New York Rangers vs Boston Bruins

Regular season · Saturday, March 14, 1998 · FleetCenter

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32–22

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Game summary

The Boston Bruins beat the New York Rangers 5–1 on Saturday, March 14, 1998 at FleetCenter. The Rangers outshot the Bruins 32–22.

Dmitri Khristich scored twice and Jason Allison scored a hat trick. Brian Leetch also scored.

Byron Dafoe made 31 saves on 32 shots for the win; Mike Richter stopped 11 of 16.

Goals
NYR	0	1	0	1	32
BOS	2	2	1	5	22

Scoring

1st period

Dmitri Khristich (23)Ray Bourque (26), Jason Allison (41)0–103:35 BOS ·
Jason Allison (26)Dmitri Khristich (24), Hal Gill (3)0–215:09 BOS

2nd period

Brian Leetch (16)Wayne Gretzky (50), Alex Kovalev (22)1–206:38 NYR ·
Jason Allison (27)Sergei Samsonov (20), Dmitri Khristich (25)1–311:30 BOS
Jason Allison (28)Dmitri Khristich (26), Sergei Samsonov (21)1–419:11 BOS

3rd period

Dmitri Khristich (24)Jason Allison (42), Dave Ellett (16)1–505:11 BOS

Team stats

NYRBOS

3222

46%54%

1/31/4

108

115

512

35

45

Penalties

2:14 into the first periodBrian Leetch · holding obstruction2 min
9:22 into the first periodKyle McLaren · hooking obstruction2 min
14:06 into the first periodDarren Van Impe · roughing2 min
14:06 into the first periodKevin Stevens · roughing2 min
18:36 into the first periodAlex Kovalev · hooking2 min
19:09 into the first periodJeff Beukeboom · slashing2 min
6:21 into the second periodTed Donato · interference2 min
13:55 into the second periodMike Sullivan · interference2 min
8:17 into the third periodTim Sweeney · slashing2 min

Season series

New York Rangers

New York Rangers skaters

27Alex KovalevR	0	1	1	−1	1	0	0	2	–	0	1	16	14:43
99Wayne GretzkyC	0	1	1	−2	1	0	0	0	13	1	1	18	19:11
2Brian LeetchD	1	0	1	−3	2	1	0	2	–	0	0	22	23:07
9Adam GravesL	0	0	0	−1	2	0	0	0	–	0	0	17	16:06
12Mike KeaneR	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	50	0	0	18	18:00
16Pat LaFontaineC	0	0	0	−1	2	0	0	0	53	0	0	16	14:22
17Kevin StevensL	0	0	0	−1	2	1	0	2	–	0	1	12	12:08
18Bill BergL	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	–	0	0	14	12:35
20Brian SkrudlandC	0	0	0	−1	0	0	0	0	50	0	0	14	12:52
24Niklas SundstromR	0	0	0	−2	6	1	0	0	80	0	1	18	17:57
32Mike EastwoodC	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	58	1	0	13	11:24
37Tim SweeneyR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	–	0	0	13	09:54
39Vladimir VorobievR	0	0	0	−2	6	0	0	0	–	1	0	13	12:35
5Ulf SamuelssonD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	0	0	23	17:19
6Doug LidsterD	0	0	0	−3	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	21	18:35
23Jeff BeukeboomD	0	0	0	−1	0	3	4	2	–	0	0	23	20:13
26Jeff FinleyD	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	–	0	0	20	15:55
33Bruce DriverD	0	0	0	−1	2	1	0	0	–	0	0	24	23:46

New York Rangers goalies
Goalie
34Dan CloutierG		6	6	0	1.000	14:49
35Mike RichterG	L	16	11	5	.688	45:11

Boston Bruins

Boston Bruins skaters

12Dmitri KhristichR	2	3	5	+4	6	0	2	0	–	0	0	18	17:37
41Jason AllisonC	3	2	5	+4	3	0	0	0	58	1	1	20	20:14
14Sergei SamsonovL	0	2	2	+2	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	16	15:41
25Hal GillD	0	1	1	+3	1	2	2	0	–	0	0	20	17:22
44Dave EllettD	0	1	1	+1	1	0	3	0	–	0	0	18	18:44
77Ray BourqueD	0	1	1	+2	0	1	2	0	–	1	0	22	22:48
11P.J. AxelssonL	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	–	0	1	18	15:17
19Rob DiMaioR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	1	1	15	14:33
21Ted DonatoL	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	33	0	0	15	11:24
22Ken BaumgartnerL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	0	0	9	07:18
23Steve HeinzeR	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	–	0	0	18	15:55
26Tim TaylorC	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	72	0	0	18	15:29
27Landon WilsonR	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	–	0	1	11	09:54
33Anson CarterR	0	0	0	+1	1	0	0	0	–	1	0	18	16:08
42Mike SullivanC	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	56	1	1	16	13:20
18Kyle McLarenD	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	2	–	0	0	23	22:57
20Darren Van ImpeD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	2	–	0	0	18	18:02
36Grant LedyardD	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	0	0	22	20:57

Boston Bruins goalies
Goalie
34Byron DafoeG	W	32	31	1	.969	60:00
35Robbie TallasG		0	0	0	–	–