The New York Islanders defeated the New York Rangers, 5 to 3, on October 30, 1997.

Final

Rangers

3-6-5

3

Islanders

5-5-2

5

Team

NYR

NYI

1

2

1

2

0

3

1

Total

3

5

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

NYR

NYI

Sergei Nemchinov (SH) assisted by Kenny Jonsson

0

1

Tim Sweeney (EV) assisted by Bill Berg and Mike Eastwood

1

Brian Leetch (EV) assisted by Wayne Gretzky and Niklas Sundstrom

2

1

2nd period

NYR

NYI

Bryan Smolinski (EV) assisted by Robert Reichel and Mariusz Czerkawski

2

Travis Green (PP) assisted by Bryan Berard

2

3

Bryan Berard (PP) assisted by Travis Green and Ziggy Palffy

2

4

3rd period

NYR

NYI

Brian Leetch (EV) assisted by Mike Eastwood and Darren Langdon

3

4

Scott Lachance (PP) assisted by Bryan Smolinski and Mariusz Czerkawski

3

5

Rangers

Islanders

Goals

3

5

Shots

26

32

Penalty Minutes

35

34

Power-Play Goals

0

3

Power-Play Opportunities

6

7

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Rangers

Islanders

Goalies

NAME	GS	SA	GA	Sv	Sv%	TOI
Mike Richter (L)	1	18	4	14	.778	29:52
Jason Muzzatti	0	14	1	13	.929	30:08

Skaters

NAME	G	A	+/-	PIM	S
Bill Berg	0	1	+1	0	0
Jeff Beukeboom	0	0	+2	17	1
Bruce Driver	0	0	-1	0	1
Mike Eastwood	0	2	+3	2	1
Jeff Finley	0	0	+2	0	0
Wayne Gretzky	0	1	+1	0	1
Alexander Karpovtsev	0	0	-1	2	2
Mike Keane	0	0	0	0	1
Alex Kovalev	0	0	-1	0	1
Pat LaFontaine	0	0	-2	0	1
Darren Langdon	0	1	0	5	0
Brian Leetch	2	0	0	0	6
Ulf Samuelsson	0	0	0	0	2
Pierre Sevigny	0	0	+1	0	1
Kevin Stevens	0	0	-1	2	3
Niklas Sundstrom	0	1	+1	2	2
Tim Sweeney	1	0	+1	0	3
Ryan Vandenbussche	0	0	-1	5	0

Goalies

NAME	GS	SA	GA	Sv	Sv%	TOI
Tommy Salo (W)	1	26	3	23	.885	59:58

Skaters

NAME	G	A	+/-	PIM	S
Ken Belanger	0	0	0	5	0
Bryan Berard	1	1	-3	0	3
Todd Bertuzzi	0	0	0	0	1
Tom Chorske	0	0	+1	0	0
Mariusz Czerkawski	0	2	0	0	2
Travis Green	1	1	-1	4	4
Mike Hough	0	0	-1	2	1
Kenny Jonsson	0	1	0	2	1
Paul Kruse	0	0	-1	15	0
Scott Lachance	1	0	-1	0	3
Claude Lapointe	0	0	-1	0	2
Bryan McCabe	0	0	0	4	1
Sergei Nemchinov	1	0	+1	0	2
Ziggy Palffy	0	1	-1	0	1
Rich Pilon	0	0	+1	2	1
Robert Reichel	0	1	-1	0	3
Bryan Smolinski	1	1	0	0	7
Dennis Vaske	0	0	+1	0	0