🐆 Away Panthers 2-1 in series
2–3
Final
NYR leads 4–1
🗽 Home Rangers 1-2 in series
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
FLA 1012
NYR 0303

Panthers at Rangers — First Round Game 4

Rangers, First Round Game 4, beat Panthers 3–2 at Madison Square Garden on April 23, 1997.

🗓 Wed, Apr 23, 1997 · 18:30 CDT 📍 Madison Square Garden, New York 🏒 1996-97 playoffs View the series → Head-to-head history →

🏒 First Round — Best of 7

NYR vs FLA · NYR leads 4–1 Full series →
Game 1
0–3
Final · FLA
Game 2
3–0
Final · NYR
Game 3
3–4
OT · NYR
Game 4
2–3
Final · NYR
Game 5
3–2
OT · NYR

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🗽 NYR
Wayne Gretzky
3 G
5 shots · +2
2nd star 🗽 NYR
Niklas Sundstrom
2 A
+2
3rd star 🗽 NYR
Luc Robitaille
1 A
4 shots · +2

🚨 Scoring

5 goals · in order
1st period
🐆 Rob Niedermayer PP Go-ahead 1st · 13:23
Assists: Gord Murphy
1–0
2nd period
🗽 Wayne Gretzky PP Tying 2nd · 03:07
Assists: Brian Leetch
1–1
🗽 Wayne Gretzky Go-ahead 2nd · 06:46
Assists: Luc Robitaille, Niklas Sundstrom
1–2
🗽 Wayne Gretzky 2nd · 09:30
Assists: Niklas Sundstrom, Alexander Karpovtsev
1–3
3rd period
🐆 David Nemirovsky 3rd · 01:40
Assists: Paul Laus
2–3

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🐆FLA NYR🗽
23 Shots on goal 28
1/4 Power play (goals / chances) 1/6
12 Penalty minutes 8
FLA shooting 8.7% (2/23) NYR shooting 10.7% (3/28)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐆Panthers
John Vanbiesbrouck
0/3
.000 SV% · 3 GA · 59:01 TOI
🗽Rangers
Mike Richter
0/2
.000 SV% · 2 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–0
Panthers
Panthers: no games found in this situation this year.
Rangers
Rangers: no games found in this situation this year.
After 2nd — 1–3
Panthers
Panthers: no games found in this situation this year.
Rangers
Rangers: no games found in this situation this year.

⚔️ Last meetings

Full head-to-head →
Apr 22, 1997
🐆FLA @ 🗽NYR
3–4 (OT) · Rangers won
Apr 20, 1997
🗽NYR @ 🐆FLA
3–0 · Rangers won
Apr 17, 1997
🗽NYR @ 🐆FLA
0–3 · Panthers won
Feb 9, 1997
🗽NYR @ 🐆FLA
3–4 · Panthers won
Dec 22, 1996
🐆FLA @ 🗽NYR
3–7 · Rangers won

❓ FLA vs NYR, answered

Who won Panthers vs Rangers on April 23, 1997?

Rangers won 3–2.

What was the final score of Panthers vs Rangers?

The final score was Panthers 2, Rangers 3.

Who scored for Panthers?

David Nemirovsky, Rob Niedermayer.

Who scored for Rangers?

Wayne Gretzky (3).

How did the Panthers goalie play?

John Vanbiesbrouck made 0 saves on 3 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Rangers goalie play?

Mike Richter made 0 saves on 2 shots (.000 save percentage).

Where is Panthers vs Rangers played?

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

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
🐆Panthers
Previous game · Apr 22
🐆FLA @ 🗽NYR
3–4 · NYR won
Next game · Apr 25
🗽NYR @ 🐆FLA
3–2 · NYR won
🗽Rangers
Previous game · Apr 22
🐆FLA @ 🗽NYR
3–4 · NYR won
Next game · Apr 25
🗽NYR @ 🐆FLA
3–2 · NYR won
Also on April 23, 1997
⚔️BUF @ 🏛️OTT
0–1 final
🔔PHI @ 🐧PIT
1–4 final
Panthers season page Rangers season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule