New York Rangers vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Saturday, January 3, 1998 · MCI Center
Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the Washington Capitals 3–2 on Saturday, January 3, 1998 at MCI Center. The Rangers outshot the Capitals 27–20.
Wayne Gretzky scored twice. Andrew Brunette, Mark Tinordi and Adam Graves also scored.
Dan Cloutier made 16 saves on 16 shots for the win; Olie Kolzig stopped 24 of 27.
Scoring
1st period
Andrew Brunette (3)Todd Krygier (5), Mark Tinordi (9)0–100:31 WSH
Mark Tinordi (7)Adam Oates (30)0–206:20 WSH ·
2nd period
Wayne Gretzky (11)Bruce Driver (6), Darren Langdon (3)1–204:53 NYR
3rd period
Adam Graves (11)Pat LaFontaine (27), Tim Sweeney (11)2–201:34 NYR- Wayne Gretzky (12)Niklas Sundstrom (15)3–219:38 NYR
Team stats
NYRWSH
2720
47%53%
0/50/4
2022
817
1210
78
59
Penalties
- 3:09 into the first period
Bruce Driver · interference2 min - 5:17 into the first period
Peter Bondra · holding the stick2 min - 7:57 into the first periodDarren Langdon · fighting5 min
- 7:57 into the first periodCraig Berube · fighting5 min
- 8:07 into the first periodBrian Skrudland · fighting5 min
- 8:07 into the first periodDale Hunter · fighting5 min
- 12:02 into the first periodKevin Stevens · roughing2 min
- 12:02 into the first periodMark Tinordi · roughing2 min
- 12:02 into the first periodMark Tinordi · roughing2 min
- 17:26 into the first periodAlexander Karpovtsev · holding obstruction2 min
- 19:51 into the first periodAdam Oates · high sticking2 min
- 7:13 into the second periodBrian Skrudland · hooking obstruction2 min
- 11:06 into the second periodDale Hunter · roughing2 min
- 12:55 into the second periodKevin Stevens · charging2 min
- 9:47 into the third periodCraig Berube · high sticking2 min
Season series
New York Rangers
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 16:53 |
| 9Adam GravesL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 19:06 |
| 15Darren LangdonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 06:11 |
| 16Pat LaFontaineC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18:34 |
| 24Niklas SundstromR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 16:46 |
| 37Tim SweeneyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 11:19 |
| 33Bruce DriverD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 26:39 |
| 12Mike KeaneR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 18:15 |
| 17Kevin StevensL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 14:30 |
| 18Bill BergL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:11 |
| 20Brian SkrudlandC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 13:30 |
| 27Alex KovalevR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:34 |
| 28P.J. StockC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:55 |
| 2Brian LeetchD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | 28:13 |
| 5Ulf SamuelssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 07:10 |
| 25Alexander KarpovtsevD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 27:26 |
| 26Jeff FinleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 0 | 18:05 |
| 29Eric CairnsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:51 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34Dan CloutierG | W | 16 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 35Mike RichterG | 4 | 2 | .500 |
Washington Capitals
| 24Mark TinordiD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 20:17 |
| 9Todd KrygierL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | 19:48 |
| 18Andrew BrunetteL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18:47 |
| 77Adam OatesC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 24:18 |
| 8Jan BulisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:03 |
| 10Kelly MillerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 12:11 |
| 12Peter BondraR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 18:14 |
| 20Michal PivonkaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:47 |
| 22Steve KonowalchukL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19:38 |
| 27Craig BerubeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:11 |
| 32Dale HunterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 10:33 |
| 36Mike EaglesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:21 |
| 44Richard ZednikR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 07:18 |
| 3Sylvain CoteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18:40 |
| 6Calle JohanssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 24:43 |
| 19Brendan WittD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 18:00 |
| 29Joe ReekieD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:20 |
| 55Sergei GoncharD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21:09 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Stephane BeauregardG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 37Olie KolzigG | L | 27 | 3 | .889 |