Washington Capitals vs New York Rangers
Regular season · Monday, January 26, 1998 · Madison Square Garden
Scoring
2nd period
Adam Graves (14)Bruce Driver (8), Niklas Sundstrom (16)0–101:11 NYR
Peter Bondra (32)Andrew Brunette (5), Joe Reekie (4)1–109:55 WSH
3rd period
- Adam Graves (15)Jeff Finley (5), Wayne Gretzky (38)1–201:25 NYR
Andrew Brunette (10)Sergei Gonchar (10)2–210:21 WSH ·
Team stats
WSHNYR
2917
56%44%
1/40/4
2020
2730
813
4048
1129
Penalties
- 0:04 into the first period
P.J. Stock · fighting5 min - 0:04 into the first period
Dale Hunter · fighting5 min - 0:37 into the first periodMike Keane · high sticking2 min
- 4:55 into the first periodSergei Gonchar · roughing2 min
- 7:36 into the first periodJeff Beukeboom · elbowing2 min
- 14:52 into the first periodJeff Beukeboom · roughing2 min
- 14:52 into the first periodSteve Konowalchuk · roughing2 min
- 17:20 into the first periodJeff Beukeboom · fighting5 min
- 17:20 into the first periodCraig Berube · fighting5 min
- 1:42 into the second periodTim Sweeney · interference2 min
- 4:59 into the second periodJoe Reekie · roughing2 min
- 12:02 into the second periodAndrei Nikolishin · hooking obstruction2 min
- 17:13 into the second periodDale Hunter · holding the stick2 min
- 10:09 into the third periodUlf Samuelsson · interference2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 18Andrew BrunetteL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 19:28 |
| 12Peter BondraR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 6 | 24:54 |
| 29Joe ReekieD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 28:32 |
| 55Sergei GoncharD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 30:21 |
| 10Kelly MillerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:38 |
| 13Andrei NikolishinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 16:02 |
| 20Michal PivonkaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:57 |
| 21Jeff TomsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 5 | 13:01 |
| 22Steve KonowalchukL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:04 |
| 27Craig BerubeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 08:23 |
| 32Dale HunterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:50 |
| 44Richard ZednikR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10:43 |
| 77Adam OatesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 27:43 |
| 90Joe JuneauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 17:43 |
| 2Ken KleeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:17 |
| 3Sylvain CoteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | 27:45 |
| 19Brendan WittD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 17:13 |
| 96Phil HousleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 18:04 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Bill RanfordG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 37Olie KolzigG | T | 17 | 2 | .882 |
New York Rangers
| 9Adam GravesL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 3 | 22:14 |
| 24Niklas SundstromR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 22:26 |
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 25:23 |
| 26Jeff FinleyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 19:15 |
| 33Bruce DriverD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 24:04 |
| 12Mike KeaneR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 18:13 |
| 15Darren LangdonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 01:15 |
| 16Pat LaFontaineC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:58 |
| 17Kevin StevensL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:22 |
| 18Bill BergL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 19:28 |
| 20Brian SkrudlandC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 17:37 |
| 21Johan LindbomL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:23 |
| 28P.J. StockC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 00:51 |
| 37Tim SweeneyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:42 |
| 5Ulf SamuelssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 24:07 |
| 6Doug LidsterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 19:13 |
| 23Jeff BeukeboomD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 16:30 |
| 25Alexander KarpovtsevD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 26:09 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34Dan CloutierG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Mike RichterG | T | 29 | 2 | .931 |