The New York Rangers squeaked out a win over the New York Islanders, 4 to 3, on January 2, 1997.

Final

Islanders

12-18-8

3

Rangers

21-16-5

4

Team

NYI

NYR

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

NYI

NYR

Bryan McCabe (PP) assisted by Travis Green and Kenny Jonsson

2nd period

NYI

NYR

Luc Robitaille (EV) assisted by Eric Cairns and Wayne Gretzky

Mark Messier (EV) assisted by Adam Graves and Alex Kovalev

Bryan Smolinski (PP) assisted by Ziggy Palffy and Kenny Jonsson

Ziggy Palffy (EV) assisted by Derek King and Doug Houda

3rd period

NYI

NYR

Alexander Karpovtsev (EV) assisted by Mark Messier

Mark Messier (EV) assisted by Brian Leetch and Adam Graves

Islanders

Rangers

Goals

Shots

Penalty Minutes

Power-Play Goals

Power-Play Opportunities

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Islanders

Rangers

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Tommy Salo (L) T. Salo	0	1	0	34	30	.882	4	4.00	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	S	S%
Niklas Andersson N. Andersson	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	1	0.0
Derek Armstrong D. Armstrong	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	1	0.0
Bryan Berard B. Berard	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	2	0.0
Travis Green T. Green	0	1	1	0	2	0	1	2	0.0
Doug Houda D. Houda	0	1	1	-1	0	0	0	1	0.0
Brent Hughes B. Hughes	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Kenny Jonsson K. Jonsson	0	2	2	-1	0	0	2	0
Derek King D. King	0	1	1	+1	2	0	0	0
Paul Kruse P. Kruse	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	0.0
Scott Lachance S. Lachance	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	3	0.0
Bryan McCabe B. McCabe	1	0	1	-1	4	1	0	2	50.0
Marty McInnis M. McInnis	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Ziggy Palffy Z. Palffy	1	1	2	-2	0	0	1	6	16.7
Rich Pilon R. Pilon	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0
Dan Plante D. Plante	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0
Bryan Smolinski B. Smolinski	1	0	1	-3	0	1	0	6	16.7
Randy Wood R. Wood	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Mike Richter (W) M. Richter	1	0	0	29	26	.897	3	3.00	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	GWG	S	S%
Jeff Beukeboom J. Beukeboom	0	0	0	+2	2	0	1	0.0
Eric Cairns E. Cairns	0	1	1	+1	2	0	0
Bruce Driver B. Driver	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Patrick Flatley P. Flatley	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
Adam Graves A. Graves	0	2	2	+3	0	0	3	0.0
Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	0	1	1	+1	2	0	3	0.0
Alexander Karpovtsev A. Karpovtsev	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	100.0
Alex Kovalev A. Kovalev	0	1	1	+2	0	0	4	0.0
Brian Leetch B. Leetch	0	1	1	+3	0	0	7	0.0
Mark Messier M. Messier	2	1	3	+2	22	1	3	66.7
Sergei Nemchinov S. Nemchinov	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Brian Noonan B. Noonan	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
Luc Robitaille L. Robitaille	1	0	1	0	0	0	5	20.0
Niklas Sundstrom N. Sundstrom	0	0	0	+1	0	0	2	0.0