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Saturday, December 6, 1997 · Centre Molson

Rangers 3 at Canadiens 3

Final/OT

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

C 48OVR Brian Skrudland Stars First Star 2G · 2 SOG R 85OVR Alex Kovalev Rangers Second Star 2A · 3 SOG L 90OVR Shayne Corson Canadiens Third Star 1G · 1A · 1 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 3:49 Brian Skrudland (2) Alex Kovalev (10), Jeff Beukeboom (3) · Tip-in NYR 1 – 0 MTL
  2. 16:59 Shayne Corson (12) PPG Saku Koivu (21), Valeri Bure (13) · Snap NYR 1 – 1 MTL
  3. 19:16 Martin Rucinsky (9) PPG Vincent Damphousse (12), Patrice Brisebois (10) · Slap NYR 1 – 2 MTL

2nd Period

  1. 11:42 Vladimir Malakhov (6) Mark Recchi (17), Shayne Corson (23) · Wrist NYR 1 – 3 MTL
  2. 15:23 Brian Skrudland (3) Johan Lindbom (1) · Wrist NYR 2 – 3 MTL

3rd Period

  1. 12:37 Adam Graves (6) Wayne Gretzky (20), Alex Kovalev (11) · Wrist NYR 3 – 3 MTL

Overtime

No scoring

New York Rangers

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Brian Skrudland C 2 0 2 0 0 +2 18:58 1.85
Alex Kovalev R 0 2 3 0 1 +2 22:56 1.78
Johan Lindbom L 0 1 2 1 0 +2 16:03 1.08
Adam Graves L 1 0 1 5 1 +1 23:39 1.03
Wayne Gretzky C 0 1 2 0 0 +1 25:26 1.03
Jeff Beukeboom D 0 1 1 5 0 0 26:39 0.60
Mike Keane R 0 0 2 1 2 +1 20:46 0.40
Alexander Karpovtsev D 0 0 1 6 0 +2 22:06 0.32
Ulf Samuelsson D 0 0 0 2 4 +2 20:29 0.25
Pat LaFontaine C 0 0 5 0 0 -1 24:53 0.23
Brian Leetch D 0 0 1 2 2 0 33:07 0.18
Bruce Driver D 0 0 1 2 1 0 13:20 0.13
Darren Langdon L 0 0 0 0 0 0 1:26 0.05
Vladimir Vorobiev R 0 0 2 0 1 -1 15:50 0.05
Mike Eastwood C 0 0 0 0 0 0 3:06 0.00
Kevin Stevens L 0 0 3 0 0 -1 9:24 -0.08
Tim Sweeney R 0 0 0 3 1 0 10:19 -0.10
Eric Cairns D 0 0 1 2 0 0 9:50 -0.35
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Mike Richter T 22 19 3 .864 65:00 -0.35

Montréal Canadiens

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Shayne Corson L 1 1 1 1 0 0 23:07 1.45
Mark Recchi R 0 1 5 1 0 0 21:44 0.95
Patrice Brisebois D 0 1 0 1 2 0 22:20 0.78
Vladimir Malakhov D 1 0 2 0 1 -1 24:52 0.75
Saku Koivu C 0 1 1 1 0 0 20:20 0.55
Vincent Damphousse C 0 1 2 2 0 -2 18:09 0.53
Martin Rucinsky L 1 0 2 1 0 -2 18:03 0.45
Valeri Bure R 0 1 0 0 0 -1 18:33 0.43
Darcy Tucker R 0 0 3 2 1 0 15:10 0.32
Craig Rivet D 0 0 1 1 1 0 16:52 0.13
Peter Popovic D 0 0 0 2 2 0 18:00 0.10
Marc Bureau C 0 0 0 0 1 0 10:03 0.05
Scott Thornton L 0 0 1 3 0 0 14:29 0.02
Sebastien Bordeleau C 0 0 0 0 1 0 7:40 0.00
Dave Manson D 0 0 2 1 0 -1 22:17 -0.10
Stephane Quintal D 0 0 1 2 0 -2 21:10 -0.22
Turner Stevenson R 0 0 0 3 0 0 9:16 -0.38
Brian Savage L 0 0 1 2 0 -1 13:41 -0.38
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Jocelyn Thibault T 27 24 3 .889 65:00 0.15