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CAR

TD GARDEN

2FINAL4

January 6, 1998

NYR

Scoring Summary

1st Period

Brian Leetch (8)

Wayne Gretzky (27), Bill Berg (6)

1-0 NYR

Score

07:41

Time

Adam Graves (12)

Pat LaFontaine (28), Alex Kovalev (14)

2-0 NYR

Score

17:48

Time

2nd Period

Tim Sweeney (10)

Adam Graves (8), Pat LaFontaine (29)

3-0 NYR

Score

08:13

Time

Keith Primeau (13)

Nelson Emerson (13)

3-1 NYR

Score

15:32

Time

3rd Period

Brian Leetch (9) (pp)

Wayne Gretzky (28), Tim Sweeney (12)

4-1 NYR

Score

01:55

Time

Sami Kapanen (17)

Robert Kron (10), Glen Wesley (13)

4-2 NYR

Score

09:08

Time

Penalties

1st Period

Team	Time	Penalty Description
	18:05	Kevin Haller – unsportsmanlike-conduct (2 min)
	18:05	Wayne Gretzky – unsportsmanlike-conduct (2 min)

2nd Period

Team	Time	Penalty Description
	03:10	Stu Grimson – fighting (5 min)
	03:10	Darren Langdon – fighting (5 min)
	08:38	Doug Lidster – tripping-obstruction (2 min)
	12:45	Niklas Sundstrom – holding (2 min)
	12:59	Nelson Emerson – tripping (2 min)
	17:24	Alexander Karpovtsev – high-sticking (2 min)

3rd Period

Team	Time	Penalty Description
	00:34	Glen Wesley – hooking (2 min)
	01:41	Keith Primeau – elbowing (2 min)
	05:59	Tim Sweeney – interference (2 min)
	10:36	Kent Manderville – boarding (2 min)

NYR – Skaters
#	Player	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	1G	OTG	GWG	ENG	S	FO	FO%	Shifts	TOI	Hits	BLK	GV	TK
2	Brian Leetch	D	2	0	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	5	0/0	0.00%	26	29:35	3	3	6	4
6	Doug Lidster	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%	22	14:30	2	2	1	2
9	Adam Graves	L	1	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%	23	17:28	2	0	0	0
12	Mike Keane	R	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%	25	19:24	2	0	0	1
15	Darren Langdon	L	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%	5	03:08	0	0	0	0
16	Pat LaFontaine	C	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%	21	18:42	1	1	0	1
17	Kevin Stevens	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%	22	14:15	7	1	1	1
18	Bill Berg	L	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%	25	20:31	4	1	1	0
20	Brian Skrudland	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%	26	19:03	0	1	1	2
24	Niklas Sundstrom	R	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%	27	17:58	1	0	1	1
25	Alexander Karpovtsev	D	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%	28	20:17	1	1	3	1
26	Jeff Finley	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%	25	16:52	2	2	1	3
27	Alex Kovalev	R	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%	8	06:53	0	1	3	0
28	P.J. Stock	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%	4	02:00	2	0	0	0
29	Eric Cairns	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%	20	13:36	3	0	3	2
33	Bruce Driver	D	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%	27	26:06	3	0	0	3
37	Tim Sweeney	R	1	1	2	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0/0	0.00%	17	12:18	3	0	3	2
99	Wayne Gretzky	C	0	2	2	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0/0	0.00%	21	17:09	0	0	4	1

NYR – Goalies
#	Player			1ST	2ND	3RD	SV	SA	GA	EV	PP	SH	SV%	GAA	TOI
34	Dan Cloutier	★	W				26	28	2	2	0	0	.929	2.00	60:00
35	Mike Richter						0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00	00:00

CAR – Skaters
#	Player	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	1G	OTG	GWG	ENG	S	FO	FO%	Shifts	TOI	Hits	BLK	GV	TK
2	Glen Wesley	D	0	1	1	-1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%	26	22:04	4	2	2	1
3	Steve Chiasson	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0/0	0.00%	26	25:08	0	1	2	1
5	Kevin Haller	D	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%	23	18:34	5	1	4	1
6	Adam Burt	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%	21	17:37	0	1	0	0
7	Curtis Leschyshyn	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%	22	15:50	2	0	1	2
10	Gary Roberts	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%	20	18:37	2	0	0	2
18	Robert Kron	C	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%	24	17:57	1	0	2	1
19	Nelson Emerson	R	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0/0	0.00%	21	17:06	0	0	3	1
22	Sean Hill	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%	23	16:06	1	1	0	0
23	Martin Gelinas	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0/0	0.00%	21	19:57	1	0	0	2
24	Sami Kapanen	R	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0/0	0.00%	23	19:58	0	0	2	1
27	Stephen Leach	R	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%	17	14:34	3	0	1	0
28	Paul Ranheim	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%	9	07:26	1	0	0	0
32	Stu Grimson	L	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%	5	04:04	0	0	0	0
33	Bates Battaglia	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%	11	11:47	1	0	4	0
44	Kent Manderville	C	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%	13	09:02	1	0	0	0
55	Keith Primeau	C	1	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0/0	0.00%	24	21:16	4	0	2	1
92	Jeff O'Neill	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%	20	15:26	2	0	2	0

CAR – Goalies
#	Player			1ST	2ND	3RD	SV	SA	GA	EV	PP	SH	SV%	GAA	TOI
1	Kirk McLean	★	L				13	17	4	3	1	0	.765	4.12	58:15
37	Trevor Kidd						0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00	00:00

NYR

CAR

Game Stats

4	Goals	2
17	Shots	28
25.0% (1/4)	Power Play	0.0% (0/4)
15	Penalty Minutes	15
36	Hits	28
13	Blocks	6
28	Giveaways	25
24	Takeaways	13

Goals by Period

	1	2	3	T
	0	1	1	2
	2	1	1	4

Shots by Period

	1	2	3	T
	7	12	9	28
	6	2	9	17

Season Series: 3-1-0

CAR 2

NYR 4

FINALBoxscoreOCT 20

CAR 3

NYR 4

FINALBoxscoreNOV 21

CAR 2

NYR 4

FINALBoxscoreJAN 6

CAR 4

NYR 1

FINALBoxscoreMAR 26

As of January 6, 1998

All-Time vs CAR

Overall: 3-0-0
At NYR: 2-0-0

Last 10 vs CAR

Overall: 3-0-0
At NYR: 2-0-0