New York Rangers vs Florida Panthers
Regular season · Wednesday, March 4, 1998 · Miami Arena
Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the Florida Panthers 4–3 on Wednesday, March 4, 1998 at Miami Arena. The Panthers outshot the Rangers 42–34.
Wayne Gretzky scored twice. Scott Mellanby, Kevin Stevens, Ed Jovanovski, Niklas Sundstrom and Ray Whitney also scored.
Mike Richter made 39 saves on 42 shots for the win; Kevin Weekes stopped 30 of 34.
Scoring
1st period
Scott Mellanby (10)Kirk Muller (15), Robert Svehla (29)0–103:24 FLA
Wayne Gretzky (14)Brian Leetch (24), Alex Kovalev (18)1–119:18 NYR ·
2nd period
Kevin Stevens (13)Mike Keane (10), Brian Skrudland (6)2–116:02 NYR
Ed Jovanovski (7)Viktor Kozlov (7), Jeff Norton (11)2–218:59 FLA
3rd period
Niklas Sundstrom (14)Bruce Driver (12), Wayne Gretzky (47)3–200:28 NYR- Wayne Gretzky (15)Brian Leetch (25), Pat LaFontaine (36)4–206:58 NYR ·
Ray Whitney (23)Ray Sheppard (14), Ed Jovanovski (7)4–314:54 FLA
Team stats
NYRFLA
3442
44%56%
2/60/6
2525
57
03
64
58
Penalties
- 0:24 into the first period
Scott Mellanby · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min - 0:24 into the first period
Ulf Samuelsson · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min - 4:56 into the first periodPaul Laus · fighting5 min
- 4:56 into the first periodDarren Langdon · fighting5 min
- 6:48 into the first periodTim Sweeney · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 11:25 into the first periodViktor Kozlov · interference2 min
- 14:59 into the first periodRadek Dvorak · holding2 min
- 18:22 into the first periodPaul Laus · interference2 min
- 19:45 into the first periodDino Ciccarelli · roughing2 min
- 19:45 into the first periodDoug Lidster · roughing2 min
- 4:48 into the second periodJeff Beukeboom · roughing2 min
- 6:14 into the second periodDino Ciccarelli · roughing2 min
- 6:14 into the second periodDino Ciccarelli · roughing2 min
- 6:14 into the second periodUlf Samuelsson · roughing2 min
- 6:14 into the second periodUlf Samuelsson · roughing2 min
- 7:50 into the second periodJeff Beukeboom · roughing2 min
- 9:06 into the second periodRob Niedermayer · elbowing2 min
- 11:34 into the second periodUlf Samuelsson · holding2 min
- 17:46 into the second periodTim Sweeney · holding obstruction2 min
- 18:24 into the second periodRay Sheppard · high sticking2 min
- 5:10 into the third periodEd Jovanovski · roughing2 min
- 9:57 into the third periodDoug Lidster · holding obstruction2 min
Season series
New York Rangers
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 20:58 |
| 2Brian LeetchD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 6 | 30:12 |
| 12Mike KeaneR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14:59 |
| 16Pat LaFontaineC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18:48 |
| 17Kevin StevensL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 13:43 |
| 20Brian SkrudlandC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12:57 |
| 24Niklas SundstromR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 16:07 |
| 27Alex KovalevR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 16:38 |
| 33Bruce DriverD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 6 | 25:37 |
| 9Adam GravesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 8 | 22:23 |
| 15Darren LangdonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 00:37 |
| 18Bill BergL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 10:14 |
| 32Mike EastwoodC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 07:28 |
| 37Tim SweeneyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:41 |
| 5Ulf SamuelssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 16:43 |
| 6Doug LidsterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 16:46 |
| 23Jeff BeukeboomD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 14:31 |
| 26Jeff FinleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 12:58 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34Dan CloutierG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Mike RichterG | W | 42 | 3 | .929 |
Florida Panthers
| 55Ed JovanovskiD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 4 | 21:37 |
| 9Kirk MullerL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 12:22 |
| 14Ray WhitneyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 15:26 |
| 25Viktor KozlovC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 5 | 16:35 |
| 26Ray SheppardR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 12:54 |
| 27Scott MellanbyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 16:36 |
| 6Jeff NortonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13:58 |
| 24Robert SvehlaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 6 | 30:33 |
| 10Esa TikkanenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 15:20 |
| 11Bill LindsayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 12:22 |
| 15Dave GagnerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 15:33 |
| 19Radek DvorakR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:33 |
| 21Tom FitzgeraldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 11:56 |
| 22Dino CiccarelliR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 13:17 |
| 44Rob NiedermayerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18:39 |
| 3Paul LausD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:17 |
| 5Gord MurphyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 19:54 |
| 7Rhett WarrenerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 16:18 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Kevin WeekesG | L | 34 | 4 | .882 |
| 34John VanbiesbrouckG | 0 | 0 | – |