New York Rangers vs San Jose Sharks 2-1, Mar 9, 1997: Box Score and Player Stats | AskScores

New York Rangers

2

San Jose Sharks

1

Final · SAP Center at San Jose

Score by period
Team	1	2	3	T
NYR	1	1	0	2
SJ	1	0	0	1

The New York Rangers beat the San Jose Sharks 2-1 on Mar 9, 1997 at SAP Center at San Jose.

Top performers

Wayne Gretzky
Wayne Gretzky had 2 assists for the Rangers.
Mike Richter
Mike Richter made 28 saves on 29 shots for the Rangers.
Jeff Friesen
Jeff Friesen had 1 goal for the Sharks.
Ed Belfour
Ed Belfour made 23 saves on 25 shots for the Sharks.

Before and after

Rangers · 1996-97 season · Previous Mar 7, 1997: NYR 2, ANA 5 · Next Mar 12, 1997: WSH 2, NYR 3
Sharks · 1996-97 season · Previous Mar 6, 1997: OTT 0, SJ 2 · Next Mar 11, 1997: STL 4, SJ 3

Other Rangers vs Sharks games

Other New York Rangers vs San Jose Sharks games

Mar 3, 1997	SJ at NYR	4-5	Regular
Jan 23, 2026	NYR at SJ	1-3	Regular
Oct 23, 2025	SJ at NYR	6-5	Regular
Mar 29, 2025	NYR at SJ	6-1	Regular
Nov 14, 2024	SJ at NYR	2-3	Regular
Jan 23, 2024	NYR at SJ	2-3	Regular

New York Rangers box score

Skaters

New York Rangers skaters, Mar 9, 1997

Wayne Gretzky	0	2	2	2	1	2	0:00
Luc Robitaille	1	0	1	1	3	2	0:00
Bruce Driver	0	1	1	2	2	2	0:00
Alexander Karpovtsev	0	1	1	0	3	0	0:00
Niklas Sundstrom	1	0	1	1	3	0	0:00
Mark Messier	0	0	0	0	1	7	0:00
Brian Leetch	0	0	0	1	2	0	0:00
Adam Graves	0	0	0	1	3	2	0:00
Ulf Samuelsson	0	0	0	0	0	2	0:00
Patrick Flatley	0	0	0	1	2	0	0:00
Mike Eastwood	0	0	0	0	0	0	0:00
Jeff Beukeboom	0	0	0	0	0	0	0:00
Shane Churla	0	0	0	0	0	2	0:00
Eric Cairns	0	0	0	1	0	2	0:00
Bill Berg	0	0	0	0	2	2	0:00
David Oliver	0	0	0	0	1	0	0:00
Ryan Vandenbussche	0	0	0	0	1	2	0:00
Chris Ferraro	0	0	0	0	1	0	0:00
Team	2	4	6	10	25	25

What the columns mean: G · A · PTS · +/- · PIM

Goalies

New York Rangers goalies, Mar 9, 1997
Player	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
Mike Richter	29	28	1	.966	60:00

What the columns mean: SA · SV · GA · SV%

San Jose Sharks box score

Skaters

San Jose Sharks skaters, Mar 9, 1997

Doug Bodger	0	1	1	-1	4	0	0:00
Greg Hawgood	0	1	1	-1	1	0	0:00
Jeff Friesen	1	0	1	0	2	0	0:00
Todd Gill	0	0	0	0	2	0	0:00
Ron Sutter	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0:00
Bernie Nicholls	0	0	0	-1	1	2	0:00
Owen Nolan	0	0	0	0	2	0	0:00
Tim Hunter	0	0	0	0	0	2	0:00
Shean Donovan	0	0	0	-1	3	0	0:00
Bob Errey	0	0	0	0	0	0	0:00
Viktor Kozlov	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0:00
Tony Granato	0	0	0	-1	5	2	0:00
Darren Turcotte	0	0	0	0	0	0	0:00
Todd Ewen	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0:00
Marcus Ragnarsson	0	0	0	0	0	17	0:00
Stephen Guolla	0	0	0	0	2	0	0:00
Vlastimil Kroupa	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0:00
Team	1	2	3	-9	25	23

What the columns mean: G · A · PTS · +/- · PIM

Goalies

San Jose Sharks goalies, Mar 9, 1997
Player	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
Ed Belfour	25	23	2	.920	59:07

What the columns mean: SA · SV · GA · SV%