New York Rangers vs. New Jersey Devils Box Score: December 16, 1997
Scoring Summary
| 1st Period | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02:43 | NYR | PP | Brian Leetch (7) | Tim Sweeney |
| 11:13 | NJD | Dave Andreychuk (5) | Bobby Holík, Scott Stevens | |
| 17:22 | NYR | PP | Alexander Karpovtsev (2) | |
| 2nd Period | ||||
| 06:39 | NJD | Doug Bodger (5) | Patrik Eliáš, Dave Andreychuk | |
| 13:30 | NJD | Brian Rolston (6) | Valeri Zelepukin, Scott Stevens | |
| 3rd Period | ||||
| 01:36 | NYR | Kevin Stevens (8) | Tim Sweeney, Pat LaFontaine | |
| 15:02 | NJD | Sheldon Souray (1) | Steve Thomas, Doug Gilmour | |
Penalty Summary
| 1st Period | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02:11 | NJD | Sheldon Souray | Cross checking | 2 min |
| 03:20 | NYR | Bruce Driver | Roughing | 2 min |
| 03:20 | NJD | Bobby Carpenter | Roughing | 2 min |
| 06:22 | NYR | Mike Eastwood | Holding | 2 min |
| 07:51 | NYR | Ulf Samuelsson | High sticking | 2 min |
| 12:51 | NJD | Randy McKay | Roughing | 2 min |
| 12:51 | NJD | Randy McKay | Fighting | 5 min |
| 12:51 | NYR | Darren Langdon | Fighting | 5 min |
| 15:33 | NJD | Sheldon Souray | Roughing | 2 min |
| 18:02 | NJD | Krzysztof Oliwa | Fighting | 5 min |
| 18:02 | NYR | P.J. Stock | Fighting | 5 min |
| 19:33 | NYR | Darren Langdon | Roughing | 2 min |
| 2nd Period | ||||
| 03:18 | NJD | Bobby Holík | Hooking | 2 min |
| 08:22 | NYR | Mike Eastwood | Hooking | 2 min |
| 14:45 | NJD | Scott Niedermayer | Holding | 2 min |
| 18:51 | NYR | Wayne Gretzky | Tripping | 2 min |
| 3rd Period | ||||
| 10:47 | NYR | Darren Langdon | Roughing | 2 min |
| 10:47 | NJD | Bobby Holík | Roughing | 2 min |
| 17:14 | NYR | Kevin Stevens | Hooking | 2 min |
| 17:14 | NYR | Kevin Stevens | Misconduct | 10 min |
New York Rangers
| Scoring | Goals | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | EV | PP | SH | GW | S | S% | SHFT | TOI |
| 1 | Jeff Beukeboom | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 18 | 13:41 |
| 2 | Eric Cairns | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 6:05 | |
| 3 | Bruce Driver | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 17:56 | |
| 4 | Mike Eastwood | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 5:01 | |
| 5 | Adam Graves | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 32 | 25:10 |
| 6 | Wayne Gretzky | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 23 | 19:47 |
| 7 | Alexander Karpovtsev | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 50.0 | 29 | 25:56 |
| 8 | Mike Keane | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 22:09 | |
| 9 | Alex Kovalev | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 8 | 7:06 |
| 10 | Pat LaFontaine | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 24 | 18:00 |
| 11 | Darren Langdon | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 10:02 | |
| 12 | Brian Leetch | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 20.0 | 28 | 29:20 |
| 13 | Johan Lindbom | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 27 | 15:14 |
| 14 | Ulf Samuelsson | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 24:00 | |
| 15 | Brian Skrudland | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 16:00 | |
| 16 | Kevin Stevens | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 50.0 | 20 | 12:58 |
| 17 | P.J. Stock | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2:38 | |
| 18 | Tim Sweeney | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 12:51 | |
| 19 | Jason Muzzatti | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 59:33 | |||||
| TOTAL | 3 | 3 | 6 | 36 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 17.6 | |||||
Goalies
| Goalie Stats | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | DEC | GA | SA | SV | SV% | SO | PIM | TOI |
| 1 | Jason Muzzatti | L | 4 | 33 | 29 | .879 | 0 | 0 | 59:33 |
New Jersey Devils
| Scoring | Goals | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | EV | PP | SH | GW | S | S% | SHFT | TOI |
| 1 | Dave Andreychuk | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 25.0 | 25 | 21:11 |
| 2 | Doug Bodger | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100.0 | 26 | 16:57 |
| 3 | Bobby Carpenter | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 16:49 | |
| 4 | Kevin Dean | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 17:33 | |
| 5 | Patrik Eliáš | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 17:18 | |
| 6 | Doug Gilmour | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 27 | 25:23 |
| 7 | Bill Guerin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0:35 | |
| 8 | Bobby Holík | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 20 | 18:35 |
| 9 | Randy McKay | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | 20 | 12:21 |
| 10 | Scott Niedermayer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | 23 | 23:35 |
| 11 | Lyle Odelein | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 20:55 | |
| 12 | Krzysztof Oliwa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3:01 | |
| 13 | Denis Pederson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | 17 | 11:10 |
| 14 | Brian Rolston | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 16.7 | 29 | 22:00 |
| 15 | Sheldon Souray | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 16 | 9:51 |
| 16 | Scott Stevens | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 24 | 23:36 |
| 17 | Steve Thomas | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 21 | 11:43 |
| 18 | Valeri Zelepukin | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 19 | 14:13 |
| 19 | Martin Brodeur | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 59:51 | |||||
| TOTAL | 4 | 8 | 12 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 12.1 | |||||
Goalies
| Goalie Stats | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | DEC | GA | SA | SV | SV% | SO | PIM | TOI |
| 1 | Martin Brodeur | W | 3 | 17 | 14 | .824 | 0 | 0 | 59:51 |

