The New York Rangers eked out a victory over the Florida Panthers, 3 to 2, in Game 4 of the 1997 playoff series on April 23, 1997.

Final

Panthers

1-3-0

2

Rangers

3-1-0

3

Team

FLA

NYR

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

FLA

NYR

Rob Niedermayer (PP) assisted by Gord Murphy

2nd period

FLA

NYR

Wayne Gretzky (PP) assisted by Brian Leetch

Wayne Gretzky (EV) assisted by Luc Robitaille and Niklas Sundstrom

Wayne Gretzky (EV) assisted by Niklas Sundstrom and Alexander Karpovtsev

3rd period

FLA

NYR

David Nemirovsky (EV) assisted by Paul Laus

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	28	25	.893	3	3.05	0	59

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	S	S%
Terry Carkner T. Carkner	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	1	0.0
Tom Fitzgerald T. Fitzgerald	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	3	0.0
Mike Hough M. Hough	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0.0
Jody Hull J. Hull	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0
Ed Jovanovski E. Jovanovski	0	0	0	-2	2	0	0	1	0.0
Paul Laus P. Laus	0	1	1	-1	0	0	0	3	0.0
Dave Lowry D. Lowry	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0
Scott Mellanby S. Mellanby	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0
Kirk Muller K. Muller	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	0.0
Gord Murphy G. Murphy	0	1	1	0	4	0	1	5	0.0
David Nemirovsky D. Nemirovsky	1	0	1	+1	0	0	0	2	50.0
Rob Niedermayer R. Niedermayer	1	0	1	+1	0	1	0	2	50.0
Ray Sheppard R. Sheppard	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	0.0
Martin Straka M. Straka	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	0.0
Robert Svehla R. Svehla	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0.0

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Mike Richter (W) M. Richter	1	0	0	23	21	.913	2	2.00	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	GWG	S	S%
Jeff Beukeboom J. Beukeboom	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Shane Churla S. Churla	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Russ Courtnall R. Courtnall	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Bruce Driver B. Driver	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Mike Eastwood M. Eastwood	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0.0
Patrick Flatley P. Flatley	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Adam Graves A. Graves	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	3	0	3	+2	0	1	0	1	5	60.0
Alexander Karpovtsev A. Karpovtsev	0	1	1	+2	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Brian Leetch B. Leetch	0	1	1	-1	0	0	1	0	2	0.0
Doug Lidster D. Lidster	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0
Mark Messier M. Messier	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	1	0.0
Luc Robitaille L. Robitaille	0	1	1	+2	0	0	0	0	4	0.0
Ulf Samuelsson U. Samuelsson	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Niklas Sundstrom N. Sundstrom	0	2	2	+2	0	0	0	0	0
Esa Tikkanen E. Tikkanen	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	4	0.0