🗽 Away Rangers 3-1 in series
3–2
Final / OT
NYR leads 4–1
🐆 Home Panthers 1-3 in series
Scoring 1st2nd3rdOTF
NYR 11013
FLA 10102

Rangers at Panthers — First Round Game 5

Rangers, First Round Game 5, beat Panthers 3–2 in overtime at Amerant Bank Arena on April 25, 1997.

🗓 Fri, Apr 25, 1997 · 18:30 CDT 📍 Amerant Bank Arena, Sunrise 🏒 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
Mark Messier
2 G, 1 A
6 shots · +3
2nd star 🗽 NYR
Esa Tikkanen
1 G, 1 A
4 shots · +3
3rd star 🗽 NYR
Brian Leetch
2 A
4 shots · +2

🚨 Scoring

5 goals · in order
1st period
🗽 Mark Messier Go-ahead 1st · 00:39
Assists: Brian Leetch, Esa Tikkanen
1–0
🐆 Mike Hough Tying 1st · 14:17
Assists: Tom Fitzgerald, Gord Murphy
1–1
2nd period
🗽 Mark Messier Go-ahead 2nd · 19:44
Assists: Ulf Samuelsson
2–1
3rd period
🐆 Ray Sheppard PP Tying 3rd · 12:37
Assists: Rob Niedermayer, Gord Murphy
2–2
Overtime
🗽 Esa Tikkanen Go-ahead OT · 12:02
Assists: Mark Messier, Brian Leetch
3–2

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🗽NYR FLA🐆
33 Shots on goal 40
0/3 Power play (goals / chances) 1/6
16 Penalty minutes 10
NYR shooting 9.1% (3/33) FLA shooting 5.0% (2/40)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🗽Rangers
Mike Richter
0/2
.000 SV% · 2 GA · 72:02 TOI
🐆Panthers
John Vanbiesbrouck
0/3
.000 SV% · 3 GA · 72:02 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–1
Rangers
Rangers — tied after 1st: 45-35-6 (52% win rate, 86 games)
Panthers
Panthers — tied after 1st: 47-26-13 (55% win rate, 86 games)
After 2nd — 2–1
Rangers
Rangers: no games found in this situation this year.
Panthers
Panthers: no games found in this situation this year.

⚔️ Last meetings

Full head-to-head →
Apr 23, 1997
🐆FLA @ 🗽NYR
2–3 · Rangers won
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

❓ NYR vs FLA, answered

Who won Rangers vs Panthers on April 25, 1997?

Rangers won 3–2 in overtime.

What was the final score of Rangers vs Panthers?

The final score was Rangers 3, Panthers 2, in overtime.

Who scored for Rangers?

Mark Messier (2), Esa Tikkanen.

Who scored for Panthers?

Mike Hough, Ray Sheppard.

How did the Rangers goalie play?

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

How did the Panthers goalie play?

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

Where is Rangers vs Panthers played?

At Amerant Bank Arena in Sunrise, the Panthers 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
🗽Rangers
Previous game · Apr 23
🐆FLA @ 🗽NYR
2–3 · NYR won
Next game · May 2
🗽NYR @ 😈NJD
0–2 · NJD won
🐆Panthers
Previous game · Apr 23
🐆FLA @ 🗽NYR
2–3 · NYR won
Next game · Oct 1
🐆FLA @ 🔔PHI
1–3 · PHI won
Also on April 25, 1997
🏛️OTT @ ⚔️BUF
4–1 final
🎵STL @ 🐙DET
2–5 final
🛢️EDM @ ⭐DAL
1–0 final
Rangers season page Panthers season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule