Vancouver Canucks vs New York Rangers
Regular season · Sunday, March 18, 1990 · Madison Square Garden
Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the Vancouver Canucks 5–2 on Sunday, March 18, 1990 at Madison Square Garden. The Rangers outshot the Canucks 41–24.
Goals came from Troy Mallette, Paul Broten, Lindy Ruff, Adrian Plavsic, Normand Rochefort, Greg Adams and Mike Gartner.
Mike Richter made 22 saves on 24 shots for the win; Steve Weeks stopped 36 of 41.
Scoring
1st period
Troy Mallette (9)James Patrick (39), Bernie Nicholls (67)0–102:48 NYR · 
Paul Broten (4)Mark Janssens (7), Lindy Ruff (6)0–204:43 NYR
Lindy Ruff (3)Mark Janssens (8), Paul Broten (3)0–312:38 NYR
Adrian Plavsic (2)Vladimir Krutov (23), Dan Quinn (34)1–319:56 VAN ·
2nd period
Normand Rochefort (3)Darren Turcotte (29), Kevin Miller (3)1–404:01 NYR
Greg Adams (27)Dan Quinn (35), Igor Larionov (25)2–413:53 VAN ·
3rd period
Mike Gartner (40)James Patrick (40), Darren Turcotte (30)2–516:45 NYR ·
Team stats
VANNYR
2441
0%0%
2/42/4
4640
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:53 into the first period
Brian Bradley · tripping2 min - 18:05 into the first period
Bernie Nicholls · holding2 min - 4:09 into the second periodTroy Mallette · fighting5 min
- 4:09 into the second periodRonnie Stern · fighting5 min
- 5:33 into the second periodJyrki Lumme · tripping2 min
- 7:08 into the second periodJohn Ogrodnick · slashing2 min
- 7:08 into the second periodGarth Butcher · slashing2 min
- 9:54 into the second periodTroy Mallette · fighting5 min
- 9:54 into the second periodTroy Mallette · misconduct10 min
- 9:54 into the second periodTroy Mallette · attempt to injure10 min
- 9:54 into the second periodRonnie Stern · roughing2 min
- 9:54 into the second periodRonnie Stern · fighting5 min
- 9:54 into the second periodRonnie Stern · misconduct10 min
- 9:54 into the second periodRonnie Stern · game misconduct10 min
- 10:23 into the second periodMike Gartner · high sticking2 min
- 10:23 into the second periodGarth Butcher · roughing2 min
- 18:50 into the second periodAndrew Mcbain · slashing2 min
- 13:21 into the third periodJames Patrick · hooking2 min
- 16:10 into the third periodBrian Bradley · slashing2 min
- 19:49 into the third periodKris King · roughing2 min
- 19:49 into the third periodGarth Butcher · roughing2 min
Season series
Vancouver Canucks
| 7Dan QuinnC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 8Greg AdamsL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 17Vladimir KrutovL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 18Igor LarionovC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 15Adrian PlavsicD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 9Andrew McbainR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 10Brian BradleyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 14Steve BozekL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 19Jim SandlakR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 20Ronnie SternR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Craig CoxeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 28Dave CapuanoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Kevan GuyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 3Doug LidsterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 5Garth ButcherD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 21Jyrki LummeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 23Paul ReinhartD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 36Jim AgnewD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Kirk McLeanG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Steve WeeksG | L | 41 | 5 | .878 |
New York Rangers
| 8Darren TurcotteC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 15Mark JanssensC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 37Paul BrotenR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 44Lindy RuffL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 3James PatrickD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 9Bernie NichollsC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Mike GartnerR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 26Troy MalletteL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 32Kevin MillerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 5Normand RochefortD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 11Kelly KisioC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 12Kris KingL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 19Brian MullenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25John OgrodnickL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 6Miloslav HoravaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 24Randy MollerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 36Todd CharlesworthD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 38Jeff BloembergD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33Bob FroeseG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Mike RichterG | W | 24 | 2 | .917 |