The Florida Panthers decisively defeated the New York Rangers, 3 to 0, in Game 1 of the 1997 playoff series on April 17, 1997.
Final
2nd period
NYR
FLA
Johan Garpenlov (PP) assisted by Robert Svehla and Scott Mellanby
0
1
Kirk Muller (PP) assisted by Robert Svehla and Gord Murphy
0
2
Rob Niedermayer (EV) assisted by Scott Mellanby and Robert Svehla
0
3
Rangers
Panthers
Goals
0
3
Shots
34
28
Penalty Minutes
10
10
Power-Play Goals
0
2
Power-Play Opportunities
5
5
Faceoff Wins
Hits
Giveaways
Takeaways
Goalies
| NAME | W | L | T | SA | SV | SV% | GA | GAA | SHO | MIN |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
M. Richter | 0 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 25 | .893 | 3 | 3.00 | 0 | 60 |
Skaters
| NAME | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | OTG | S | S% | FOW | FO | FOW% | HIT | BKS | TKA | GVA | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
J. Beukeboom | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||
S. Churla | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||
B. Driver | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||
M. Eastwood | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
P. Flatley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||
A. Graves | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | ||||||||
W. Gretzky | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | ||||||||
A. Karpovtsev | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||
B. Leetch | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 | ||||||||
D. Lidster | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
M. Messier | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | ||||||||
L. Robitaille | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | ||||||||
N. Sundstrom | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||
E. Tikkanen | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Goalies
| NAME | W | L | T | SA | SV | SV% | GA | GAA | SHO | MIN |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
J. Vanbiesbrouck | 1 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 34 | 1.000 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 60 |
Skaters
| NAME | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | OTG | S | S% | FOW | FO | FOW% | HIT | BKS | TKA | GVA | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
T. Carkner | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
R. Dvorak | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||
T. Fitzgerald | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||
J. Garpenlov | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 50.0 | ||||||||
M. Hough | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||
J. Hull | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||
E. Jovanovski | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||
P. Laus | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
B. Lindsay | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||
D. Lowry | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||
S. Mellanby | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||
K. Muller | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 33.3 | ||||||||
G. Murphy | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | ||||||||
R. Niedermayer | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100.0 | ||||||||
R. Sheppard | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||
R. Svehla | 0 | 3 | 3 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||
R. Warrener | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
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Team Rankings
G/GP
3.19
9th
GA/GP
2.92
14th
PP%
24.2
8th
PK%
79.4
15th
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| Atlantic Division | W | L | OTL | PTS | DIFF |
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 Panthers | 30 | 19 | 3 | 63 | 18 |
 Maple Leafs | 30 | 19 | 2 | 62 | 8 |
 Senators | 26 | 20 | 4 | 56 | 1 |
| Metropolitan Division | W | L | OTL | PTS | DIFF |
 Capitals | 34 | 11 | 5 | 73 | 55 |
 Hurricanes | 31 | 16 | 4 | 66 | 31 |
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