The New York Rangers beat the Florida Panthers, 4 to 3, in overtime in Game 3 of the 1997 playoff series on April 22, 1997.

Final

Panthers

1-2-0

3

Rangers

2-1-0

4

Team

FLA

NYR

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

FLA

NYR

Mike Eastwood (EV) assisted by Niklas Sundstrom and Doug Lidster

Luc Robitaille (EV) assisted by Mike Eastwood and Doug Lidster

2nd period

FLA

NYR

Johan Garpenlov (PP) assisted by Gord Murphy and Robert Svehla

Ray Sheppard (EV) assisted by Kirk Muller and Bill Lindsay

Robert Svehla (PP) assisted by Kirk Muller

3rd period

FLA

NYR

Luc Robitaille (EV) assisted by Mark Messier and Wayne Gretzky

FLA

NYR

Esa Tikkanen (EV) assisted by Brian Leetch

Panthers

Rangers

Goals

Shots

Penalty Minutes

Power-Play Goals

Power-Play Opportunities

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Panthers

Rangers

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
John Vanbiesbrouck (L) J. Vanbiesbrouck	0	1	0	45	41	.911	4	3.14	0	76

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	S	S%
Terry Carkner T. Carkner	0	0	0	-3	0	0	0	1	0.0
Tom Fitzgerald T. Fitzgerald	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Johan Garpenlov J. Garpenlov	1	0	1	-1	0	1	0	3	33.3
Mike Hough M. Hough	0	0	0	-3	0	0	0	2	0.0
Jody Hull J. Hull	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	0.0
Ed Jovanovski E. Jovanovski	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	0.0
Paul Laus P. Laus	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	2	0.0
Bill Lindsay B. Lindsay	0	1	1	+1	2	0	0	2	0.0
Dave Lowry D. Lowry	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Scott Mellanby S. Mellanby	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	1	0.0
Kirk Muller K. Muller	0	2	2	-1	0	0	1	5	0.0
Gord Murphy G. Murphy	0	1	1	+1	0	0	1	5	0.0
David Nemirovsky D. Nemirovsky	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	2	0.0
Rob Niedermayer R. Niedermayer	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0
Ray Sheppard R. Sheppard	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	33.3
Robert Svehla R. Svehla	1	1	2	-3	0	1	1	3	33.3
Rhett Warrener R. Warrener	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	2	0.0
Chris Wells C. Wells	0	0	0	-1	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	39	36	.923	3	2.38	0	76

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	GWG	OTG	S	S%
Bill Berg B. Berg	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	2	0.0
Jeff Beukeboom J. Beukeboom	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	0.0
Russ Courtnall R. Courtnall	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0
Bruce Driver B. Driver	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	2	0.0
Mike Eastwood M. Eastwood	1	1	2	+3	0	0	0	2	50.0
Adam Graves A. Graves	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	2	0.0
Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	5	0.0
Alexander Karpovtsev A. Karpovtsev	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Brian Leetch B. Leetch	0	1	1	+2	0	0	0	10	0.0
Doug Lidster D. Lidster	0	2	2	+2	2	0	0	0
Mark Messier M. Messier	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	8	0.0
Luc Robitaille L. Robitaille	2	0	2	+3	2	0	0	5	40.0
Ulf Samuelsson U. Samuelsson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Niklas Sundstrom N. Sundstrom	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	2	0.0
Esa Tikkanen E. Tikkanen	1	0	1	+2	0	1	1	3	33.3