New York Rangers vs New Jersey Devils
Regular season · Saturday, March 7, 1998 · Continental Airlines Arena
Game summary
The New Jersey Devils beat the New York Rangers 6–3 on Saturday, March 7, 1998 at Continental Airlines Arena. The Devils outshot the Rangers 37–18.
Goals came from Steve Thomas, P.J. Stock, Scott Niedermayer, Brian Leetch, Jason Arnott, Wayne Gretzky, Krzysztof Oliwa, Bobby Holik and Petr Sykora.
Martin Brodeur made 15 saves on 18 shots for the win; Mike Richter stopped 31 of 37.
Scoring
1st period
Steve Thomas (12)Scott Niedermayer (35), Jason Arnott (20)0–106:05 NJD ·
2nd period
P.J. Stock (2)Mike Eastwood (5), Bill Berg (8)1–103:11 NYR
Scott Niedermayer (10)Bobby Holik (27)1–207:46 NJD · 
Brian Leetch (15)Alex Kovalev (19)2–208:32 NYR
Jason Arnott (9)Steve Thomas (7), Petr Sykora (15)2–312:14 NJD · 
Wayne Gretzky (16)Kevin Stevens (22)3–315:29 NYR ·
3rd period
Krzysztof Oliwa (1)Patrik Elias (11), Sergei Brylin (1)3–410:05 NJD
Bobby Holik (27)Dave Andreychuk (24), Lyle Odelein (19)3–511:13 NJD
Petr Sykora (14)Dave Andreychuk (25)3–613:33 NJD
Team stats
NYRNJD
1837
42%58%
1/53/5
1414
3035
105
12
210
Penalties
- 2:25 into the first period
Krzysztof Oliwa · interference2 min - 5:59 into the first period
Mike Eastwood · tripping obstruction2 min - 18:49 into the first periodBobby Holik · high sticking2 min
- 18:49 into the first periodJeff Beukeboom · roughing2 min
- 7:42 into the second periodBruce Driver · interference2 min
- 11:36 into the second periodMike Eastwood · holding stick obstruction2 min
- 12:29 into the second periodBobby Carpenter · high sticking2 min
- 12:29 into the second periodBobby Carpenter · high sticking2 min
- 17:49 into the second periodBruce Driver · tripping obstruction2 min
- 18:34 into the second periodJeff Beukeboom · high sticking2 min
- 20:00 into the second periodDenis Pederson · roughing2 min
- 20:00 into the second periodUlf Samuelsson · roughing2 min
- 2:58 into the third periodKen Daneyko · interference2 min
- 11:30 into the third periodDenis Pederson · elbowing2 min
Season series
New York Rangers
| 17Kevin StevensL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 0 | 17:57 |
| 18Bill BergL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 06:29 |
| 27Alex KovalevR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 18:56 |
| 28P.J. StockC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 06:10 |
| 32Mike EastwoodC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 06:41 |
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | 21:52 |
| 2Brian LeetchD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 30:55 |
| 9Adam GravesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19:00 |
| 12Mike KeaneR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 15:08 |
| 16Pat LaFontaineC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 18:07 |
| 20Brian SkrudlandC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 12:46 |
| 24Niklas SundstromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:47 |
| 37Tim SweeneyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:31 |
| 5Ulf SamuelssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 17:15 |
| 6Doug LidsterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:45 |
| 23Jeff BeukeboomD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 13:55 |
| 26Jeff FinleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 12:43 |
| 33Bruce DriverD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 24:17 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34Dan CloutierG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Mike RichterG | L | 37 | 6 | .838 |
New Jersey Devils
| 16Bobby HolikC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 16:04 |
| 17Petr SykoraR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 20:04 |
| 23Dave AndreychukL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 15:46 |
| 25Jason ArnottC | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 6 | 14:27 |
| 32Steve ThomasR | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 3 | 14:51 |
| 27Scott NiedermayerD | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 22:20 |
| 18Sergei BrylinL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 10:34 |
| 26Patrik EliasC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 12:15 |
| 29Krzysztof OliwaL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 08:12 |
| 24Lyle OdeleinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 23:47 |
| 10Denis PedersonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:31 |
| 14Brian RolstonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16:35 |
| 19Bobby CarpenterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 17:10 |
| 21Randy MckayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 12:31 |
| 2Sheldon SourayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:52 |
| 3Ken DaneykoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:11 |
| 4Scott StevensD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 26:01 |
| 5Doug BodgerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 16:03 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mike DunhamG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Martin BrodeurG | W | 18 | 3 | .833 |