🗽 Away Rangers 0-1 in series
5–4
Final
PHI leads 4–1
🔔 Home Flyers 1-0 in series
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
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Rangers at Flyers — Conference Finals Game 2

Rangers, Conference Finals Game 2, beat Flyers 5–4 at Wells Fargo Center on May 18, 1997.

🗓 Sun, May 18, 1997 · 13:00 CDT 📍 Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia 🏒 1996-97 playoffs View the series → Head-to-head history →

🏒 Conference Finals — Best of 7

NYR vs PHI · PHI leads 4–1 Full series →
Game 1
1–3
Final · PHI
Game 2
5–4
Final · NYR
Game 3
6–3
Final · PHI
Game 4
3–2
Final · PHI
Game 5
2–4
Final · PHI

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🗽 NYR
Wayne Gretzky
3 G
5 shots
2nd star 🗽 NYR
Mark Messier
1 G, 2 A
4 shots
3rd star 🔔 PHI
Rod Brind'Amour
1 G, 1 A
4 shots · +1

🚨 Scoring

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📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🗽NYR PHI🔔
22 Shots on goal 29
2/2 Power play (goals / chances) 1/4
10 Penalty minutes 4
NYR shooting 22.7% (5/22) PHI shooting 13.8% (4/29)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🗽Rangers
Mike Richter
0/4
.000 SV% · 4 GA · 60:00 TOI
🔔Flyers
Ron Hextall
0/0
.000 SV% · 0 GA · 25:50 TOI
Garth Snow
0/5
.000 SV% · 5 GA · 33:45 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Rangers
Rangers — tied after 1st: 50-37-6 (54% win rate, 93 games)
Flyers
Flyers — tied after 1st: 61-23-9 (66% win rate, 93 games)
After 2nd — 0–0
Rangers
Rangers — tied after 2nd: 50-37-6 (54% win rate, 93 games)
Flyers
Flyers — tied after 2nd: 61-23-9 (66% win rate, 93 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

Full head-to-head →
May 16, 1997
🗽NYR @ 🔔PHI
1–3 · Flyers won
Apr 10, 1997
🗽NYR @ 🔔PHI
6–3 · Rangers won
Apr 7, 1997
🔔PHI @ 🗽NYR
2–3 · Rangers won
Feb 23, 1997
🗽NYR @ 🔔PHI
1–2 · Flyers won
Feb 1, 1997
🗽NYR @ 🔔PHI
4–2 · Rangers won

❓ NYR vs PHI, answered

Who won Rangers vs Flyers on May 18, 1997?

Rangers won 5–4.

What was the final score of Rangers vs Flyers?

The final score was Rangers 5, Flyers 4.

How did the Rangers goalie play?

Mike Richter made 0 saves on 4 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Flyers goalie play?

Ron Hextall made 0 saves on 0 shots (.000 save percentage).

Where is Rangers vs Flyers played?

At Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, the Flyers home rink.

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🧭 Around this game

Each team's schedule either side of it
🗽Rangers
Previous game · May 16
🗽NYR @ 🔔PHI
1–3 · PHI won
Next game · May 20
🔔PHI @ 🗽NYR
6–3 · PHI won
🔔Flyers
Previous game · May 16
🗽NYR @ 🔔PHI
1–3 · PHI won
Next game · May 20
🔔PHI @ 🗽NYR
6–3 · PHI won
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