Saturday, February 8, 1997 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Rangers 5 at Islanders 2
Final
Three Stars
By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.
Scoring
1st Period
-
5:30
Alexander Karpovtsev
(7)
Ulf Samuelsson (8), Wayne Gretzky (57)
NYR 1 – 0 NYI
-
15:53
Mark Messier
(30)
PPG
Brian Leetch (45), Bruce Driver (18)
NYR 2 – 0 NYI
2nd Period
-
13:32
Travis Green
(11)
Rich Pilon (2)
NYR 2 – 1 NYI
-
14:20
Kenny Jonsson
(2)
Marty Mcinnis (18), Derek King (24)
NYR 2 – 2 NYI
-
18:07
Mark Messier
(31)
Brian Noonan (14), Bill Berg (4)
NYR 3 – 2 NYI
3rd Period
-
13:16
Patrick Flatley
(7)
Unassisted
NYR 4 – 2 NYI
-
16:40
Mark Messier
(32)
Adam Graves (23), Bruce Driver (19)
NYR 5 – 2 NYI
New York Rangers
| Player | G | A | SOG | +/- | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Messier C | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2.40 |
| Bruce Driver D | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1.55 |
| Patrick Flatley R | 1 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 1.20 |
| Bill Berg L | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1.00 |
| Alexander Karpovtsev D | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.90 |
| Wayne Gretzky C | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0.85 |
| Brian Leetch D | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0.70 |
| Brian Noonan R | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 0.63 |
| Ulf Samuelsson D | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.63 |
| Luc Robitaille L | 0 | 0 | 8 | +1 | 0.60 |
| Adam Graves L | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 0.48 |
| Niklas Sundstrom R | 0 | 0 | 3 | +1 | 0.38 |
| Jeff Beukeboom D | 0 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 0.23 |
| Sergei Nemchinov L | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0.15 |
| Mike Eastwood C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Darren Langdon L | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -0.08 |
| Eric Cairns D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -0.08 |
| Vladimir Vorobiev R | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | -0.30 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Richter | W | 29 | 27 | 2 | .931 | 60:00 | 1.20 |
New York Islanders
| Player | G | A | SOG | +/- | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marty Mcinnis L | 0 | 1 | 5 | +1 | 1.15 |
| Travis Green C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.83 |
| Kenny Jonsson D | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.75 |
| Derek King L | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.70 |
| Rich Pilon D | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.63 |
| Bryan Smolinski C | 0 | 0 | 5 | -1 | 0.23 |
| Brent Hughes L | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.08 |
| Todd Bertuzzi R | 0 | 0 | 3 | -1 | 0.07 |
| Doug Houda D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Bryan Berard D | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Claude Lapointe C | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | -0.08 |
| Ziggy Palffy R | 0 | 0 | 3 | -2 | -0.08 |
| Steve Webb R | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | -0.08 |
| Derek Armstrong C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | -0.15 |
| Bryan McCabe D | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | -0.15 |
| Paul Kruse L | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | -0.22 |
| Dan Plante R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.30 |
| Scott Lachance D | 0 | 0 | 1 | -2 | -0.38 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eric Fichaud | L | 27 | 22 | 5 | .815 | 60:00 | -1.55 |