Detroit Red Wings vs New York Rangers

Regular season · Saturday, March 21, 1998 · Madison Square Garden

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4–3

25–22

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Game summary

The Detroit Red Wings beat the New York Rangers 4–3 on Saturday, March 21, 1998 at Madison Square Garden. The Red Wings outshot the Rangers 25–22.

Alex Kovalev scored twice. Kirk Maltby, Kris Draper, Nicklas Lidstrom, Doug Brown and Tim Sweeney also scored.

Kevin Hodson made 19 saves on 22 shots for the win; Mike Richter stopped 21 of 25.

Goals
DET	2	2	0	4	25
NYR	0	1	2	3	22

Scoring

1st period

Kirk Maltby (12)Unassisted1–001:25 DET
Kris Draper (11)Larry Murphy (36), Kirk Maltby (9)2–007:41 DET

2nd period

Nicklas Lidstrom (16)Steve Yzerman (37), Larry Murphy (37)3–004:15 DET ·
Doug Brown (14)Sergei Fedorov (5), Nicklas Lidstrom (35)4–010:14 DET
Alex Kovalev (14)Brian Leetch (29), Bruce Driver (13)4–117:47 NYR ·

3rd period

Tim Sweeney (11)Bruce Driver (14), Wayne Gretzky (56)4–209:33 NYR ·
Alex Kovalev (15)Wayne Gretzky (57), Niklas Sundstrom (22)4–311:05 NYR

Team stats

DETNYR

2522

54%46%

1/32/3

66

1412

815

4046

1626

Penalties

9:46 into the first periodJeff Finley · slashing2 min
13:10 into the first periodBob Rouse · interference2 min
19:07 into the first periodDoug Lidster · interference2 min
3:13 into the second periodTim Sweeney · tripping obstruction2 min
17:10 into the second periodDoug Brown · hooking2 min
7:53 into the third periodViacheslav Fetisov · elbowing2 min

Season series

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Detroit Red Wings

Detroit Red Wings skaters

18Kirk MaltbyL	1	1	2	+1	3	2	0	0	–	1	0	24	18:07
5Nicklas LidstromD	1	1	2	+2	2	0	1	0	–	1	2	32	29:26
55Larry MurphyD	0	2	2	+3	0	0	2	0	–	3	3	31	27:54
17Doug BrownR	1	0	1	+1	2	1	1	2	–	0	2	22	18:24
19Steve YzermanC	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	41	1	2	29	24:05
33Kris DraperC	1	0	1	+1	3	0	0	0	64	1	1	27	17:08
91Sergei FedorovC	0	1	1	+1	1	2	0	0	65	7	1	27	21:57
11Mathieu DandenaultR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	0	0	9	04:54
13Vyacheslav KozlovL	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	–	3	0	22	18:15
14Brendan ShanahanL	0	0	0	+1	4	1	0	0	–	4	2	22	16:13
21Darryl LaplanteC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	2	0	6	03:05
22Mike KnubleR	0	0	0	+1	1	1	1	0	–	1	2	20	14:38
25Darren McCartyR	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	–	5	0	25	20:25
2Viacheslav FetisovD	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	–	2	1	26	18:40
3Bob RouseD	0	0	0	−1	1	1	0	2	–	2	0	19	12:38
4Jamie PushorD	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	–	2	0	18	12:34
27Aaron WardD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	0	0	1	00:08
44Anders ErikssonD	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	1	0	25	18:20

Detroit Red Wings goalies
Goalie
31Kevin HodsonG	W	22	19	3	.864	60:00
34Norm MaracleG		0	0	0	–	–

New York Rangers

New York Rangers skaters

27Alex KovalevR	2	0	2	−2	5	2	0	0	–	7	2	25	26:07
99Wayne GretzkyC	0	2	2	−2	0	0	0	0	38	4	2	26	22:29
33Bruce DriverD	0	2	2	−1	0	0	2	0	–	7	2	26	21:28
24Niklas SundstromR	0	1	1	−1	1	1	1	0	20	1	2	18	17:33
37Tim SweeneyR	1	0	1	0	3	2	0	2	–	2	1	16	10:05
2Brian LeetchD	0	1	1	−1	3	0	2	0	–	7	7	27	27:45
9Adam GravesL	0	0	0	−1	3	1	1	0	–	3	1	21	17:06
10Marc SavardC	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	39	1	1	20	16:13
12Mike KeaneR	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	–	2	0	23	17:11
15Darren LangdonL	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	–	1	1	8	08:20
18Bill BergL	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	–	1	2	18	12:21
20Brian SkrudlandC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	43	0	0	8	08:44
32Mike EastwoodC	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	75	1	0	18	10:47
39Vladimir VorobievR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	4	2	14	10:07
5Ulf SamuelssonD	0	0	0	−1	0	0	0	0	–	3	0	26	19:40
6Doug LidsterD	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	–	1	0	20	15:04
14Geoff SmithD	0	0	0	−1	0	0	4	0	–	1	2	25	20:23
26Jeff FinleyD	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	–	0	1	19	13:46

New York Rangers goalies
Goalie
34Dan CloutierG		0	0	0	–	–
35Mike RichterG	L	25	21	4	.840	59:23