The New York Rangers eked out a victory over the Boston Bruins, 5 to 4, on April 3, 1997.

Final

Bruins

24-44-9

4

Rangers

36-32-10

5

Team

BOS

NYR

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

BOS

NYR

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

Adam Graves (EV) assisted by Mark Messier and Russ Courtnall

Jeff Beukeboom (EV) assisted by Mark Messier

David Oliver (EV) unassisted

Jozef Stumpel (EV) assisted by Landon Wilson and Jean-Yves Roy

2nd period

BOS

NYR

Mark Messier (EV) unassisted

Landon Wilson (EV) assisted by Jozef Stumpel and Jean-Yves Roy

Landon Wilson (EV) assisted by Jean-Yves Roy and Jozef Stumpel

3rd period

BOS

NYR

Anson Carter (EV) assisted by Dean Chynoweth

Bruins

Rangers

Goals

Shots

Penalty Minutes

Power-Play Goals

Power-Play Opportunities

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Bruins

Rangers

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Jim Carey (L) J. Carey	0	1	0	27	22	.815	5	5.06	0	59

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	S	S%
Jason Allison J. Allison	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Bob Beers B. Beers	0	0	0	-2	0	0
Ray Bourque R. Bourque	0	0	0	0	0	5	0.0
Anson Carter A. Carter	1	0	1	0	0	4	25.0
Dean Chynoweth D. Chynoweth	0	1	1	+3	0	0
Rob DiMaio R. DiMaio	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0.0
Sheldon Kennedy S. Kennedy	0	0	0	-2	0	0
Dean Malkoc D. Malkoc	0	0	0	0	2	0
Troy Mallette T. Mallette	0	0	0	-2	0	3	0.0
Trent McCleary T. McCleary	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Jeff Odgers J. Odgers	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Davis Payne D. Payne	0	0	0	-2	0	2	0.0
Jon Rohloff J. Rohloff	0	0	0	-4	2	2	0.0
Jean-Yves Roy J. Roy	0	3	3	+2	0	4	0.0
Jozef Stumpel J. Stumpel	1	2	3	+1	0	3	33.3
Don Sweeney D. Sweeney	0	0	0	+1	0	0
Tim Sweeney T. Sweeney	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Landon Wilson L. Wilson	2	1	3	+2	0	4	50.0

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Mike Richter (W) M. Richter	1	0	0	34	30	.882	4	4.00	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	GWG	S	S%
Jeff Beukeboom J. Beukeboom	1	1	2	+2	2	0	2	50.0
Eric Cairns E. Cairns	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Shane Churla S. Churla	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0.0
Russ Courtnall R. Courtnall	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0
Chris Ferraro C. Ferraro	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0.0
Adam Graves A. Graves	1	0	1	+1	0	0	2	50.0
Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	1	0	1	0	0	0	3	33.3
Alexander Karpovtsev A. Karpovtsev	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
Darren Langdon D. Langdon	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Brian Leetch B. Leetch	0	1	1	+3	0	0	3	0.0
Mark Messier M. Messier	1	2	3	+1	0	1	5	20.0
David Oliver D. Oliver	1	0	1	+1	0	0	3	33.3
Ulf Samuelsson U. Samuelsson	0	0	0	-2	0	0	1	0.0
Niklas Sundstrom N. Sundstrom	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0.0