New York Rangers vs New Jersey Devils
Regular season · Wednesday, January 14, 1998 · Continental Airlines Arena
Game summary
The New Jersey Devils beat the New York Rangers 4–1 on Wednesday, January 14, 1998 at Continental Airlines Arena. The Devils outshot the Rangers 22–19.
Goals came from Bobby Carpenter, Bobby Holik, Denis Pederson, Alex Kovalev and Steve Thomas.
Martin Brodeur made 18 saves on 19 shots for the win; Dan Cloutier stopped 11 of 14.
Scoring
1st period
Bobby Carpenter (7)Brian Rolston (8), Scott Stevens (13)0–106:35 NJD
Bobby Holik (19)Brad Bombardir (4), Dave Andreychuk (17)0–208:06 NJD
2nd period
Denis Pederson (10)Patrik Elias (10), Scott Niedermayer (28)0–301:21 NJD · 
Alex Kovalev (8)Brian Leetch (16), Kevin Stevens (16)1–303:58 NYR ·
3rd period
Steve Thomas (7)Brian Rolston (9), Scott Stevens (14)1–417:44 NJD ·
Team stats
NYRNJD
1922
40%60%
1/11/2
1412
2327
810
710
1222
Penalties
- 6:55 into the first period
Scott Daniels · fighting5 min - 6:55 into the first period
Sylvain Blouin · fighting5 min - 7:00 into the first periodJason Arnott · fighting5 min
- 7:00 into the first periodP.J. Stock · fighting5 min
- 11:03 into the first periodEric Cairns · cross checking2 min
- 0:41 into the second periodAlex Kovalev · hooking obstruction2 min
- 2:39 into the second periodDoug Bodger · hooking obstruction2 min
Season series
New York Rangers
| 17Kevin StevensL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16:03 |
| 27Alex KovalevR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 4 | 24:03 |
| 2Brian LeetchD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 | 27:32 |
| 9Adam GravesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 16:05 |
| 12Mike KeaneR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 18:41 |
| 15Darren LangdonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 02:47 |
| 16Pat LaFontaineC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | 20:25 |
| 18Bill BergL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 14:04 |
| 21Johan LindbomL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:19 |
| 24Niklas SundstromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 24:01 |
| 28P.J. StockC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:30 |
| 30Sylvain BlouinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 00:55 |
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | 22:53 |
| 6Doug LidsterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 17:15 |
| 25Alexander KarpovtsevD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 19:05 |
| 26Jeff FinleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 18:32 |
| 29Eric CairnsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 15:23 |
| 38Ronnie SundinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22:04 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34Dan CloutierG | L | 14 | 3 | .786 |
| 35Mike RichterG | 7 | 0 | 1.000 |
New Jersey Devils
| 14Brian RolstonR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 18:49 |
| 4Scott StevensD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | 27:28 |
| 10Denis PedersonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 12:21 |
| 16Bobby HolikC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 17:11 |
| 19Bobby CarpenterC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 17:26 |
| 23Dave AndreychukL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 19:19 |
| 26Patrik EliasC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 15:56 |
| 32Steve ThomasR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 17:12 |
| 6Brad BombardirD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 18:13 |
| 27Scott NiedermayerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 21:34 |
| 21Randy MckayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 16:48 |
| 22Scott DanielsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:32 |
| 25Jason ArnottC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:30 |
| 29Krzysztof OliwaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 02:32 |
| 93Doug GilmourC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23:20 |
| 2Sheldon SourayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:29 |
| 5Doug BodgerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:51 |
| 24Lyle OdeleinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 25:03 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mike DunhamG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Martin BrodeurG | W | 19 | 1 | .947 |