The Philadelphia Flyers came up just a bit short against the New York Rangers, 5 to 4, in Game 2 of the 1997 Eastern Conference Final on May 18, 1997.

Final

Rangers

1-1-0

5

Flyers

1-1-0

4

Team

NYR

PHI

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

NYR

PHI

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

Doug Lidster (EV) assisted by Mike Eastwood

Wayne Gretzky (PP) assisted by Esa Tikkanen and Brian Leetch

Wayne Gretzky (PP) assisted by Luc Robitaille and Mark Messier

2nd period

NYR

PHI

Paul Coffey (EV) assisted by Rod Brind'Amour and Mikael Renberg

Rod Brind'Amour (EV) unassisted

Wayne Gretzky (EV) assisted by Mark Messier and Bruce Driver

Mark Messier (EV) assisted by Jeff Beukeboom

Shjon Podein (EV) assisted by Joel Otto

Rangers

Flyers

Goals

Shots

Penalty Minutes

Power-Play Goals

Power-Play Opportunities

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Rangers

Flyers

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Mike Richter (W) M. Richter	1	0	0	29	25	.862	4	4.00	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	GWG	S	S%
Jeff Beukeboom J. Beukeboom	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0
Shane Churla S. Churla	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0
Russ Courtnall R. Courtnall	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Bruce Driver B. Driver	0	1	1	-1	0	0	0	0	0
Dallas Eakins D. Eakins	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	0	0
Mike Eastwood M. Eastwood	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Peter Ferraro P. Ferraro	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Adam Graves A. Graves	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	3	0	3	0	0	2	0	0	5	60.0
Alexander Karpovtsev A. Karpovtsev	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	0
Brian Leetch B. Leetch	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0
Doug Lidster D. Lidster	1	0	1	-1	2	0	0	0	4	25.0
Mark Messier M. Messier	1	2	3	0	0	0	1	1	4	25.0
Luc Robitaille L. Robitaille	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0.0
Ulf Samuelsson U. Samuelsson	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	0
Esa Tikkanen E. Tikkanen	0	1	1	-1	0	0	1	0	1	0.0

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Garth Snow (L) G. Snow	0	1	0	10	5	.500	5	8.89	0	34
Ron Hextall R. Hextall				12	12	1.000	0	0.00	0	26

Skaters

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