New York Islanders vs. New York Rangers Box Score: January 2, 1997
Scoring Summary
| 1st Period | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18:48 | NYI | PP | Bryan McCabe (5) | Travis Green, Kenny Jönsson |
| 2nd Period | ||||
| 07:09 | NYR | Luc Robitaille (15) | Eric Cairns, Wayne Gretzky | |
| 08:36 | NYR | Mark Messier (21) | Adam Graves, Alex Kovalev | |
| 10:01 | NYI | PP | Bryan Smolinski (10) | Žigmund Pálffy, Kenny Jönsson |
| 11:11 | NYI | Žigmund Pálffy (23) | Derek King, Doug Houda | |
| 3rd Period | ||||
| 13:12 | NYR | Alexander Karpovtsev (4) | Mark Messier | |
| 16:30 | NYR | Mark Messier (22) | Brian Leetch, Adam Graves | |
Penalty Summary
| 1st Period | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10:52 | NYR | Jeff Beukeboom | Hooking | 2 min |
| 12:06 | NYI | Travis Green | Boarding | 2 min |
| 17:20 | NYR | Wayne Gretzky | Hooking | 2 min |
| 2nd Period | ||||
| 09:52 | NYR | Brian Noonan | Hooking - Obstruction | 2 min |
| 13:13 | NYI | Derek Armstrong | Roughing | 2 min |
| 13:13 | NYR | Patrick Flatley | Roughing | 2 min |
| 17:15 | NYI | Derek King | Cross checking | 2 min |
| 17:15 | NYR | Mark Messier | Slashing | 2 min |
| 18:45 | NYI | Bryan McCabe | Holding - Obstruction | 2 min |
| 18:45 | NYI | Bryan McCabe | Slashing | 2 min |
| 3rd Period | ||||
| 04:30 | NYR | Eric Cairns | Cross checking | 2 min |
| 05:05 | NYI | Bryan Berard | Slashing | 2 min |
| 20:00 | NYR | Mark Messier | Misconduct | 10 min |
| 20:00 | NYR | Mark Messier | Gross misconduct | 10 min |
New York Islanders
| Scoring | Goals | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | EV | PP | SH | GW | S | S% | SHFT | TOI |
| 1 | Niklas Andersson | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||
| 2 | Derek Armstrong | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||
| 3 | Bryan Berard | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||
| 4 | Travis Green | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||
| 5 | Doug Houda | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||
| 6 | Brent Hughes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||
| 7 | Kenny Jönsson | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 8 | Derek King | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 9 | Paul Kruse | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||
| 10 | Scott Lachance | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | ||
| 11 | Claude Lapointe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 12 | Bryan McCabe | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 50.0 | ||
| 13 | Marty McInnis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||
| 14 | Žigmund Pálffy | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 16.7 | ||
| 15 | Rich Pilon | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 16 | Dan Plante | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 17 | Bryan Smolinski | 1 | 0 | 1 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 16.7 | ||
| 18 | Randy Wood | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||
| 19 | Tommy Salo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 59:56 | |||||
| TOTAL | 3 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 10.3 | |||||
Goalies
| Goalie Stats | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | DEC | GA | SA | SV | SV% | SO | PIM | TOI |
| 1 | Tommy Salo | L | 4 | 34 | 30 | .882 | 0 | 0 | 59:56 |
New York Rangers
| Scoring | Goals | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | EV | PP | SH | GW | S | S% | SHFT | TOI |
| 1 | Bill Berg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2 | Jeff Beukeboom | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||
| 3 | Eric Cairns | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 4 | Shane Churla | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 5 | Bruce Driver | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||
| 6 | Patrick Flatley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 7 | Daniel Goneau | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 8 | Adam Graves | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | ||
| 9 | Wayne Gretzky | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | ||
| 10 | Alexander Karpovtsev | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100.0 | ||
| 11 | Alex Kovalev | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | ||
| 12 | Brian Leetch | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 | ||
| 13 | Mark Messier | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 66.7 | ||
| 14 | Sergei Nemchinov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | ||
| 15 | Brian Noonan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 16 | Luc Robitaille | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 20.0 | ||
| 17 | Ulf Samuelsson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 18 | Niklas Sundström | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||
| 19 | Mike Richter | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60:00 | |||||
| TOTAL | 4 | 7 | 11 | 32 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 11.8 | |||||
Goalies
| Goalie Stats | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | DEC | GA | SA | SV | SV% | SO | PIM | TOI |
| 1 | Mike Richter | W | 3 | 29 | 26 | .897 | 0 | 0 | 60:00 |

