New York Rangers vs New York Islanders

Regular season · Saturday, April 4, 1998 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum

0–3

17–24

Game summary

The New York Islanders beat the New York Rangers 3–0 on Saturday, April 4, 1998 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Islanders outshot the Rangers 24–17.

Goals came from Claude Lapointe, Ziggy Palffy and Joe Sacco.

Tommy Salo made 14 saves on 14 shots for the win; Dan Cloutier stopped 17 of 20.

Goals
NYR	0	0	0	0	17
NYI	1	0	2	3	24

Scoring

1st period

Claude Lapointe (9)Ziggy Palffy (39), Bryan Berard (30)0–119:16 NYI

3rd period

Ziggy Palffy (38)Mike Hough (7), Ray Schultz (1)0–204:00 NYI
Joe Sacco (11)Bryan Berard (31), Tom Chorske (21)0–312:17 NYI

Team stats

NYRNYI

1724

48%52%

0/60/7

111129

1717

1313

715

Penalties

2:07 into the first periodGino Odjick · roughing2 min
2:07 into the first periodGino Odjick · fighting5 min
2:07 into the first periodGino Odjick · game misconduct10 min
2:07 into the first periodDarren Langdon · fighting5 min
4:15 into the first periodBryan Berard · cross checking2 min
6:02 into the first periodKevin Stevens · holding obstruction2 min
9:05 into the first periodAlex Kovalev · interference2 min
15:43 into the first periodBruce Driver · holding stick obstruction2 min
1:38 into the second periodBryan Smolinski · tripping2 min
8:41 into the second periodJohan Lindbom · roughing2 min
12:16 into the second periodAlex Kovalev · slashing2 min
12:37 into the second periodZiggy Palffy · interference2 min
19:19 into the second periodTrevor Linden · tripping2 min
20:00 into the second periodRich Pilon · fighting5 min
20:00 into the second periodRich Pilon · misconduct10 min
20:00 into the second periodKevin Stevens · fighting5 min
13:01 into the third periodJ.J. Daigneault · fighting5 min
13:01 into the third periodJ.J. Daigneault · game misconduct10 min
13:01 into the third periodTrevor Linden · fighting5 min
13:01 into the third periodTrevor Linden · game misconduct10 min
13:01 into the third periodMariusz Czerkawski · fighting5 min
13:01 into the third periodMariusz Czerkawski · game misconduct10 min
13:01 into the third periodTommy Salo · goalie leave crease2 min
13:01 into the third periodTommy Salo · fighting5 min
13:01 into the third periodTommy Salo · game misconduct10 min
13:01 into the third periodZdeno Chara · fighting5 min
13:01 into the third periodZdeno Chara · misconduct10 min
13:01 into the third periodBill Berg · fighting5 min
13:01 into the third periodBill Berg · game misconduct10 min
13:01 into the third periodJeff Beukeboom · fighting5 min
13:01 into the third periodJeff Beukeboom · game misconduct10 min
13:01 into the third periodDarren Langdon · fighting5 min
13:01 into the third periodDarren Langdon · misconduct10 min
13:01 into the third periodDan Cloutier · goalie leave crease2 min
13:01 into the third periodDan Cloutier · fighting5 min
13:01 into the third periodDan Cloutier · game misconduct10 min
13:01 into the third periodP.J. Stock · elbowing2 min
13:01 into the third periodP.J. Stock · fighting5 min
13:01 into the third periodP.J. Stock · game misconduct10 min
14:06 into the third periodJohan Lindbom · slashing2 min
16:20 into the third periodRich Pilon · tripping2 min
16:20 into the third periodRich Pilon · misconduct10 min
16:20 into the third periodKevin Stevens · misconduct10 min

Season series

New York Rangers

New York Rangers skaters

9Adam GravesL	0	1	0	0	0	53	0	0	23	17:47
10Marc SavardC	−1	4	0	0	0	67	0	0	18	15:11
12Bob ErreyL	0	1	1	0	0	–	0	0	18	12:53
15Darren LangdonL	−1	0	0	0	20	–	0	0	5	03:21
17Kevin StevensL	−1	2	0	1	17	–	0	0	16	11:10
18Bill BergL	0	1	2	1	15	–	0	1	16	10:48
21Johan LindbomL	0	0	3	1	4	–	1	2	15	10:18
24Niklas SundstromR	−1	0	0	0	0	25	1	1	21	21:17
27Alex KovalevR	−1	0	0	0	4	–	1	0	19	18:31
28P.J. StockC	0	0	0	0	17	33	0	0	5	03:40
36Daniel GoneauL	−2	1	1	0	0	–	0	0	19	12:58
99Wayne GretzkyC	−2	2	0	0	0	31	0	0	17	18:16
2Brian LeetchD	−1	2	2	2	0	–	1	0	31	28:14
4Maxim GalanovD	−1	1	1	1	0	–	0	0	24	21:45
5Ulf SamuelssonD	−1	0	2	3	0	–	0	1	29	17:55
14Geoff SmithD	−1	1	2	2	0	–	0	0	26	17:27
23Jeff BeukeboomD	−1	0	3	1	15	–	0	1	21	16:30
33Bruce DriverD	−1	1	0	1	2	–	0	1	21	14:59

New York Rangers goalies
Goalie
34Dan CloutierG	L	20	17	3	.850	53:01
35Mike RichterG		4	4	0	1.000	06:59

New York Islanders

New York Islanders skaters

16Ziggy PalffyR	1	1	2	+2	3	0	2	2	–	1	1	23	23:50
34Bryan BerardD	0	2	2	+3	2	1	3	2	–	3	0	28	30:11
10Joe SaccoL	1	0	1	+1	3	0	0	0	–	0	1	20	13:22
13Claude LapointeC	1	0	1	+2	2	2	1	0	57	1	0	15	12:05
14Tom ChorskeR	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	100	0	2	19	14:03
18Mike HoughL	0	1	1	+2	0	1	0	0	–	0	1	14	09:35
60Ray SchultzD	0	1	1	+1	0	1	2	0	–	0	1	11	09:11
17Sergei NemchinovL	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	0	50	0	3	21	15:06
20Bryan SmolinskiC	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	–	0	0	17	15:11
21Robert ReichelC	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	67	1	0	16	18:03
24Gino OdjickL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	–	0	0	1	00:04
25Mariusz CzerkawskiR	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	15	–	1	2	15	13:20
32Trevor LindenC	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	17	39	0	1	18	16:23
44Jason DaweR	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	–	1	2	15	17:04
2Rich PilonD	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	27	–	0	1	19	14:39
3Zdeno CharaD	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	15	–	0	0	12	08:20
29Kenny JonssonD	0	0	0	+1	4	0	3	0	–	0	0	34	31:20
36J.J. DaigneaultD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	2	15	–	0	0	25	21:47

New York Islanders goalies
Goalie
30Wade FlahertyG		3	3	0	1.000	06:59
35Tommy SaloG	W	14	14	0	1.000	53:01