San Jose Sharks vs New York Rangers
Regular season · Wednesday, March 11, 1998 · Madison Square Garden
Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the San Jose Sharks 5–3 on Wednesday, March 11, 1998 at Madison Square Garden. The Rangers outshot the Sharks 25–22.
Owen Nolan scored twice. Tony Granato, Alex Kovalev, Wayne Gretzky, Adam Graves, Vladimir Vorobiev and Niklas Sundstrom also scored.
Mike Richter made 19 saves on 22 shots for the win; Kelly Hrudey stopped 20 of 25.
Scoring
1st period
Tony Granato (11)Todd Gill (11), Bernie Nicholls (17)1–014:48 SJS
Alex Kovalev (11)Brian Leetch (26), Wayne Gretzky (48)1–119:08 NYR ·
2nd period
Owen Nolan (9)Patrick Marleau (13), Marty McSorley (10)2–103:28 SJS
Wayne Gretzky (18)Alex Kovalev (21), Pat LaFontaine (37)2–208:45 NYR · 
Adam Graves (19)Pat LaFontaine (38), Brian Leetch (27)2–309:12 NYR ·
3rd period
Vladimir Vorobiev (2)P.J. Stock (2), Tim Sweeney (15)2–407:46 NYR
Niklas Sundstrom (15)Wayne Gretzky (49), Kevin Stevens (24)2–508:21 NYR- Owen Nolan (10)Jeff Friesen (23), Todd Gill (12)3–511:00 SJS ·
Team stats
SJSNYR
2225
48%52%
1/63/6
1717
3332
610
3353
830
Penalties
- 3:04 into the first period
Marcus Ragnarsson · interference obstruction2 min - 11:44 into the first period
Bruce Driver · holding stick obstruction2 min - 17:37 into the first periodMarcus Ragnarsson · hooking obstruction2 min
- 17:40 into the first periodVladimir Vorobiev · interference obstruction2 min
- 18:58 into the first periodMarty McSorley · interference2 min
- 6:08 into the second periodMike Rathje · slashing2 min
- 8:00 into the second periodBill Houlder · cross checking2 min
- 8:14 into the second periodMike Rathje · tripping obstruction2 min
- 10:27 into the second periodVladimir Vorobiev · holding stick obstruction2 min
- 13:00 into the second periodAlex Kovalev · holding obstruction2 min
- 10:29 into the third periodJeff Finley · interference2 min
- 11:26 into the third periodP.J. Stock · fighting5 min
- 11:26 into the third periodStephane Matteau · fighting5 min
- 17:31 into the third periodMike Keane · hooking obstruction2 min
Season series
San Jose Sharks
| 11Owen NolanR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 21:36 |
| 23Todd GillD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 23:43 |
| 9Bernie NichollsC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15:47 |
| 14Patrick MarleauC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 16:39 |
| 21Tony GranatoR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 13:57 |
| 39Jeff FriesenL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | 16:43 |
| 33Marty McSorleyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 21:41 |
| 12Ron SutterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 07:47 |
| 15John MacLeanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 14:07 |
| 18Mike RicciC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 16:00 |
| 19Marco SturmL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:50 |
| 26Dave LowryL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:31 |
| 28Shawn BurrL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:15 |
| 37Stephane MatteauL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 14:14 |
| 2Bill HoulderD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 25:32 |
| 10Marcus RagnarssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:46 |
| 20Andrei ZyuzinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:25 |
| 40Mike RathjeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:08 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Mike VernonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 32Kelly HrudeyG | L | 25 | 5 | .800 |
New York Rangers
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 3 | 21:13 |
| 16Pat LaFontaineC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 20:16 |
| 27Alex KovalevR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 18:54 |
| 2Brian LeetchD | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 1 | 28:46 |
| 9Adam GravesL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 23:57 |
| 17Kevin StevensL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | 15:38 |
| 24Niklas SundstromR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | 19:28 |
| 28P.J. StockC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 05:17 |
| 37Tim SweeneyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 05:07 |
| 39Vladimir VorobievR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 05:21 |
| 12Mike KeaneR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:59 |
| 18Bill BergL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:31 |
| 20Brian SkrudlandC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:33 |
| 5Ulf SamuelssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:10 |
| 6Doug LidsterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:41 |
| 23Jeff BeukeboomD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 18:22 |
| 26Jeff FinleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 13:20 |
| 33Bruce DriverD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 18:25 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34Dan CloutierG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Mike RichterG | W | 22 | 3 | .864 |