The Philadelphia Flyers defeated the New York Rangers, 3 to 1, in Game 1 of the 1997 Eastern Conference Final on May 16, 1997.

Rangers

0-1-0

1-0-0

Team

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

NYR

PHI

Dainius Zubrus (EV) assisted by John LeClair and Eric Lindros

Janne Niinimaa (PP) assisted by Eric Lindros and John LeClair

3rd period

NYR

PHI

Eric Desjardins (EV) assisted by Eric Lindros and John LeClair

Luc Robitaille (EV) assisted by Wayne Gretzky and Ulf Samuelsson

Rangers

Flyers

Goals

Shots

Penalty Minutes

Power-Play Goals

Power-Play Opportunities

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Rangers

Flyers

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Mike Richter (L) M. Richter	0	1	0	21	18	.857	3	3.00	0	60

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	S	S%
Shane Churla S. Churla	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0.0
Russ Courtnall R. Courtnall	0	0	0	-2	0	4	0.0
Bruce Driver B. Driver	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0.0
Patrick Flatley P. Flatley	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Adam Graves A. Graves	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0.0
Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	0	1	1	+1	0	3	0.0
Alexander Karpovtsev A. Karpovtsev	0	0	0	+1	2	2	0.0
Darren Langdon D. Langdon	0	0	0	-1	0	0
Brian Leetch B. Leetch	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Doug Lidster D. Lidster	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0.0
Mark Messier M. Messier	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0.0
Luc Robitaille L. Robitaille	1	0	1	0	0	3	33.3
Ulf Samuelsson U. Samuelsson	0	1	1	0	0	1	0.0
Esa Tikkanen E. Tikkanen	0	0	0	0	2	2	0.0

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Garth Snow (W) G. Snow	1	0	0	25	24	.960	1	1.00	0	60

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	GWG	S	S%
Rod Brind'Amour R. Brind'Amour	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Paul Coffey P. Coffey	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Eric Desjardins E. Desjardins	1	0	1	+1	0	0	0	0	2	50.0
Karl Dykhuis K. Dykhuis	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Pat Falloon P. Falloon	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Dale Hawerchuk D. Hawerchuk	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Trent Klatt T. Klatt	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	5	0.0
Dan Kordic D. Kordic	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Daniel Lacroix D. Lacroix	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
John LeClair J. LeClair	0	3	3	+2	2	0	1	0	1	0.0
Eric Lindros E. Lindros	0	3	3	+1	2	0	1	0	1	0.0
Janne Niinimaa J. Niinimaa	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	4	25.0
Shjon Podein S. Podein	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	1	0.0
Petr Svoboda P. Svoboda	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0
Chris Therien C. Therien	0	0	0	+2	0	0	0	0	0
Dainius Zubrus D. Zubrus	1	0	1	+2	0	0	0	0	1	100.0