New York Rangers vs Montréal Canadiens

Regular season · Thursday, March 12, 1998 · Centre Molson

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1–4

Final

SOG 24–18

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Game summary

The Montréal Canadiens beat the New York Rangers 4-1 on Thursday, March 12, 1998 at Centre Molson. The Rangers outshot the Canadiens 24-18.

Marc Bureau scored twice. Saku Koivu, Adam Graves and Benoit Brunet also scored.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
NYR	0	1	0	1	24
MTL	2	1	1	4	18

Scoring

1st period

Marc Bureau (10)Zarley Zalapski (9)0–100:31 MTL
Marc Bureau (11)Unassisted0–217:34 MTL

2nd period

Saku Koivu (12)Martin Rucinsky (26)0–305:30 MTL · SHG
Adam Graves (20)Brian Leetch (28), Pat LaFontaine (39)1–315:42 NYR · PPG

3rd period

Benoit Brunet (7)Mark Recchi (34), Vladimir Malakhov (22)1–417:38 MTL

Team stats

NYRMTL

24Shots on goal18

52%Faceoff %48%

1/7Power play0/3

13Penalty minutes21

14Hits14

4Blocked shots11

13Giveaways15

4Takeaways4

Penalties

1st 02:30Sebastien Bordeleau · high sticking2 min
1st 02:30Darren Langdon · roughing2 min
1st 08:00Pat LaFontaine · interference2 min
1st 10:01Scott Thornton · hooking obstruction2 min
1st 18:14Peter Popovic · tripping2 min
2nd 03:20Turner Stevenson · fighting5 min
2nd 03:20Jeff Beukeboom · fighting5 min
2nd 04:34Scott Thornton · holding obstruction2 min
2nd 15:10Scott Thornton · high sticking2 min
2nd 17:57Brian Savage · holding2 min
3rd 01:15Vladimir Vorobiev · high sticking2 min
3rd 02:15Saku Koivu · tripping obstruction2 min
3rd 11:09Patrick Poulin · hooking obstruction2 min
3rd 11:44Bruce Driver · tripping2 min

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