Ottawa Senators vs New York Rangers
Regular season · Monday, March 16, 1998 · Madison Square Garden
Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the Ottawa Senators 5–4 on Monday, March 16, 1998 at Madison Square Garden. The Senators outshot the Rangers 42–20.
Alex Kovalev scored twice. Magnus Arvedson, Brian Leetch, Niklas Sundstrom, Ulf Samuelsson, Chris Phillips, Wade Redden and Shawn McEachern also scored.
Mike Richter made 38 saves on 42 shots for the win; Ron Tugnutt stopped 10 of 15.
Scoring
1st period
Magnus Arvedson (5)Vinny Prospal (16)1–012:55 OTT
Alex Kovalev (12)Wayne Gretzky (51), Ulf Samuelsson (8)1–115:03 NYR
2nd period
- Alex Kovalev (13)Wayne Gretzky (52), Niklas Sundstrom (19)1–201:40 NYR
Brian Leetch (17)Niklas Sundstrom (20), Alex Kovalev (23)1–306:31 NYR · 
Niklas Sundstrom (16)Wayne Gretzky (53), Alex Kovalev (24)1–418:06 NYR
Ulf Samuelsson (2)Wayne Gretzky (54), Niklas Sundstrom (21)1–519:48 NYR
3rd period
Chris Phillips (4)Igor Kravchuk (20), Vinny Prospal (17)2–506:46 OTT · 
Wade Redden (7)Pat Falloon (9), Shaun Van Allen (10)3–508:56 OTT
Shawn McEachern (19)Wade Redden (11), Alexei Yashin (30)4–519:20 OTT ·
Team stats
OTTNYR
4220
39%61%
2/51/2
410
818
1012
3641
1024
Penalties
- 4:32 into the first period
Mike Keane · roughing2 min - 7:38 into the first periodKevin Stevens · cross checking2 min
- 6:20 into the second period
Alexei Yashin · tripping obstruction2 min - 11:30 into the second periodBrian Skrudland · holding stick obstruction2 min
- 12:07 into the second periodVinny Prospal · high sticking2 min
- 6:37 into the third periodKevin Stevens · roughing2 min
- 18:11 into the third periodUlf Samuelsson · tripping obstruction2 min
Season series
Ottawa Senators
| 13Vinny ProspalL | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14:33 |
| 6Wade ReddenD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 17:14 |
| 12Pat FalloonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 12:15 |
| 15Shawn McEachernL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 21:12 |
| 19Alexei YashinC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | 22:46 |
| 20Magnus ArvedsonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 4 | 15:05 |
| 22Shaun Van AllenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 11:02 |
| 4Chris PhillipsD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | 21:22 |
| 29Igor KravchukD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 3 | 24:18 |
| 10Andreas DackellR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 16:01 |
| 11Daniel AlfredssonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18:12 |
| 16Sergei ZholtokC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:24 |
| 17Chris MurrayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | 12:31 |
| 25Bruce GardinerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 11:33 |
| 28Denny LambertL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 11:26 |
| 2Lance PitlickD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 19:11 |
| 24Stan NeckarD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 20:16 |
| 33Jason YorkD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17:42 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Damian RhodesG | 5 | 0 | 1.000 | |
| 31Ron TugnuttG | L | 15 | 5 | .667 |
New York Rangers
| 24Niklas SundstromR | 1 | 3 | 4 | +3 | 2 | 19:31 |
| 27Alex KovalevR | 2 | 2 | 4 | +4 | 2 | 16:31 |
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 0 | 4 | 4 | +3 | 1 | 19:49 |
| 5Ulf SamuelssonD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 23:48 |
| 2Brian LeetchD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | 25:55 |
| 9Adam GravesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21:52 |
| 12Mike KeaneR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 15:40 |
| 15Darren LangdonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 04:26 |
| 16Pat LaFontaineC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 03:09 |
| 17Kevin StevensL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 18:17 |
| 18Bill BergL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 07:33 |
| 20Brian SkrudlandC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:35 |
| 37Tim SweeneyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:29 |
| 39Vladimir VorobievR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 14:48 |
| 6Doug LidsterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 1 | 21:30 |
| 23Jeff BeukeboomD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 02:38 |
| 26Jeff FinleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:42 |
| 33Bruce DriverD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 25:23 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34Dan CloutierG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Mike RichterG | W | 42 | 4 | .905 |