The Florida Panthers lost to the New York Rangers, 3 to 2, in overtime in Game 5 of the 1997 playoff series on April 25, 1997.

Final

Rangers

4-1-0

3

Panthers

1-4-0

2

Team

NYR

FLA

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

NYR

FLA

Mark Messier (EV) assisted by Brian Leetch and Esa Tikkanen

Mike Hough (EV) assisted by Tom Fitzgerald and Gord Murphy

2nd period

NYR

FLA

Mark Messier (EV) assisted by Ulf Samuelsson

3rd period

NYR

FLA

Ray Sheppard (PP) assisted by Rob Niedermayer and Gord Murphy

NYR

FLA

Esa Tikkanen (EV) assisted by Mark Messier and Brian Leetch

Rangers

Panthers

Goals

Shots

Penalty Minutes

Power-Play Goals

Power-Play Opportunities

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Rangers

Panthers

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Mike Richter (W) M. Richter	1	0	0	40	38	.950	2	1.67	0	72

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	GWG	OTG	S	S%
Jeff Beukeboom J. Beukeboom	0	0	0	+3	0	0	0	1	0.0
Russ Courtnall R. Courtnall	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Bruce Driver B. Driver	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Patrick Flatley P. Flatley	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0.0
Adam Graves A. Graves	0	0	0	+3	4	0	0	2	0.0
Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	1	0.0
Alexander Karpovtsev A. Karpovtsev	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0
Brian Leetch B. Leetch	0	2	2	+2	0	0	0	4	0.0
Doug Lidster D. Lidster	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Mark Messier M. Messier	2	1	3	+3	0	0	0	6	33.3
Luc Robitaille L. Robitaille	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	4	0.0
Ulf Samuelsson U. Samuelsson	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0
Niklas Sundstrom N. Sundstrom	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	4	0.0
Esa Tikkanen E. Tikkanen	1	1	2	+3	4	1	1	4	25.0

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
John Vanbiesbrouck (L) J. Vanbiesbrouck	0	1	0	33	30	.909	3	2.50	0	72

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	S	S%
Terry Carkner T. Carkner	0	0	0	-2	2	0	0	3	0.0
Tom Fitzgerald T. Fitzgerald	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	2	0.0
Mike Hough M. Hough	1	0	1	+1	0	0	0	3	33.3
Jody Hull J. Hull	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	7	0.0
Ed Jovanovski E. Jovanovski	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0.0
Paul Laus P. Laus	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0.0
Dave Lowry D. Lowry	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	2	0.0
Scott Mellanby S. Mellanby	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	1	0.0
Kirk Muller K. Muller	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	7	0.0
Gord Murphy G. Murphy	0	2	2	0	0	0	1	3	0.0
David Nemirovsky D. Nemirovsky	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0
Rob Niedermayer R. Niedermayer	0	1	1	-2	2	0	1	1	0.0
Ray Sheppard R. Sheppard	1	0	1	-1	0	1	0	4	25.0
Martin Straka M. Straka	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Robert Svehla R. Svehla	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	2	0.0
Rhett Warrener R. Warrener	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0