Thursday, October 30, 1997 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Rangers 3 at Islanders 5
Final
Three Stars
By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.
Scoring
1st Period
-
1:43
Sergei Nemchinov
(2)
SHG
Kenny Jonsson (6)
NYR 0 – 1 NYI
-
9:52
Tim Sweeney
(1)
Bill Berg (1), Mike Eastwood (1)
· Wrist
NYR 1 – 1 NYI
-
17:58
Brian Leetch
(2)
Wayne Gretzky (10), Niklas Sundstrom (9)
· Wrist
NYR 2 – 1 NYI
2nd Period
-
4:58
Bryan Smolinski
(3)
Robert Reichel (12), Mariusz Czerkawski (4)
· Wrist
NYR 2 – 2 NYI
-
9:17
Travis Green
(4)
PPG
Bryan Berard (7)
· Wrist
NYR 2 – 3 NYI
-
9:52
Bryan Berard
(7)
PPG
Travis Green (3), Ziggy Palffy (6)
· Slap
NYR 2 – 4 NYI
3rd Period
-
11:24
Brian Leetch
(3)
Mike Eastwood (2), Darren Langdon (1)
NYR 3 – 4 NYI
-
13:22
Scott Lachance
(1)
PPG
Bryan Smolinski (4), Mariusz Czerkawski (5)
NYR 3 – 5 NYI
New York Rangers
| Player | G | A | SOG | HIT | BLK | +/- | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brian Leetch D | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17:11 | 2.10 |
| Mike Eastwood C | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | +3 | 12:41 | 1.63 |
| Tim Sweeney R | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 11:54 | 1.18 |
| Bill Berg L | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 12:01 | 0.88 |
| Niklas Sundstrom R | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 20:37 | 0.87 |
| Wayne Gretzky C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 24:51 | 0.70 |
| Jeff Finley D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +2 | 11:10 | 0.30 |
| Pierre Sevigny L | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 8:03 | 0.28 |
| Darren Langdon L | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6:43 | 0.25 |
| Ulf Samuelsson D | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 21:19 | 0.20 |
| Mike Keane R | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 20:57 | 0.13 |
| Bruce Driver D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 19:38 | 0.08 |
| Alex Kovalev R | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 16:04 | -0.02 |
| Alexander Karpovtsev D | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | -1 | 24:36 | -0.05 |
| Kevin Stevens L | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 19:19 | -0.13 |
| Pat LaFontaine C | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 20:30 | -0.18 |
| Ryan Vandenbussche R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 1:29 | -0.53 |
| Jeff Beukeboom D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 8:57 | -0.85 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jason Muzzatti | — | 14 | 13 | 1 | .929 | 30:08 | 0.55 |
| Mike Richter | L | 18 | 14 | 4 | .778 | 29:52 | -1.60 |
New York Islanders
| Player | G | A | SOG | HIT | BLK | +/- | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bryan Smolinski C | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:25 | 1.80 |
| Mariusz Czerkawski R | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:31 | 1.40 |
| Sergei Nemchinov L | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | +1 | 20:33 | 1.30 |
| Travis Green C | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 22:19 | 1.22 |
| Bryan Berard D | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | -3 | 20:28 | 1.15 |
| Scott Lachance D | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 23:51 | 0.78 |
| Robert Reichel C | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 17:20 | 0.60 |
| Kenny Jonsson D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 22:13 | 0.60 |
| Ziggy Palffy R | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 23:21 | 0.55 |
| Tom Chorske R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 13:00 | 0.20 |
| Dennis Vaske D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 19:14 | 0.15 |
| Rich Pilon D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | +1 | 15:12 | 0.13 |
| Claude Lapointe C | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | -1 | 18:29 | 0.10 |
| Todd Bertuzzi R | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10:08 | 0.02 |
| Mike Hough L | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 11:48 | -0.18 |
| Bryan McCabe D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20:49 | -0.22 |
| Ken Belanger L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2:08 | -0.38 |
| Paul Kruse L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 3:19 | -1.28 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tommy Salo | W | 26 | 23 | 3 | .885 | 59:58 | 0.05 |