The New Jersey Devils were defeated by the New York Rangers, 2 to 1, in overtime in Game 5 of the 1997 playoff series on May 11, 1997.

Rangers

4-1-0

1-4-0

Team

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

NYR

NJD

Esa Tikkanen (EV) assisted by Wayne Gretzky and Mike Richter

2nd period

NYR

NJD

Brian Rolston (PP) unassisted

NYR

NJD

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

Rangers

Devils

Goals

Shots

Penalty Minutes

Power-Play Goals

Power-Play Opportunities

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Rangers

Devils

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Mike Richter (W) M. Richter	1	0	0	47	46	.979	1	0.81	0	74

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	GWG	OTG	S	S%
Jeff Beukeboom J. Beukeboom	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	1	0.0
Shane Churla S. Churla	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Russ Courtnall R. Courtnall	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	2	0.0
Bruce Driver B. Driver	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	1	0.0
Mike Eastwood M. Eastwood	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Patrick Flatley P. Flatley	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	1	0.0
Adam Graves A. Graves	1	0	1	+1	0	1	1	5	20.0
Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	4	0.0
Alexander Karpovtsev A. Karpovtsev	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Brian Leetch B. Leetch	0	0	0	+1	4	0	0	2	0.0
Doug Lidster D. Lidster	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	1	0.0
Mark Messier M. Messier	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	5	0.0
Luc Robitaille L. Robitaille	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Esa Tikkanen E. Tikkanen	1	0	1	+1	4	0	0	3	33.3

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Martin Brodeur (L) M. Brodeur	0	1	0	31	29	.935	2	1.62	0	74

NAME	G	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	S	S%
Dave Andreychuk D. Andreychuk	0	0	0	0	0	5	0.0
Bobby Carpenter B. Carpenter	0	0	0	0	0	5	0.0
Shawn Chambers S. Chambers	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0.0
Ken Daneyko K. Daneyko	0	0	-1	2	0	1	0.0
Patrik Elias P. Elias	0	0	0	0	0	4	0.0
Dave Ellett D. Ellett	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Doug Gilmour D. Gilmour	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Bill Guerin B. Guerin	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0.0
Bobby Holik B. Holik	0	0	-1	0	0	4	0.0
John MacLean J. MacLean	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Randy McKay R. McKay	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0.0
Scott Niedermayer S. Niedermayer	0	0	-1	2	0	5	0.0
Lyle Odelein L. Odelein	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Denis Pederson D. Pederson	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0.0
Brian Rolston B. Rolston	1	1	0	0	1	6	16.7
Reid Simpson R. Simpson	0	0	-1	0	0	0
Scott Stevens S. Stevens	0	0	-1	0	0	4	0.0
Steve Thomas S. Thomas	0	0	-1	0	0	0