3RD	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	★	W				27	29	2	0	1	1	.931	2.00	59:56

FLA

NYR

Game Stats

2	Goals	4
29	Shots	40
50.0% (1/2)	Power Play	0.0% (0/5)
10	Penalty Minutes	8
9	Hits	5
1	Blocks	1
3	Giveaways	0
11	Takeaways	6

Goals by Period

	1	2	3	T
	0	1	3	4
	0	1	1	2

Shots by Period

	1	2	3	T
	12	12	16	40
	9	9	11	29

Season Series: 3-1-1

FLA 1

NYR 3

FINALBoxscoreNOV 18

FLA 1

NYR 1

FINAL OTBoxscoreNOV 30

FLA 4

NYR 3

FINALBoxscoreDEC 12

FLA 2

NYR 4

FINALBoxscoreDEC 17

FLA 3

NYR 4

FINALBoxscoreMAR 4

As of December 17, 1997

All-Time vs FLA

Overall: 10-9-5-0
At FLA: 4-4-4-0

Last 10 vs FLA

Overall: 3-4-3-0
At FLA: 2-4-4-0