Montréal Canadiens vs New York Rangers

Regular season · Wednesday, March 18, 1998 · Madison Square Garden

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1–2

Final/OT

SOG 25–25

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Game summary

The New York Rangers beat the Montréal Canadiens 2-1 in overtime on Wednesday, March 18, 1998 at Madison Square Garden.

Goals came from Mike Eastwood, Jonas Hoglund and Kevin Stevens.

Mike Richter made 24 saves on 25 shots for the win; Jocelyn Thibault stopped 23 of 25.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	T	SOG
MTL	0	0	1	0	1	25
NYR	0	0	1	1	2	25

Scoring

3rd period

Mike Eastwood (5)Tim Sweeney (16), Kevin Stevens (25)0–100:28 NYR
Jonas Hoglund (8)Mark Recchi (35), Saku Koivu (38)1–113:39 MTL · PPG

OT period

Kevin Stevens (14)Wayne Gretzky (55), Tim Sweeney (17)1–204:41 NYR

Team stats

MTLNYR

25Shots on goal25

45%Faceoff %55%

1/1Power play0/2

4Penalty minutes2

10Hits14

9Blocked shots7

31Giveaways47

7Takeaways18

Penalties

2nd 12:49Vladimir Malakhov · interference2 min
3rd 00:49Bench · too many men on the ice2 min
3rd 12:43Niklas Sundstrom · tripping2 min

Season series

Montréal Canadiens

Montréal Canadiens skaters

8Mark RecchiR	0	1	1	-2	5	0	0	0	100	23:34
11Saku KoivuC	0	1	1	-1	0	2	0	0	61	22:23
44Jonas HoglundR	1	0	1	0	5	1	0	0	–	14:28
17Benoit BrunetL	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	–	19:25
23Turner StevensonR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	03:51
26Martin RucinskyL	0	0	0	-1	1	0	1	0	–	17:21
28Marc BureauC	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	43	23:26
37Patrick PoulinL	0	0	0	-1	1	1	0	0	–	23:13
49Brian SavageL	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	17	14:13
71Sebastien BordeleauC	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	100	03:39
3Zarley ZalapskiD	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	–	22:04
5Stephane QuintalD	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	–	19:25
22Dave MansonD	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	–	22:26
29Brett ClarkD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	03:09
34Peter PopovicD	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	–	21:36
38Vladimir MalakhovD	0	0	0	-1	1	1	2	2	–	21:40
43Patrice BriseboisD	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	–	22:14
52Craig RivetD	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	–	21:24

Montréal Canadiens goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
35Andy MoogG		0	0	0	–	–
41Jocelyn ThibaultG	L	25	23	2	.920	64:41

New York Rangers

New York Rangers skaters

17Kevin StevensL	1	1	2	+2	4	2	0	0	–	15:26
37Tim SweeneyR	0	2	2	+2	2	1	0	0	–	13:56
32Mike EastwoodC	1	0	1	+1	2	1	0	0	38	12:31
99Wayne GretzkyC	0	1	1	+1	3	0	0	0	63	28:41
9Adam GravesL	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	63	19:37
10Marc SavardC	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	56	15:57
12Mike KeaneR	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	–	16:32
15Darren LangdonL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	06:40
18Bill BergL	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	07:10
20Brian SkrudlandC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	40	05:56
24Niklas SundstromR	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	67	23:11
27Alex KovalevR	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	27:27
2Brian LeetchD	0	0	0	+1	2	0	2	0	–	32:17
5Ulf SamuelssonD	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	0	–	21:13
6Doug LidsterD	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	–	14:20
14Geoff SmithD	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	–	25:33
26Jeff FinleyD	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	–	10:51
33Bruce DriverD	0	0	0	+2	2	0	1	0	–	25:05

New York Rangers goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
34Dan CloutierG		0	0	0	–	–
35Mike RichterG	W	25	24	1	.960	64:41