The New York Islanders were defeated by the New York Rangers, 5 to 2, on February 8, 1997.

Final

Rangers

28-21-7

5

Islanders

17-28-9

2

Team

NYR

NYI

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

NYR

NYI

Alexander Karpovtsev (EV) assisted by Ulf Samuelsson and Wayne Gretzky

Mark Messier (PP) assisted by Brian Leetch and Bruce Driver

2nd period

NYR

NYI

Travis Green (EV) assisted by Rich Pilon

Kenny Jonsson (EV) assisted by Marty McInnis and Derek King

Mark Messier (EV) assisted by Brian Noonan and Bill Berg

3rd period

NYR

NYI

Patrick Flatley (EV) unassisted

Mark Messier (EV) assisted by Adam Graves and Bruce Driver

Rangers

Islanders

Goals

Shots

Penalty Minutes

Power-Play Goals

Power-Play Opportunities

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Rangers

Islanders

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Mike Richter (W) M. Richter	1	0	0	29	27	.931	2	2.00	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	GWG	S	S%
Bill Berg B. Berg	0	1	1	+2	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Jeff Beukeboom J. Beukeboom	0	0	0	+2	2	0	0	0	1	0.0
Eric Cairns E. Cairns	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0.0
Bruce Driver B. Driver	0	2	2	+1	0	0	1	0	2	0.0
Patrick Flatley P. Flatley	1	0	1	+2	0	0	0	0	2	50.0
Adam Graves A. Graves	0	1	1	-1	0	0	0	0	0
Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Alexander Karpovtsev A. Karpovtsev	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	50.0
Darren Langdon D. Langdon	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0.0
Brian Leetch B. Leetch	0	1	1	+1	2	0	1	0	1	0.0
Mark Messier M. Messier	3	0	3	0	2	1	0	1	4	75.0
Sergei Nemchinov S. Nemchinov	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	0
Brian Noonan B. Noonan	0	1	1	+1	2	0	0	0	0
Luc Robitaille L. Robitaille	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	0	8	0.0
Ulf Samuelsson U. Samuelsson	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Niklas Sundstrom N. Sundstrom	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Vladimir Vorobiev V. Vorobiev	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Eric Fichaud (L) E. Fichaud	0	1	0	27	22	.815	5	5.00	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	S	S%
Derek Armstrong D. Armstrong	0	0	0	-1	0	0
Bryan Berard B. Berard	0	0	0	0	2	2	0.0
Todd Bertuzzi T. Bertuzzi	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0.0
Travis Green T. Green	1	0	1	0	0	1	100.0
Brent Hughes B. Hughes	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Kenny Jonsson K. Jonsson	1	0	1	0	2	2	50.0
Derek King D. King	0	1	1	0	0	1	0.0
Paul Kruse P. Kruse	0	0	0	-1	2	1	0.0
Scott Lachance S. Lachance	0	0	0	-2	2	1	0.0
Claude Lapointe C. Lapointe	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0.0
Bryan McCabe B. McCabe	0	0	0	-1	2	2	0.0
Marty McInnis M. McInnis	0	1	1	+1	0	5	0.0
Ziggy Palffy Z. Palffy	0	0	0	-2	0	3	0.0
Rich Pilon R. Pilon	0	1	1	0	0	0
Dan Plante D. Plante	0	0	0	0	4	0
Bryan Smolinski B. Smolinski	0	0	0	-1	0	5	0.0
Steve Webb S. Webb	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0.0