New York Rangers vs Philadelphia Flyers
Regular season · Sunday, March 22, 1998 · CoreStates Center
Game summary
The Philadelphia Flyers beat the New York Rangers 5–4 in overtime on Sunday, March 22, 1998 at CoreStates Center. The Flyers outshot the Rangers 34–33.
Wayne Gretzky scored twice. Marc Savard, Niklas Sundstrom, Alexandre Daigle, Mike Sillinger, Rod Brind'Amour, Trent Klatt and Shjon Podein also scored.
Sean Burke made 29 saves on 33 shots for the win; Mike Richter stopped 29 of 34.
Scoring
1st period
Marc Savard (1)Jeff Finley (6), Tim Sweeney (18)1–005:19 NYR
Niklas Sundstrom (17)Alex Kovalev (25), Wayne Gretzky (58)2–012:58 NYR
Alexandre Daigle (13)Mike Sillinger (14)2–115:16 PHI
2nd period
Mike Sillinger (16)Chris Therien (15), Chris Gratton (36)2–202:22 PHI
Rod Brind'Amour (31)Eric Desjardins (20), Janne Niinimaa (30)2–305:16 PHI · 
Wayne Gretzky (19)Alex Kovalev (26)3–319:09 NYR
3rd period
Trent Klatt (12)Rod Brind'Amour (33), Shjon Podein (8)3–416:51 PHI- Wayne Gretzky (20)Brian Leetch (30), Bruce Driver (15)4–418:18 NYR
Overtime
Shjon Podein (9)Trent Klatt (23), Janne Niinimaa (31)4–504:39 PHI ·
Team stats
NYRPHI
3334
40%60%
0/32/6
1711
1217
104
2122
714
Penalties
- 2:52 into the first period
Darren Langdon · fighting5 min - 2:52 into the first period
Dan Kordic · fighting5 min - 10:20 into the first periodJeff Finley · interference obstruction2 min
- 20:00 into the first periodMike Sillinger · interference2 min
- 3:20 into the second periodEric Cairns · interference obstruction2 min
- 4:56 into the second periodUlf Samuelsson · holding the stick2 min
- 6:21 into the second periodChris Gratton · holding the stick2 min
- 13:47 into the second periodDarren Langdon · interference2 min
- 17:47 into the second periodUlf Samuelsson · slashing2 min
- 18:33 into the second periodRod Brind'Amour · interference obstruction2 min
- 2:42 into overtimeGeoff Smith · interference obstruction2 min
Season series
New York Rangers
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 2 | 22:14 |
| 27Alex KovalevR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 6 | 22:36 |
| 10Marc SavardC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13:50 |
| 24Niklas SundstromR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 24:04 |
| 37Tim SweeneyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 14:07 |
| 2Brian LeetchD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 29:25 |
| 26Jeff FinleyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 13:40 |
| 33Bruce DriverD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 30:00 |
| 9Adam GravesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 19:30 |
| 12Mike KeaneR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 19:31 |
| 15Darren LangdonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 02:21 |
| 17Kevin StevensL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 6 | 15:29 |
| 18Bill BergL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 03:56 |
| 20Brian SkrudlandC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 04:20 |
| 32Mike EastwoodC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 19:21 |
| 5Ulf SamuelssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 23:31 |
| 14Geoff SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23:24 |
| 29Eric CairnsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:38 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34Dan CloutierG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Mike RichterG | L | 34 | 5 | .853 |
Philadelphia Flyers
| 11Mike SillingerC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 18:26 |
| 17Rod Brind'AmourC | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 5 | 24:39 |
| 20Trent KlattR | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 3 | 23:55 |
| 25Shjon PodeinL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 18:46 |
| 44Janne NiinimaaD | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 3 | 22:02 |
| 19Alexandre DaigleR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16:56 |
| 55Chris GrattonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 21:37 |
| 6Chris TherienD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 21:38 |
| 37Eric DesjardinsD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 29:21 |
| 9Dainius ZubrusC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 16:42 |
| 10John LeClairL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 22:25 |
| 12Colin ForbesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 14:04 |
| 21Dan KordicL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 01:40 |
| 29Joel OttoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 04:16 |
| 32Daniel LacroixC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 03:11 |
| 22Luke RichardsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 20:46 |
| 23Petr SvobodaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:39 |
| 24Chris JosephD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 20:54 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Ron HextallG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 33Sean BurkeG | W | 33 | 4 | .879 |