NYI @ NYR - 1997-01-02

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Thursday, January 2, 1997 — Madison Square Garden

NYI

New York Islanders

3—4

NYR

New York Rangers

Final

NYI: Mike MilburyNYR: Colin Campbell

Notable

Eric Cairns— career_assist #1

Eric Cairns— career_point #1

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Who scored and who assisted?Key moments and turning points Shot breakdown by period Faceoff winners by zone Power play performance Who had the most ice time?Ask anything...

Goals

SOG

Missed

Blocked

Hits

Penalties

Goals (7)

1:12

NYI

Bryan McCabe(5)

Assists: Travis Green, Kenny Jonsson

1-0

12:51

NYR

Luc Robitaille(15)

Assists: Eric Cairns, Wayne Gretzky

1-1

11:24

NYR

Mark Messier

Game Timeline

Penalties (14)

9:08

NYR

Jeff Beukeboomhooking

2 min

7:54

NYI

Travis Greenboarding

2 min

2:40

NYR

Wayne Gretzkyhooking

2 min

Box Score

NYI Skaters

Player	G	A	P	+/-	SOG	Hits	Blk	PIM	FO	TOI	SH
Paul KruseL	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	-	0:00	0
Derek KingL	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0

On This Day (Jan 2)

2026ANA 2 - MIN 5

2026VAN 3 - SEA 4

2026FLA 1 - NYR 5

2026STL 4 - VGK 3

2025NYI 1 - TOR 2

Healthy Scratches

NYI

Dave Archibald(C)Jim Dowd(C)Dave McLlwain(C)Chris Taylor(C)Nick Vachon(C)Corey Foster(D)Jason Holland(D)Dennis Vaske(D)Tommy Soderstrom(G)Ken Belanger(L)Jarrett Deuling(L)Mike Donnelly(L)Andrei Vasilyev(L)Todd Bertuzzi(R)Mick Vukota(R)Steve Webb(R)

NYR

Christian Dube(C)Chris Ferraro(C)Doug Lidster(D)Jayson More

All Events

penalty

goal

9:59

NYI

Bryan Smolinski(10)

Assists: Ziggy Palffy, Kenny Jonsson

2-2

8:49

NYI

Ziggy Palffy(23)

Assists: Derek King, Doug Houda

3-2

6:48

NYR

Alexander Karpovtsev(4)

Assists: Mark Messier

3-3

3:30

NYR

Mark Messier(22)

Assists: Brian Leetch, Adam Graves

3-4

Brian Noonanhooking-obstruction

6:47

NYI

Derek Armstrongroughing

2 min

6:47

NYR

Patrick Flatleyroughing

2 min

2:45

NYI

Derek Kingcross-checking

2 min

2:45

NYR

Mark Messierslashing

2 min

1:15

NYI

Bryan McCabeholding-obstruction

2 min

1:15

NYI

Bryan McCabeslashing

2 min

15:30

NYR

Eric Cairnscross-checking

2 min

14:55

NYI

Bryan Berardslashing

2 min

0:00

NYR

Mark Messiermisconduct

10 minMIS

0:00

NYR

Mark Messiergross-misconduct

10 minGRO

NYR Skaters

Player	G	A	P	+/-	SOG	PIM	FO	TOI
Eric CairnsD	0	1	1	+1	0	2	-	0:00
Bruce DriverD	0	0	0	0	2	0	-	0:00
Patrick FlatleyR	0	0	0	0	0	2	-	0:00
Daniel GoneauL	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	0:00
Bill BergL	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	0:00
Shane ChurlaR	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	0:00
Brian NoonanR	0	0	0	0	0	2	-	0:00
Ulf SamuelssonD	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	0:00
Mark MessierC	2	1	3	+2	3	22	-	0:00
Sergei NemchinovL	0	0	0	0	3	0	-	0:00
Luc RobitailleL	1	0	1	0	5	0	-	0:00
Niklas SundstromR	0	0	0	+1	2	0	-	0:00
Alex KovalevR	0	1	1	+2	4	0	-	0:00
Wayne GretzkyC	0	1	1	+1	3	2	-	0:00
Brian LeetchD	0	1	1	+3	7	0	-	0:00
Jeff BeukeboomD	0	0	0	+2	1	2	-	0:00
Adam GravesL	0	2	2	+3	3	0	-	0:00
Alexander KarpovtsevD	1	0	1	0	1	0	-	0:00

Goalies

Goalie	Team	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
Tommy Salo	NYI	34	30	4	.882	59:56
Eric Fichaud	NYI	0	0	0	.0	0:00
Mike Richter	NYR	29	26	3	.897	60:00
Glenn Healy	NYR	0	0	0	.0	0:00

Ryan Vandenbussche(R)

Vladimir Vorobiev(R)

Notable

Ask about this game

Goals (7)

Game Timeline

Penalties (14)

Box Score

NYI Skaters

On This Day (Jan 2)

Healthy Scratches

NYI

NYR

All Events

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