1st	2nd	3rd	TOTAL
NY Rangers	1	0	4	5
Atlanta	1	1	1	3

First Period: Scoring: 1, NY Rangers, Graves 1 (power play) (Messier, Leetch), 5:54. 2, Atlanta, Skalde 1 (Tapper, Vyshedkevich), 12:44. Penalties: Vyshedkevich, Atl (cross checking), 5:34; Pilon, Nyr (holding), 7:57; Armstrong, Nyr (hooking), 17:07.
Second Period: Scoring: 3, Atlanta, S Staios 1 (Svartvadet, Karlsson), 14:55. Penalties: Lefebvre, Nyr (boarding), 3:21; Messier, Nyr (cross checking), 14:28; Stefan, Atl (tripping), 14:43; Burt, Atl (high sticking), 16:50; Leetch, Nyr (hooking), 19:56.
Third Period: Scoring: 4, Atlanta, Karlsson 1 (S Staios), 3:33. 5, NY Rangers, Graves 2 (power play) (J Maclean, Leetch), 5:59. 6, NY Rangers, Graves 3 (Witehall, Quintal), 8:45. 7, NY Rangers, Nedved 2 (Dvorak, Hlavac), 15:33. 8, NY Rangers, Hlavac 1 (Messier, Ulmer), 16:52. Penalties: Burt, Atl (holding), 4:48; Lambert, Atl (roughing), 6:30; Pilon, Nyr (roughing), 6:30; Skopintsev, Atl (tripping), 13:33; Pilon, Nyr (cross checking), 18:10.

SHOTS ON GOAL

NY Rangers		1	14	13	--28
Atlanta		8	8	10	--26

Power-play Conversions: Nyr - 2 of 5, Atl - 0 of 6. Goalies: NY Rangers, Holmquist (16 shots, 14 saves), Labbe (start of 3rd, 10, 9; record: 1-1-0). Atlanta, Hnilicka (28, 23; record: 0-1-0). A:13,635. Referees: Sutherland, Van Massenhoven. Linesmen: Orourke, Provost.