BOXSCORE
New York Rangers
Madison Square Garden
2 FINAL OT 1
March 18, 1998
Montréal Canadiens
Scoring Summary
3rd Period
Mike Eastwood (5)
Tim Sweeney (16), Kevin Stevens (25)
1-0 NYR
Score
00:28
Time
Jonas Hoglund (8) (pp)
Mark Recchi (35), Saku Koivu (38)
1-1 Tied
Score
13:39
Time
Overtime Period
Kevin Stevens (14)
Wayne Gretzky (55), Tim Sweeney (17)
2-1 NYR
Score
04:41
Time
Penalties
1st Period
| Team | Time | Penalty |
|---|---|---|
| — | — | No penalties taken |
2nd Period
| Team | Time | Penalty |
|---|---|---|
| 12:49 | Vladimir Malakhov – interference (2 min) |
3rd Period
| Team | Time | Penalty |
|---|---|---|
| 00:49 | – too-many-men-on-the-ice (2 min) | |
| 12:43 | Niklas Sundstrom – tripping (2 min) |
| # | Player | POS | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | HITS | PPG | S | FO% | TOI | BLK | SHIFT | GV | TK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | B. Leetch | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.00% | 32:17 | 2 | 30 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | U. Samuelsson | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 21:13 | 0 | 31 | 5 | 2 |
| 6 | D. Lidster | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | 14:20 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | A. Graves | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 63.00% | 19:37 | 0 | 20 | 5 | 0 |
| 10 | M. Savard | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 56.00% | 15:57 | 0 | 22 | 3 | 0 |
| 12 | M. Keane | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | 16:32 | 0 | 22 | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | G. Smith | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 25:33 | 2 | 26 | 2 | 1 |
| 15 | D. Langdon | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 06:40 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 2 |
| 17 | K. Stevens | L | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0.00% | 15:26 | 0 | 23 | 4 | 2 |
| 18 | B. Berg | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 07:10 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 1 |
| 20 | B. Skrudland | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40.00% | 05:56 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | N. Sundstrom | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 67.00% | 23:11 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 2 |
| 26 | J. Finley | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | 10:51 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 1 |
| 27 | A. Kovalev | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | 27:27 | 0 | 31 | 5 | 2 |
| 32 | M. Eastwood | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 38.00% | 12:31 | 0 | 23 | 2 | 1 |
| 33 | B. Driver | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.00% | 25:05 | 1 | 29 | 2 | 1 |
| 37 | T. Sweeney | R | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0.00% | 13:56 | 0 | 21 | 4 | 1 |
| 99 | W. Gretzky | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 63.00% | 28:41 | 0 | 33 | 4 | 0 |
| # | Player | SV | SA | GA | EV | PP | SH | SV% | GAA | TOI | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34 | D. Cloutier | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0/0 | 0/0/0 | 0/0/0 | 0.000 | 0.00 | 60:00 | ||
| 35 | M. Richter | x | W | 24 | 24 | 1 | 0/24/24 | 1/0/1 | 0/0/0 | 0.960 | 0.93 | 64:41 |
| # | Player | POS | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | HITS | PPG | S | FO% | TOI | BLK | SHIFT | GV | TK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Z. Zalapski | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | 22:04 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | S. Quintal | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.00% | 19:25 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | M. Recchi | R | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 100.00% | 23:34 | 0 | 35 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | S. Koivu | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 61.00% | 22:23 | 0 | 35 | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | B. Brunet | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 19:25 | 0 | 33 | 5 | 1 |
| 22 | D. Manson | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | 22:26 | 3 | 21 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | T. Stevenson | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 03:51 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | M. Rucinsky | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | 17:21 | 1 | 27 | 2 | 0 |
| 28 | M. Bureau | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 43.00% | 23:26 | 2 | 44 | 3 | 0 |
| 29 | B. Clark | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 03:09 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 |
| 34 | P. Popovic | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 21:36 | 0 | 27 | 1 | 0 |
| 37 | P. Poulin | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | 23:13 | 0 | 42 | 2 | 0 |
| 38 | V. Malakhov | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | 21:40 | 2 | 24 | 2 | 2 |
| 43 | P. Brisebois | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 22:14 | 1 | 23 | 2 | 1 |
| 44 | J. Hoglund | R | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0.00% | 14:28 | 0 | 23 | 2 | 0 |
| 49 | B. Savage | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 17.00% | 14:13 | 0 | 21 | 2 | 0 |
| 52 | C. Rivet | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0.00% | 21:24 | 0 | 45 | 2 | 0 |
| 71 | S. Bordeleau | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 100.00% | 03:39 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| # | Player | SV | SA | GA | EV | PP | SH | SV% | GAA | TOI | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35 | A. Moog | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0/0 | 0/0/0 | 0/0/0 | 0.000 | 0.00 | 60:00 | ||
| 41 | J. Thibault | x | L | 23 | 23 | 2 | 2/22/24 | 0/1/1 | 0/0/0 | 0.920 | 1.86 | 64:41 |
NYR
VS
MTL
Game Stats
| 2 | Goals | 1 |
| 25 | Shots | 25 |
| 2 | Penalty Minutes | 2 |
| 14 | Hits | 10 |
| 7 | Blocks | 9 |
| 45 | Give Aways | 29 |
| 18 | Take Aways | 7 |
Goals by Period
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | OT | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Season Series: 1-2-1
As of March 18, 1998
All-Time vs MTL
Overall: 169-289-90-7
At NYR: 113-106-54-4
Last 10 vs MTL
Overall: 4-4-2-0
At NYR: 6-1-3-0
