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NYR

TD GARDEN

4FINAL3

March 4, 1998

FLA

Scoring Summary

1st Period

Scott Mellanby (10)

Kirk Muller (15), Robert Svehla (29)

1-0 FLA

Score

03:24

Time

Wayne Gretzky (14) (pp)

Brian Leetch (24), Alex Kovalev (18)

1-1 Tied

Score

19:18

Time

2nd Period

Kevin Stevens (13)

Mike Keane (10), Brian Skrudland (6)

2-1 NYR

Score

16:02

Time

Ed Jovanovski (7)

Viktor Kozlov (7), Jeff Norton (11)

2-2 Tied

Score

18:59

Time

3rd Period

Niklas Sundstrom (14)

Bruce Driver (12), Wayne Gretzky (47)

3-2 NYR

Score

00:28

Time

Wayne Gretzky (15) (pp)

Brian Leetch (25), Pat LaFontaine (36)

4-2 NYR

Score

06:58

Time

Ray Whitney (23)

Ray Sheppard (14), Ed Jovanovski (7)

4-3 NYR

Score

14:54

Time

Penalties

1st Period

Team	Time	Penalty Description
	00:24	Scott Mellanby – unsportsmanlike-conduct (2 min)
	00:24	Ulf Samuelsson – unsportsmanlike-conduct (2 min)
	04:56	Paul Laus – fighting (5 min)
	04:56	Darren Langdon – fighting (5 min)
	06:48	Tim Sweeney – unsportsmanlike-conduct (2 min)
	11:25	Viktor Kozlov – interference (2 min)
	14:59	Radek Dvorak – holding (2 min)
	18:22	Paul Laus – interference (2 min)
	19:45	Dino Ciccarelli – roughing (2 min)
	19:45	Doug Lidster – roughing (2 min)

2nd Period

Team	Time	Penalty Description
	04:48	Jeff Beukeboom – roughing (2 min)
	06:14	Dino Ciccarelli – roughing (2 min)
	06:14	Dino Ciccarelli – roughing (2 min)
	06:14	Ulf Samuelsson – roughing (2 min)
	06:14	Ulf Samuelsson – roughing (2 min)
	07:50	Jeff Beukeboom – roughing (2 min)
	09:06	Rob Niedermayer – elbowing (2 min)
	11:34	Ulf Samuelsson – holding (2 min)
	17:46	Tim Sweeney – holding-obstruction (2 min)
	18:24	Ray Sheppard – high-sticking (2 min)

3rd Period

Team	Time	Penalty Description
	05:10	Ed Jovanovski – roughing (2 min)
	09:57	Doug Lidster – holding-obstruction (2 min)

FLA – Skaters
#	Player	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	1G	OTG	GWG	ENG	S	FO	FO%	Shifts	TOI	Hits	BLK	GV	TK
3	Paul Laus	D	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%	18	11:17	0	0	1	0
5	Gord Murphy	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%	27	19:54	1	0	0	0
6	Jeff Norton	D	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%	19	13:58	0	0	1	0
7	Rhett Warrener	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%	24	16:18	0	0	0	2
9	Kirk Muller	L	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%	19	12:22	1	0	0	0
10	Esa Tikkanen	L	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%	23	15:20	0	0	0	0
11	Bill Lindsay	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%	18	12:22	1	1	1	0
14	Ray Whitney	L	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0/0	0.00%	17	15:26	0	0	0	1
15	Dave Gagner	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%	21	15:33	0	0	0	0
19	Radek Dvorak	R	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%	18	11:33	1	0	0	3
21	Tom Fitzgerald	R	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0/0	0.00%	19	11:56	0	0	0	0
22	Dino Ciccarelli	R	0	0	0	-1	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%	17	13:17	0	0	0	0
24	Robert Svehla	D	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0/0	0.00%	28	30:33	0	1	0	1
25	Viktor Kozlov	C	0	1	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0/0	0.00%	22	16:35	2	0	0	0
26	Ray Sheppard	R	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%	17	12:54	0	0	0	1
27	Scott Mellanby	R	1	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	0/0	0.00%	18	16:36	0	0	0	0
44	Rob Niedermayer	C	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%	23	18:39	1	0	0	0
55	Ed Jovanovski	D	1	1	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0/0	0.00%	28	21:37	0	1	1	0

FLA – Goalies
#	Player			1ST	2ND	3RD	SV	SA	GA	EV	PP	SH	SV%	GAA	TOI
1	Kevin Weekes	★	L				30	34	4	2	2	0	.882	4.07	59:01
34	John Vanbiesbrouck						0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00	00:00

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	0	2	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0/0	0.00%	29	30:12	0	0	1	1
5	Ulf Samuelsson	D	0	0	0	-1	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%	23	16:43	0	0	1	0
6	Doug Lidster	D	0	0	0	-1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%	24	16:46	1	0	0	0
9	Adam Graves	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0/0	0.00%	26	22:23	0	0	0	0
12	Mike Keane	R	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%	21	14:59	0	0	0	0
15	Darren Langdon	L	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%	2	00:37	0	0	0	0
16	Pat LaFontaine	C	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%	22	18:48	0	0	0	0
17	Kevin Stevens	L	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0/0	0.00%	19	13:43	0	0	0	1
18	Bill Berg	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%	18	10:14	0	0	0	1
20	Brian Skrudland	C	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%	20	12:57	0	0	0	0
23	Jeff Beukeboom	D	0	0	0	-1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%	22	14:31	3	0	0	0
24	Niklas Sundstrom	R	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0/0	0.00%	20	16:07	1	0	0	1
26	Jeff Finley	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%	20	12:58	0	0	0	0
27	Alex Kovalev	R	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%	20	16:38	0	0	3	0
32	Mike Eastwood	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%	15	07:28	0	0	0	0
33	Bruce Driver	D	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0/0	0.00%	30	25:37	0	0	0	0
37	Tim Sweeney	R	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%	17	10:41	0	0	1	0
99	Wayne Gretzky	C	2	1	3	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0/0	0.00%	24	20:58	0	0	0	1

NYR – Goalies
#	Player			1ST	2ND	3RD	SV	SA	GA	EV	PP	SH	SV%	GAA	TOI
34	Dan Cloutier						0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00	00:00
35	Mike Richter	★	W				39	42	3	3	0	0	.929	3.00	60:00

FLA

NYR

Game Stats

3	Goals	4
42	Shots	34
0.0% (0/7)	Power Play	28.6% (2/7)
25	Penalty Minutes	25
7	Hits	5
3	Blocks	0
4	Giveaways	6
8	Takeaways	5

Goals by Period

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

Shots by Period

	1	2	3	T
	13	15	6	34
	13	11	18	42

Season Series: 3-1-1

FLA 1

NYR 3

FINALBoxscoreNOV 18

FLA 1

NYR 1

FINAL OTBoxscoreNOV 30

FLA 4

NYR 3

FINALBoxscoreDEC 12

FLA 2

NYR 4

FINALBoxscoreDEC 17

FLA 3

NYR 4

FINALBoxscoreMAR 4

As of March 4, 1998

All-Time vs FLA

Overall: 11-9-5-0
At FLA: 4-4-4-0

Last 10 vs FLA

Overall: 4-3-3-0
At FLA: 2-4-4-0