New York Rangers vs San Jose Sharks
Regular season · Monday, February 2, 1998 · San Jose Arena
Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the San Jose Sharks 3–2 on Monday, February 2, 1998 at San Jose Arena. The Sharks outshot the Rangers 27–24.
Goals came from Mike Eastwood, Kevin Stevens, P.J. Stock, Bernie Nicholls and Owen Nolan.
Mike Richter made 25 saves on 27 shots for the win; Kelly Hrudey stopped 21 of 24.
Scoring
1st period
Mike Eastwood (3)Bill Berg (7), Niklas Sundstrom (17)1–015:20 NYR
2nd period
Kevin Stevens (11)Wayne Gretzky (41), Mike Keane (9)2–010:09 NYR ·
3rd period
P.J. Stock (1)Kevin Stevens (20), Mike Eastwood (4)3–002:57 NYR
Bernie Nicholls (3)Jeff Friesen (18), Ron Sutter (4)3–105:29 SJS
Owen Nolan (8)Bernie Nicholls (14), Bill Houlder (17)3–209:59 SJS
Team stats
NYRSJS
2427
44%56%
1/40/5
1713
106
40
310
27
Penalties
- 11:57 into the first period
Jeff Beukeboom · hooking2 min - 13:05 into the first period
John MacLean · tripping obstruction2 min - 18:36 into the first periodMarcus Ragnarsson · hooking2 min
- 5:16 into the second periodDarren Langdon · fighting5 min
- 5:16 into the second periodMarty McSorley · fighting5 min
- 9:08 into the second periodTodd Gill · holding the stick2 min
- 11:07 into the second periodUlf Samuelsson · tripping2 min
- 14:11 into the second periodRon Sutter · tripping2 min
- 17:10 into the second periodMike Keane · roughing2 min
- 17:10 into the second periodAlexander Karpovtsev · high sticking2 min
- 10:28 into the third periodBrian Leetch · tripping2 min
- 14:29 into the third periodJeff Finley · holding obstruction2 min
Season series
New York Rangers
| 17Kevin StevensL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 07:00 |
| 32Mike EastwoodC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 08:09 |
| 12Mike KeaneR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17:52 |
| 18Bill BergL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 18:19 |
| 24Niklas SundstromR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 16:26 |
| 28P.J. StockC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 06:07 |
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 17:16 |
| 9Adam GravesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19:37 |
| 15Darren LangdonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:37 |
| 16Pat LaFontaineC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18:50 |
| 20Brian SkrudlandC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:16 |
| 37Tim SweeneyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:20 |
| 2Brian LeetchD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 28:03 |
| 5Ulf SamuelssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:00 |
| 23Jeff BeukeboomD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 21:08 |
| 25Alexander KarpovtsevD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:13 |
| 26Jeff FinleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 14:44 |
| 33Bruce DriverD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 24:40 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34Dan CloutierG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Mike RichterG | W | 27 | 2 | .926 |
San Jose Sharks
| 9Bernie NichollsC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 14:48 |
| 11Owen NolanR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 20:09 |
| 12Ron SutterC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | 06:11 |
| 39Jeff FriesenL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 15:52 |
| 2Bill HoulderD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 27:52 |
| 15John MacLeanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 21:03 |
| 18Mike RicciC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19:27 |
| 19Marco SturmL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:36 |
| 21Tony GranatoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:03 |
| 22Murray CravenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 18:10 |
| 26Dave LowryL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 05:44 |
| 28Shawn BurrL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 13:23 |
| 37Stephane MatteauL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:30 |
| 10Marcus RagnarssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 24:25 |
| 20Andrei ZyuzinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:28 |
| 23Todd GillD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 15:58 |
| 33Marty McSorleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 16:32 |
| 40Mike RathjeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 22:22 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Mike VernonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 32Kelly HrudeyG | L | 24 | 3 | .875 |