New York Rangers vs Los Angeles Kings
Regular season · Thursday, February 5, 1998 · Great Western Forum
Game summary
The Los Angeles Kings beat the New York Rangers 3–1 on Thursday, February 5, 1998 at Great Western Forum. The Rangers outshot the Kings 25–23.
Russ Courtnall scored twice. Mike Eastwood and Sandy Moger also scored.
Stephane Fiset made 24 saves on 25 shots for the win; Mike Richter stopped 20 of 22.
Scoring
1st period
Russ Courtnall (6)Unassisted0–104:30 LAK ·
2nd period
Mike Eastwood (4)Doug Lidster (4), Kevin Stevens (21)1–105:45 NYR
3rd period
Sandy Moger (8)Ray Ferraro (7)1–208:02 LAK- Russ Courtnall (7)Unassisted1–319:23 LAK ·
Team stats
NYRLAK
2523
49%51%
0/50/5
1210
2724
1111
1915
1214
Penalties
- 3:51 into the first period
Matt Johnson · interference obstruction2 min - 10:35 into the first period
P.J. Stock · holding2 min - 14:39 into the first periodBruce Driver · holding stick obstruction2 min
- 16:50 into the first periodAki Berg · boarding2 min
- 0:43 into the second periodDoug Lidster · holding2 min
- 6:50 into the second periodJeff Beukeboom · tripping2 min
- 14:14 into the second periodDan Bylsma · hooking obstruction2 min
- 2:15 into the third periodMike Eastwood · interference2 min
- 8:42 into the third periodRob Blake · cross checking2 min
- 8:42 into the third periodRob Blake · slashing2 min
- 9:51 into the third periodPat LaFontaine · holding2 min
Season series
New York Rangers
| 17Kevin StevensL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 13:55 |
| 32Mike EastwoodC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 15:55 |
| 6Doug LidsterD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 19:33 |
| 9Adam GravesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | 20:10 |
| 12Mike KeaneR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:17 |
| 15Darren LangdonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:20 |
| 16Pat LaFontaineC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 16:38 |
| 18Bill BergL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 12:49 |
| 20Brian SkrudlandC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:35 |
| 24Niklas SundstromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 16:47 |
| 28P.J. StockC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 06:13 |
| 37Tim SweeneyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | 12:07 |
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 15:11 |
| 2Brian LeetchD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 3 | 29:26 |
| 5Ulf SamuelssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 17:14 |
| 23Jeff BeukeboomD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 15:04 |
| 26Jeff FinleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:55 |
| 33Bruce DriverD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 22:22 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34Dan CloutierG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Mike RichterG | L | 22 | 2 | .909 |
Los Angeles Kings
| 19Russ CourtnallR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 6 | 14:05 |
| 26Ray FerraroC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 15:36 |
| 45Sandy MogerR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 09:07 |
| 9Vladimir TsyplakovL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:56 |
| 15Jozef StumpelL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:24 |
| 17Matt JohnsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 04:10 |
| 20Luc RobitailleL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:05 |
| 22Ian LaperriereR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 11:27 |
| 24Nathan LaFayetteC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:59 |
| 27Glen MurrayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:24 |
| 42Dan BylsmaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 13:14 |
| 44Yanic PerreaultC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16:18 |
| 2Doug ZmolekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 13:47 |
| 3Garry GalleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:39 |
| 4Rob BlakeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 24:30 |
| 5Aki BergD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 19:09 |
| 6Sean O'DonnellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 22:53 |
| 14Mattias NorstromD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 23:48 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jamie StorrG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Stephane FisetG | W | 25 | 1 | .960 |