New York Rangers vs Chicago Blackhawks
Regular season · Sunday, April 5, 1998 · United Center
Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the Chicago Blackhawks 2-1 in overtime on Sunday, April 5, 1998 at United Center. The Blackhawks outshot the Rangers 31-17.
Goals came from Tony Amonte, Niklas Sundstrom and Daniel Goneau.
Mike Richter made 30 saves on 31 shots for the win; Jeff Hackett stopped 15 of 17.
Scoring
2nd period
Tony Amonte (28)Gary Suter (27), Greg Johnson (21)0–107:16 CHI
Niklas Sundstrom (18)Wayne Gretzky (63), Alex Kovalev (28)1–115:24 NYR · PPG
OT period
Daniel Goneau (2)Niklas Sundstrom (27), Kevin Stevens (26)2–101:24 NYR
Team stats
NYRCHI
17Shots on goal31
54%Faceoff %46%
1/5Power play0/5
10Penalty minutes10
15Hits20
6Blocked shots4
8Giveaways19
1Takeaways2
Penalties
- 1st 02:34
Jeff Beukeboom · hooking obstruction2 min - 1st 04:25
Kevin Miller · interference goalkeeper2 min - 1st 05:17Alex Kovalev · hooking obstruction2 min
- 1st 13:27Jeff Beukeboom · hooking obstruction2 min
- 2nd 02:57Ulf Samuelsson · holding obstruction2 min
- 2nd 11:33Tony Amonte · interference goalkeeper2 min
- 2nd 15:14Eric Weinrich · interference2 min
- 3rd 00:58Jeff Finley · interference2 min
- 3rd 04:32Ethan Moreau · holding obstruction2 min
- 3rd 08:39Christian Laflamme · holding stick obstruction2 min
Season series
New York Rangers
| 24Niklas SundstromR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 18:50 |
| 17Kevin StevensL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18:08 |
| 27Alex KovalevR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 23:20 |
| 36Daniel GoneauL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 10:32 |
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 22:30 |
| 9Adam GravesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24:31 |
| 10Marc SavardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 14:11 |
| 12Bob ErreyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:00 |
| 15Darren LangdonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 01:51 |
| 18Bill BergL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 11:17 |
| 21Johan LindbomL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:07 |
| 28P.J. StockC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 03:43 |
| 4Maxim GalanovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22:54 |
| 5Ulf SamuelssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:58 |
| 14Geoff SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23:20 |
| 23Jeff BeukeboomD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:58 |
| 26Jeff FinleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:33 |
| 33Bruce DriverD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20:37 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34Dan CloutierG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |
| 35Mike RichterG | W | 31 | 30 | 1 | .968 | 61:23 |
Chicago Blackhawks
| 10Tony AmonteR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 20:19 |
| 22Greg JohnsonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 18:39 |
| 20Gary SuterD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 23:12 |
| 12Brent SutterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:03 |
| 14Steve DubinskyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:14 |
| 15Chad KilgerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 20:02 |
| 17Kevin MillerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:53 |
| 19Ethan MoreauL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 15:43 |
| 24Bob ProbertL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 13:49 |
| 26Todd WhiteC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:48 |
| 33Reid SimpsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 07:33 |
| 38James BlackL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 08:06 |
| 55Eric DazeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 6 | 20:09 |
| 2Eric WeinrichD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20:09 |
| 3Christian LaflammeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:24 |
| 5Trent YawneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:23 |
| 7Chris CheliosD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 29:28 |
| 8Cam RussellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:14 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Jeff HackettG | L | 17 | 15 | 2 | .882 | 61:24 |
| 40Chris TerreriG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – |