St. Louis Blues vs New York Rangers
Regular season · Tuesday, January 20, 1998 · Madison Square Garden
Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the St. Louis Blues 3–1 on Tuesday, January 20, 1998 at Madison Square Garden. The Blues outshot the Rangers 47–23.
Goals came from Niklas Sundstrom, Brian Leetch, Pierre Turgeon and Pat LaFontaine.
Mike Richter made 46 saves on 47 shots for the win; Grant Fuhr stopped 20 of 23.
Scoring
1st period
Niklas Sundstrom (11)Kevin Stevens (17), Brian Leetch (17)0–103:43 NYR ·
2nd period
Brian Leetch (11)Kevin Stevens (18), Pat LaFontaine (30)0–204:54 NYR · 
Pierre Turgeon (8)Michel Picard (3), Pavol Demitra (18)1–208:32 STL
Pat LaFontaine (18)Wayne Gretzky (34), Adam Graves (9)1–318:55 NYR ·
Team stats
STLNYR
4723
66%34%
0/43/4
188
2323
917
2748
826
Penalties
- 2:01 into the first period
Michel Picard · hooking obstruction2 min - 8:02 into the first period
Jeff Beukeboom · interference obstruction2 min - 15:00 into the first periodBruce Driver · interference obstruction2 min
- 0:56 into the second periodGeoff Courtnall · elbowing2 min
- 0:56 into the second periodGeoff Courtnall · high sticking2 min
- 11:20 into the second periodAdam Graves · holding stick obstruction2 min
- 18:24 into the second periodKelly Chase · interference2 min
- 20:00 into the second periodKelly Chase · misconduct10 min
- 7:17 into the third periodMike Richter · tripping2 min
Season series
St. Louis Blues
| 34Michel PicardL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 17:42 |
| 38Pavol DemitraR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 23:36 |
| 77Pierre TurgeonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 6 | 24:32 |
| 9Darren TurcotteC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:49 |
| 14Geoff CourtnallL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:04 |
| 18Tony TwistL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:20 |
| 22Craig ConroyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:30 |
| 23Blair AtcheynumR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:11 |
| 27Terry YakeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:30 |
| 33Scott PellerinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:22 |
| 37Harry YorkC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 09:20 |
| 39Kelly ChaseR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 03:57 |
| 2Al MacInnisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 31:00 |
| 4Marc BergevinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:13 |
| 6Jamie RiversD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 12:56 |
| 20Rudy PoeschekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 05:34 |
| 28Steve DuchesneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 28:23 |
| 44Chris ProngerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | 30:24 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Jamie McLennanG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Grant FuhrG | L | 23 | 3 | .870 |
New York Rangers
| 16Pat LaFontaineC | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 4 | 16:59 |
| 17Kevin StevensL | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 2 | 15:19 |
| 2Brian LeetchD | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 16:48 |
| 9Adam GravesL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16:24 |
| 24Niklas SundstromR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 24:13 |
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22:47 |
| 12Mike KeaneR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 16:46 |
| 15Darren LangdonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 01:03 |
| 18Bill BergL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15:27 |
| 20Brian SkrudlandC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:50 |
| 27Alex KovalevR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22:54 |
| 28P.J. StockC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 02:10 |
| 37Tim SweeneyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 07:38 |
| 5Ulf SamuelssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:15 |
| 6Doug LidsterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18:36 |
| 23Jeff BeukeboomD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 13:02 |
| 29Eric CairnsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 04:59 |
| 33Bruce DriverD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24:07 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34Dan CloutierG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Mike RichterG | W | 47 | 1 | .979 |