The New York Rangers came up just a bit short against the Florida Panthers, 4 to 3, on December 12, 1997.

Final

Panthers

11-15-5

4

Rangers

9-14-11

3

Team

FLA

NYR

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

FLA

NYR

Bruce Driver (EV) assisted by Kevin Stevens and Pat LaFontaine

Radek Dvorak (SH) assisted by Chris Wells

Radek Dvorak (SH) assisted by Steve Washburn

2nd period

FLA

NYR

David Nemirovsky (EV) assisted by Ray Whitney and Chris Wells

Kevin Stevens (EV) assisted by Pat LaFontaine

Terry Carkner (EV) assisted by Ryan Johnson

3rd period

FLA

NYR

Tim Sweeney (EV) assisted by Pat LaFontaine and Kevin Stevens

Panthers

Rangers

Goals

Shots

Penalty Minutes

Power-Play Goals

Power-Play Opportunities

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Panthers

Rangers

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
John Vanbiesbrouck (W) J. Vanbiesbrouck	1	0	0	31	28	.903	3	3.00	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SHG	SHA	GWG	S	S%
Terry Carkner T. Carkner	1	0	1	+2	0	0	0	1	2	50.0
Radek Dvorak R. Dvorak	2	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	3	66.7
Tom Fitzgerald T. Fitzgerald	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Dave Gagner D. Gagner	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Ryan Johnson R. Johnson	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Ed Jovanovski E. Jovanovski	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Paul Laus P. Laus	0	0	0	-1	7	0	0	0	1	0.0
Bill Lindsay B. Lindsay	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Scott Mellanby S. Mellanby	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Kirk Muller K. Muller	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Gord Murphy G. Murphy	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
David Nemirovsky D. Nemirovsky	1	0	1	+1	0	0	0	0	3	33.3
Ray Sheppard R. Sheppard	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Robert Svehla R. Svehla	0	0	0	+1	4	0	0	0	2	0.0
Rhett Warrener R. Warrener	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Steve Washburn S. Washburn	0	1	1	+1	0	0	1	0	2	0.0
Chris Wells C. Wells	0	2	2	+2	4	0	1	0	0
Ray Whitney R. Whitney	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	0

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Mike Richter (L) M. Richter	0	1	0	29	25	.862	4	4.05	0	59

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	S	S%
Jeff Beukeboom J. Beukeboom	0	0	0	+2	0	0
Eric Cairns E. Cairns	0	0	0	+1	0	0
Bruce Driver B. Driver	1	0	1	-1	0	4	25.0
Mike Eastwood M. Eastwood	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Adam Graves A. Graves	0	0	0	-3	0	3	0.0
Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	0	0	0	-2	0	2	0.0
Alexander Karpovtsev A. Karpovtsev	0	0	0	0	2	1	0.0
Mike Keane M. Keane	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Alex Kovalev A. Kovalev	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0.0
Pat LaFontaine P. LaFontaine	0	3	3	+1	0	1	0.0
Darren Langdon D. Langdon	0	0	0	0	5	1	0.0
Brian Leetch B. Leetch	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0.0
Ulf Samuelsson U. Samuelsson	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0.0
Brian Skrudland B. Skrudland	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Kevin Stevens K. Stevens	1	2	3	+2	2	3	33.3
Tim Sweeney T. Sweeney	1	0	1	+2	2	3	33.3
Vladimir Vorobiev V. Vorobiev	0	0	0	-3	0	1	0.0