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Tuesday, December 16, 1997 · Continental Airlines Arena

Rangers 3 at Devils 4

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

L 82OVR Dave Andreychuk Devils First Star 1G · 1A · 4 SOG D 88OVR Scott Stevens Devils Second Star 2A · 3 SOG · 4 HIT R 74OVR Brian Rolston Devils Third Star 1G · 6 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 2:43 Brian Leetch (7) PPG Tim Sweeney (8) · Wrist NYR 1 – 0 NJD
  2. 11:13 Dave Andreychuk (5) Bobby Holik (16), Scott Stevens (9) · Backhand NYR 1 – 1 NJD
  3. 17:22 Alexander Karpovtsev (2) PPG Unassisted · Wrist NYR 2 – 1 NJD

2nd Period

  1. 6:39 Doug Bodger (5) Patrik Elias (7), Dave Andreychuk (13) · Slap NYR 2 – 2 NJD
  2. 13:30 Brian Rolston (6) Valeri Zelepukin (7), Scott Stevens (10) · Wrist NYR 2 – 3 NJD

3rd Period

  1. 1:36 Kevin Stevens (8) Tim Sweeney (9), Pat LaFontaine (25) · Tip-in NYR 3 – 3 NJD
  2. 15:02 Sheldon Souray (1) Steve Thomas (1), Doug Gilmour (21) · Slap NYR 3 – 4 NJD

New York Rangers

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Tim Sweeney R 0 2 0 0 1 +1 12:51 1.35
Brian Leetch D 1 0 5 0 1 -1 29:20 1.13
Alexander Karpovtsev D 1 0 2 1 2 0 25:56 1.05
Pat LaFontaine C 0 1 2 0 0 0 18:00 0.83
Kevin Stevens L 1 0 2 1 0 +1 12:58 0.20
Jeff Beukeboom D 0 0 1 3 1 0 13:41 0.13
Alex Kovalev R 0 0 1 0 0 0 7:06 0.02
Johan Lindbom L 0 0 1 3 0 -1 15:14 -0.08
Adam Graves L 0 0 2 3 0 -2 25:10 -0.10
Brian Skrudland C 0 0 0 2 1 -1 16:00 -0.15
Eric Cairns D 0 0 0 1 0 -1 6:05 -0.15
Mike Eastwood C 0 0 0 0 0 0 5:01 -0.25
Ulf Samuelsson D 0 0 0 2 0 -1 24:00 -0.25
Wayne Gretzky C 0 0 1 0 0 -2 19:47 -0.32
Mike Keane R 0 0 0 3 1 -3 22:09 -0.35
P.J. Stock C 0 0 0 0 0 0 2:38 -0.38
Bruce Driver D 0 0 0 0 0 -3 17:56 -0.60
Darren Langdon L 0 0 0 4 0 -2 10:02 -0.93
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Jason Muzzatti L 33 29 4 .879 59:33 -0.10

New Jersey Devils

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Dave Andreychuk L 1 1 4 0 0 +1 21:11 1.93
Scott Stevens D 0 2 3 4 2 +2 23:36 1.88
Brian Rolston R 1 0 6 0 0 +1 22:00 1.35
Doug Bodger D 1 0 1 2 0 +2 16:57 1.13
Doug Gilmour C 0 1 1 1 0 +2 25:23 0.90
Sheldon Souray D 1 0 1 0 0 +2 9:51 0.88
Patrik Elias C 0 1 0 2 0 +2 17:18 0.83
Valeri Zelepukin L 0 1 2 2 0 0 14:13 0.73
Steve Thomas R 0 1 1 1 0 +1 11:43 0.65
Bobby Holik C 0 1 2 4 0 0 18:35 0.43
Denis Pederson C 0 0 4 1 0 0 11:10 0.40
Scott Niedermayer D 0 0 4 0 0 0 23:35 0.20
Kevin Dean D 0 0 0 0 0 +1 17:33 0.15
Bobby Carpenter C 0 0 0 1 1 +1 16:49 0.10
Bill Guerin R 0 0 0 1 0 0 0:35 0.00
Randy Mckay R 0 0 4 3 0 +1 12:21 -0.08
Lyle Odelein D 0 0 0 2 1 -1 20:55 -0.15
Krzysztof Oliwa L 0 0 0 2 0 0 3:01 -0.33
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Martin Brodeur W 17 14 3 .824 59:51 -0.85