The New York Rangers eked out a victory over the San Jose Sharks, 5 to 4, in overtime on March 3, 1997.

Final

Sharks

22-35-7

4

Rangers

29-27-9

5

Team

SJS

NYR

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

SJS

NYR

Owen Nolan (PP) assisted by Jeff Friesen and Greg Hawgood

Bruce Driver (EV) unassisted

Shean Donovan (EV) assisted by Ron Sutter

Mark Messier (EV) assisted by David Oliver and Adam Graves

2nd period

SJS

NYR

Ulf Samuelsson (EV) assisted by Wayne Gretzky and Niklas Sundstrom

Ulf Samuelsson (EV) assisted by Patrick Flatley

3rd period

SJS

NYR

Greg Hawgood (PP) assisted by Viktor Kozlov and Owen Nolan

Jeff Friesen (PP) assisted by Viktor Kozlov and Vlastimil Kroupa

SJS

NYR

Niklas Sundstrom (EV) assisted by Luc Robitaille

Sharks

Rangers

Goals

Shots

Penalty Minutes

Power-Play Goals

Power-Play Opportunities

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Sharks

Rangers

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Ed Belfour (L) E. Belfour	0	1	0	37	32	.865	5	4.89	0	61

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	S	S%
Doug Bodger D. Bodger	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0
Shean Donovan S. Donovan	1	0	1	+1	0	0	0	4	25.0
Jeff Friesen J. Friesen	1	1	2	-3	0	1	1	2	50.0
Todd Gill T. Gill	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0.0
Tony Granato T. Granato	0	0	0	-2	2	0	0	7	0.0
Stephen Guolla S. Guolla	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	0.0
Greg Hawgood G. Hawgood	1	1	2	0	0	1	1	3	33.3
Tim Hunter T. Hunter	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Viktor Kozlov V. Kozlov	0	2	2	-3	2	0	2	1	0.0
Vlastimil Kroupa V. Kroupa	0	1	1	-3	0	0	1	0
Marty McSorley M. McSorley	0	0	0	-4	0	0	0	1	0.0
Bernie Nicholls B. Nicholls	0	0	0	-2	2	0	0	1	0.0
Owen Nolan O. Nolan	1	1	2	-3	0	1	1	7	14.3
Marcus Ragnarsson M. Ragnarsson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Ron Sutter R. Sutter	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	2	0.0
Darren Turcotte D. Turcotte	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Dody Wood D. Wood	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Mike Richter (W) M. Richter	1	0	0	33	29	.879	4	3.91	0	61

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	GWG	OTG	S	S%
Bill Berg B. Berg	0	0	0	+1	4	0	0	0
Jeff Beukeboom J. Beukeboom	0	0	0	+2	0	0	0	0
Eric Cairns E. Cairns	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0
Shane Churla S. Churla	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Bruce Driver B. Driver	1	0	1	+2	2	0	0	3	33.3
Chris Ferraro C. Ferraro	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	3	0.0
Patrick Flatley P. Flatley	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Adam Graves A. Graves	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	4	0.0
Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	0	1	1	+3	0	0	0	1	0.0
Brian Leetch B. Leetch	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	4	0.0
Doug Lidster D. Lidster	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Mark Messier M. Messier	1	0	1	+1	2	0	0	4	25.0
David Oliver D. Oliver	0	1	1	+1	2	0	0	2	0.0
Luc Robitaille L. Robitaille	0	1	1	+2	0	0	0	3	0.0
Ulf Samuelsson U. Samuelsson	2	0	2	+3	0	0	0	3	66.7
Niklas Sundstrom N. Sundstrom	1	1	2	+3	0	1	1	7	14.3