Boston Bruins vs New York Rangers
Regular season · Wednesday, April 1, 1998 · Madison Square Garden
Game summary
The Boston Bruins beat the New York Rangers 4-2 on Wednesday, April 1, 1998 at Madison Square Garden. The Bruins outshot the Rangers 22-17.
Goals came from Dmitri Khristich, Daniel Goneau, Sergei Samsonov, Mike Sullivan, Wayne Gretzky and Anson Carter.
Byron Dafoe made 15 saves on 17 shots for the win; Mike Richter stopped 18 of 21.
Scoring
1st period
Dmitri Khristich (28)Sergei Samsonov (24), Jason Allison (46)1–002:06 BOS
Daniel Goneau (1)Marc Savard (3), Geoff Smith (1)1–104:21 NYR
Sergei Samsonov (17)Jason Allison (47), Dmitri Khristich (29)2–119:23 BOS
2nd period
Mike Sullivan (5)Ken Baumgartner (1), Landon Wilson (3)3–116:58 BOS
3rd period
Wayne Gretzky (21)Niklas Sundstrom (26), Alex Kovalev (27)3–200:39 NYR
Anson Carter (13)Dmitri Khristich (30), Byron Dafoe (3)4–219:42 BOS · EN
Team stats
BOSNYR
22Shots on goal17
56%Faceoff %44%
0/3Power play0/2
4Penalty minutes6
23Hits26
10Blocked shots18
34Giveaways57
8Takeaways25
Penalties
- 2nd 07:35
Steve Heinze · holding stick obstruction2 min - 2nd 13:23
Geoff Smith · holding obstruction2 min - 2nd 14:19Adam Graves · holding2 min
- 2nd 18:03Darren Langdon · interference2 min
- 3rd 11:26Ted Donato · cross checking2 min
Season series
Boston Bruins
| 12Dmitri KhristichR | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 2 | 19:02 |
| 14Sergei SamsonovL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 16:39 |
| 41Jason AllisonC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 0 | 19:23 |
| 22Ken BaumgartnerL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 07:12 |
| 27Landon WilsonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 08:03 |
| 33Anson CarterR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15:49 |
| 42Mike SullivanC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 11:26 |
| 11P.J. AxelssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 15:36 |
| 19Rob DiMaioR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 15:15 |
| 21Ted DonatoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 14:56 |
| 23Steve HeinzeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 15:41 |
| 26Tim TaylorC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 15:00 |
| 20Darren Van ImpeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +4 | 2 | 24:02 |
| 25Hal GillD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 20:54 |
| 29Dean MalkocD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 09:02 |
| 36Grant LedyardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:48 |
| 44Dave EllettD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 1 | 19:56 |
| 77Ray BourqueD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 29:09 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34Byron DafoeG | W | 17 | 15 | 2 | .882 | 60:00 |
| 35Robbie TallasG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – |
New York Rangers
| 10Marc SavardC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14:01 |
| 24Niklas SundstromR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 22:31 |
| 27Alex KovalevR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 22:25 |
| 36Daniel GoneauL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 14:25 |
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 23:23 |
| 14Geoff SmithD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 17:45 |
| 9Adam GravesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 0 | 15:08 |
| 12Bob ErreyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:01 |
| 15Darren LangdonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:24 |
| 17Kevin StevensL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 15:37 |
| 18Bill BergL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 13:56 |
| 21Johan LindbomL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 10:53 |
| 28P.J. StockC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:21 |
| 2Brian LeetchD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 2 | 27:03 |
| 6Doug LidsterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 19:15 |
| 26Jeff FinleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 16:57 |
| 29Eric CairnsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:45 |
| 33Bruce DriverD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 20:10 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34Dan CloutierG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |
| 35Mike RichterG | L | 21 | 18 | 3 | .857 | 59:06 |