🐧 Away Penguins 37-27-8 before this game
0–3
Final
🗽 Home Rangers 38-30-5 before this game
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
PIT 0000
NYR 1113

Penguins at Rangers

Rangers beat Penguins 3–0 at Madison Square Garden on March 24, 1997.

🗓 Mon, Mar 24, 1997 · 18:30 CST 📍 Madison Square Garden, New York 🏒 1996-97 🔁 Rangers lead the season series 4–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🗽 NYR
Wayne Gretzky
1 G, 1 A
2 shots · +2
2nd star 🗽 NYR
Bruce Driver
1 G
2 shots · +1
3rd star 🗽 NYR
Mike Eastwood
1 G
1 shots · +1

🚨 Scoring

3 goals · in order
1st period
🗽 Bruce Driver Go-ahead 1st · 04:58
Assists: Wayne Gretzky, Patrick Flatley
0–1
2nd period
🗽 Mike Eastwood 2nd · 05:32
Assists: Bill Berg, Alexander Karpovtsev
0–2
3rd period
🗽 Wayne Gretzky Empty net 3rd · 19:09
Unassisted
0–3

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🐧PIT NYR🗽
34 Shots on goal 18
4 Penalty minutes 6
PIT shooting 0.0% (0/34) NYR shooting 16.7% (3/18)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐧Penguins
Patrick Lalime
0/2
.000 SV% · 2 GA · 59:47 TOI
🗽Rangers
Mike Richter
0/0
.000 SV% · 0 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–1
Penguins
Penguins: no games found in this situation this year.
Rangers
Rangers: no games found in this situation this year.
After 2nd — 0–2
Penguins
Penguins: no games found in this situation this year.
Rangers
Rangers: no games found in this situation this year.

⚔️ Last meetings

Rangers lead the season series 4–0 Full head-to-head →
Jan 25, 1997
🗽NYR @ 🐧PIT
7–4 · Rangers won
Nov 16, 1996
🗽NYR @ 🐧PIT
8–3 · Rangers won
Oct 16, 1996
🐧PIT @ 🗽NYR
1–8 · Rangers won
May 11, 1996
🗽NYR @ 🐧PIT
3–7 · Penguins won
May 9, 1996
🐧PIT @ 🗽NYR
4–1 · Penguins won

❓ PIT vs NYR, answered

Who won Penguins vs Rangers on March 24, 1997?

Rangers won 3–0.

What was the final score of Penguins vs Rangers?

The final score was Penguins 0, Rangers 3.

Who scored for Rangers?

Bruce Driver, Mike Eastwood, Wayne Gretzky.

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Patrick Lalime made 0 saves on 2 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Rangers goalie play?

Mike Richter made 0 saves on 0 shots (.000 save percentage).

Where is Penguins vs Rangers played?

At Madison Square Garden in New York, the Rangers home rink.

What is the Penguins vs Rangers season series?

Rangers lead the season series 4–0 after 4 games.

Have a different question? Ask the Oracle — it answers from this season's box scores.

🧭 Around this game

Each team's schedule either side of it
🐧Penguins
Previous game · Mar 22
😈NJD @ 🐧PIT
3–2 · NJD won
Next game · Mar 26
🐧PIT @ 🇨🇦MTL
5–8 · MTL won
🗽Rangers
Previous game · Mar 21
🐙DET @ 🗽NYR
1–3 · NYR won
Next game · Mar 27
🗽NYR @ 😈NJD
0–4 · NJD won
Also on March 24, 1997
🐻BOS @ 🇨🇦MTL
1–3 final
👑LAK @ 🐋VAN
2–2 final
🛢️EDM @ 🦈SJS
5–1 final
Penguins season page Rangers season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule