The New Jersey Devils managed to stay ahead of the New York Rangers, 4 to 3, on December 16, 1997.

Final

Rangers

9-15-11

3

Devils

23-9-0

4

Team

NYR

NJD

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

NYR

NJD

Brian Leetch (PP) assisted by Tim Sweeney

Dave Andreychuk (EV) assisted by Bobby Holik and Scott Stevens

Alexander Karpovtsev (PP) unassisted

2nd period

NYR

NJD

Doug Bodger (EV) assisted by Patrik Elias and Dave Andreychuk

Brian Rolston (EV) assisted by Valeri Zelepukin and Scott Stevens

3rd period

NYR

NJD

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

Sheldon Souray (EV) assisted by Steve Thomas and Doug Gilmour

Rangers

Devils

Goals

Shots

Penalty Minutes

Power-Play Goals

Power-Play Opportunities

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Rangers

Devils

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Jason Muzzatti (L) J. Muzzatti	0	1	0	33	29	.879	4	4.03	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	S	S%
Jeff Beukeboom J. Beukeboom	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Eric Cairns E. Cairns	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0
Bruce Driver B. Driver	0	0	0	-3	2	0	0	0
Mike Eastwood M. Eastwood	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0
Adam Graves A. Graves	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	2	0.0
Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	0	0	0	-2	2	0	0	1	0.0
Alexander Karpovtsev A. Karpovtsev	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	50.0
Mike Keane M. Keane	0	0	0	-3	0	0	0	0
Alex Kovalev A. Kovalev	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Pat LaFontaine P. LaFontaine	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Darren Langdon D. Langdon	0	0	0	-2	9	0	0	0
Brian Leetch B. Leetch	1	0	1	-1	0	1	0	5	20.0
Johan Lindbom J. Lindbom	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	0.0
Ulf Samuelsson U. Samuelsson	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0
Brian Skrudland B. Skrudland	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0
Kevin Stevens K. Stevens	1	0	1	+1	12	0	0	2	50.0
P.J. Stock	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0
Tim Sweeney T. Sweeney	0	2	2	+1	0	0	1	0

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Martin Brodeur (W) M. Brodeur	1	0	0	17	14	.824	3	3.01	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	GWG	S	S%
Dave Andreychuk D. Andreychuk	1	1	2	+1	0	0	4	25.0
Doug Bodger D. Bodger	1	0	1	+2	0	0	1	100.0
Bobby Carpenter B. Carpenter	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0
Kevin Dean K. Dean	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0
Patrik Elias P. Elias	0	1	1	+2	0	0	0
Doug Gilmour D. Gilmour	0	1	1	+2	0	0	1	0.0
Bobby Holik B. Holik	0	1	1	0	4	0	2	0.0
Randy McKay R. McKay	0	0	0	+1	7	0	4	0.0
Scott Niedermayer S. Niedermayer	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	0.0
Lyle Odelein L. Odelein	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
Krzysztof Oliwa K. Oliwa	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
Denis Pederson D. Pederson	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0.0
Brian Rolston B. Rolston	1	0	1	+1	0	0	6	16.7
Sheldon Souray S. Souray	1	0	1	+2	4	1	1	100.0
Scott Stevens S. Stevens	0	2	2	+2	0	0	3	0.0
Steve Thomas S. Thomas	0	1	1	+1	0	0	1	0.0
Valeri Zelepukin V. Zelepukin	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	0.0