The Los Angeles Kings were easily defeated by the New York Rangers, 6 to 2, on March 6, 1997.

Final

Rangers

30-27-9

6

Kings

24-35-8

2

Team

NYR

LAK

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

NYR

LAK

Wayne Gretzky (PP) assisted by Chris Ferraro and Bruce Driver

David Oliver (EV) assisted by Mark Messier and Brian Leetch

2nd period

NYR

LAK

Bill Berg (SH) assisted by Mark Messier and Jeff Beukeboom

Niklas Sundstrom (SH) assisted by Mark Messier and Doug Lidster

Ray Ferraro (PP) assisted by Eddie Olczyk and Philippe Boucher

Brian Leetch (EV) assisted by Jeff Beukeboom and Wayne Gretzky

3rd period

NYR

LAK

Vitali Yachmenev (EV) assisted by Mattias Norstrom and Philippe Boucher

Chris Ferraro (EV) assisted by Niklas Sundstrom

Rangers

Kings

Goals

Shots

Penalty Minutes

Power-Play Goals

Power-Play Opportunities

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Rangers

Kings

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Glenn Healy (W) G. Healy	1	0	0	25	23	.920	2	2.00	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	S	S%
Bill Berg B. Berg	1	0	1	+2	2	0	0	1	0	1	2	50.0
Jeff Beukeboom J. Beukeboom	0	2	2	+3	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0.0
Bruce Driver B. Driver	0	1	1	+1	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	0.0
Mike Eastwood M. Eastwood	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Chris Ferraro C. Ferraro	1	1	2	+1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	50.0
Adam Graves A. Graves	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	1	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	50.0
Alexander Karpovtsev A. Karpovtsev	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Darren Langdon D. Langdon	0	0	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0
Brian Leetch B. Leetch	1	1	2	+2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	25.0
Doug Lidster D. Lidster	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Mark Messier M. Messier	0	3	3	+3	2	0	0	0	2	0	2	0.0
David Oliver D. Oliver	1	0	1	+1	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	50.0
Luc Robitaille L. Robitaille	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Ulf Samuelsson U. Samuelsson	0	0	0	+1	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Niklas Sundstrom N. Sundstrom	1	1	2	+2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	50.0

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Byron Dafoe (L) B. Dafoe	0	1	0	19	14	.737	5	7.50	0	40
Jamie Storr J. Storr				10	9	.900	1	3.00	0	20

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	S	S%
Aki Berg A. Berg	0	0	0	-2	2	0	0	1	0.0
Philippe Boucher P. Boucher	0	2	2	-1	0	0	1	3	0.0
Ray Ferraro R. Ferraro	1	0	1	-4	0	1	0	2	50.0
Craig Johnson C. Johnson	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	0.0
Matt Johnson M. Johnson	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0
Dmitri Khristich D. Khristich	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Ian Laperriere I. Laperriere	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Mattias Norstrom M. Norstrom	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0
Sean O'Donnell S. O'Donnell	0	0	0	-4	19	0	0	2	0.0
Eddie Olczyk E. Olczyk	0	1	1	-5	0	0	1	4	0.0
Jeff Shevalier J. Shevalier	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	3	0.0
Brad Smyth B. Smyth	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	2	0.0
Vladimir Tsyplakov V. Tsyplakov	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Jan Vopat J. Vopat	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	0.0
Roman Vopat R. Vopat	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	2	0.0
Vitali Yachmenev V. Yachmenev	1	0	1	+1	0	0	0	1	100.0
Doug Zmolek D. Zmolek	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0