Carolina Hurricanes vs New York Rangers
Regular season · Tuesday, January 6, 1998 · Madison Square Garden
Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the Carolina Hurricanes 4–2 on Tuesday, January 6, 1998 at Madison Square Garden. The Hurricanes outshot the Rangers 28–17.
Brian Leetch scored twice. Adam Graves, Tim Sweeney, Keith Primeau and Sami Kapanen also scored.
Dan Cloutier made 26 saves on 28 shots for the win; Kirk McLean stopped 13 of 17.
Scoring
1st period
Brian Leetch (8)Wayne Gretzky (27), Bill Berg (6)0–107:41 NYR
Adam Graves (12)Pat LaFontaine (28), Alex Kovalev (14)0–217:48 NYR
2nd period
Tim Sweeney (10)Adam Graves (8), Pat LaFontaine (29)0–308:13 NYR
Keith Primeau (13)Nelson Emerson (13)1–315:32 CAR
3rd period
- Brian Leetch (9)Wayne Gretzky (28), Tim Sweeney (12)1–401:55 NYR ·
Sami Kapanen (17)Robert Kron (10), Glen Wesley (13)2–409:08 CAR
Team stats
CARNYR
2817
46%54%
0/41/4
1515
2836
613
2631
1324
Penalties
- 18:05 into the first period
Kevin Haller · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min - 18:05 into the first period
Wayne Gretzky · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min - 3:10 into the second periodStu Grimson · fighting5 min
- 3:10 into the second periodDarren Langdon · fighting5 min
- 8:38 into the second periodDoug Lidster · tripping obstruction2 min
- 12:45 into the second periodNiklas Sundstrom · holding2 min
- 12:59 into the second periodNelson Emerson · tripping2 min
- 17:24 into the second periodAlexander Karpovtsev · high sticking2 min
- 0:34 into the third periodGlen Wesley · hooking2 min
- 1:41 into the third periodKeith Primeau · elbowing2 min
- 5:59 into the third periodTim Sweeney · interference2 min
- 10:36 into the third periodKent Manderville · boarding2 min
Season series
Carolina Hurricanes
| 18Robert KronC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 17:57 |
| 19Nelson EmersonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 17:06 |
| 24Sami KapanenR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 19:58 |
| 55Keith PrimeauC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 21:16 |
| 2Glen WesleyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 22:04 |
| 10Gary RobertsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 18:37 |
| 23Martin GelinasL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 19:57 |
| 27Stephen LeachR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 14:34 |
| 28Paul RanheimL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:26 |
| 32Stu GrimsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 04:04 |
| 33Bates BattagliaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 11:47 |
| 44Kent MandervilleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:02 |
| 92Jeff O'NeillC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 15:26 |
| 3Steve ChiassonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 25:08 |
| 5Kevin HallerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 18:34 |
| 6Adam BurtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:37 |
| 7Curtis LeschyshynD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 15:50 |
| 22Sean HillD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 16:06 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Kirk McLeanG | L | 17 | 4 | .765 |
| 37Trevor KiddG | 0 | 0 | – |
New York Rangers
| 9Adam GravesL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 17:28 |
| 16Pat LaFontaineC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 18:42 |
| 37Tim SweeneyR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 12:18 |
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 17:09 |
| 2Brian LeetchD | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 5 | 29:35 |
| 18Bill BergL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20:31 |
| 27Alex KovalevR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 06:53 |
| 12Mike KeaneR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 19:24 |
| 15Darren LangdonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 03:08 |
| 17Kevin StevensL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 14:15 |
| 20Brian SkrudlandC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 19:03 |
| 24Niklas SundstromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 17:58 |
| 28P.J. StockC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 02:00 |
| 6Doug LidsterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:30 |
| 25Alexander KarpovtsevD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 20:17 |
| 26Jeff FinleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 16:52 |
| 29Eric CairnsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:36 |
| 33Bruce DriverD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 26:06 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34Dan CloutierG | W | 28 | 2 | .929 |
| 35Mike RichterG | 0 | 0 | – |