The New York Rangers managed to stay ahead of the Washington Capitals, 3 to 2, on March 12, 1997.

Final

Capitals

27-34-7

2

Rangers

32-28-9

3

Team

WSH

NYR

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

WSH

NYR

Dale Hunter (EV) assisted by Steve Konowalchuk and Chris Simon

Wayne Gretzky (EV) assisted by Brian Leetch and Mark Messier

2nd period

WSH

NYR

Rick Tocchet (EV) assisted by Phil Housley and Adam Oates

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

3rd period

WSH

NYR

Mark Messier (PP) assisted by Alexander Karpovtsev and Esa Tikkanen

Capitals

Rangers

Goals

Shots

Penalty Minutes

Power-Play Goals

Power-Play Opportunities

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Capitals

Rangers

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Olie Kolzig (L) O. Kolzig	0	1	0	29	27	.931	2	3.50	0	34
Bill Ranford B. Ranford				12	11	.917	1	2.40	0	25

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	S	S%
Craig Berube C. Berube	0	0	0	0	5	1	0.0
Peter Bondra P. Bondra	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0.0
Sylvain Cote S. Cote	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Phil Housley P. Housley	0	1	1	0	0	2	0.0
Dale Hunter D. Hunter	1	0	1	+1	4	3	33.3
Calle Johansson C. Johansson	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Joe Juneau J. Juneau	0	0	0	+1	0	3	0.0
Ken Klee K. Klee	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Steve Konowalchuk S. Konowalchuk	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0.0
Andrei Nikolishin A. Nikolishin	0	0	0	-2	6	1	0.0
Adam Oates A. Oates	0	1	1	+1	0	0
Michal Pivonka M. Pivonka	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0.0
Chris Simon C. Simon	0	1	1	+1	9	3	0.0
Mark Tinordi M. Tinordi	0	0	0	0	4	0
Rick Tocchet R. Tocchet	1	0	1	0	0	1	100.0
Brendan Witt B. Witt	0	0	0	0	7	1	0.0
Richard Zednik R. Zednik	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	27	25	.926	2	2.00	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	GWG	S	S%
Bill Berg B. Berg	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Jeff Beukeboom J. Beukeboom	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Eric Cairns E. Cairns	0	0	0	-1	5	0	0	0	0
Russ Courtnall R. Courtnall	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	0
Bruce Driver B. Driver	0	0	0	-1	4	0	0	0	1	0.0
Mike Eastwood M. Eastwood	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Patrick Flatley P. Flatley	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0
Adam Graves A. Graves	1	0	1	+1	6	0	0	0	3	33.3
Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	16.7
Alexander Karpovtsev A. Karpovtsev	0	1	1	+1	0	0	1	0	4	0.0
Darren Langdon D. Langdon	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	1	0.0
Brian Leetch B. Leetch	0	2	2	+1	0	0	0	0	5	0.0
Mark Messier M. Messier	1	2	3	+2	0	1	0	1	4	25.0
Luc Robitaille L. Robitaille	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Niklas Sundstrom N. Sundstrom	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Esa Tikkanen E. Tikkanen	0	1	1	0	2	0	1	0	5	0.0
Ryan Vandenbussche R. Vandenbussche	0	0	0	-1	7	0	0	0	0