Montréal Canadiens vs New York Rangers
Regular season · Tuesday, April 7, 1998 · Madison Square Garden
Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the New York Rangers 3–2 on Tuesday, April 7, 1998 at Madison Square Garden.
Goals came from Wayne Gretzky, Scott Thornton, Patrice Brisebois, Mark Recchi and Adam Graves.
Jocelyn Thibault made 20 saves on 22 shots for the win; Mike Richter stopped 19 of 22.
Scoring
2nd period
Wayne Gretzky (22)Niklas Sundstrom (28)0–107:34 NYR · 
Scott Thornton (6)Sebastien Bordeleau (8)1–110:55 MTL · 
Patrice Brisebois (9)Benoit Brunet (19), Scott Thornton (9)2–111:22 MTL
Mark Recchi (32)Vincent Damphousse (39), Vladimir Malakhov (27)3–118:24 MTL ·
3rd period
Adam Graves (21)Wayne Gretzky (64)3–212:14 NYR
Team stats
MTLNYR
2222
51%49%
2/71/4
1016
1211
139
2440
1313
Penalties
- 7:16 into the first period
Mick Vukota · roughing2 min - 7:16 into the first period
Darren Langdon · roughing2 min - 12:14 into the first periodAlex Kovalev · hooking obstruction2 min
- 13:59 into the first periodNiklas Sundstrom · closing hand on puck2 min
- 16:46 into the first periodScott Thornton · holding obstruction2 min
- 19:27 into the first periodMark Recchi · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 2:52 into the second periodP.J. Stock · roughing2 min
- 6:57 into the second periodDave Manson · tripping obstruction2 min
- 8:06 into the second periodMarc Savard · hooking obstruction2 min
- 9:29 into the second periodBill Berg · hooking2 min
- 18:03 into the second periodJeff Finley · elbowing2 min
- 19:16 into the second periodVladimir Malakhov · interference2 min
- 18:24 into the third periodMaxim Galanov · hooking2 min
Season series
Montréal Canadiens
| 24Scott ThorntonL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 14:19 |
| 8Mark RecchiR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 22:46 |
| 17Benoit BrunetL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 17:59 |
| 25Vincent DamphousseC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 20:35 |
| 71Sebastien BordeleauC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 09:49 |
| 38Vladimir MalakhovD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 24:55 |
| 43Patrice BriseboisD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 21:14 |
| 15Eric HoudeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 02:29 |
| 21Mick VukotaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 02:13 |
| 23Turner StevensonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 13:07 |
| 27Shayne CorsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22:52 |
| 28Marc BureauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 16:43 |
| 37Patrick PoulinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 13:01 |
| 44Jonas HoglundR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:34 |
| 3Zarley ZalapskiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:05 |
| 22Dave MansonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:57 |
| 34Peter PopovicD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:37 |
| 52Craig RivetD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:32 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Andy MoogG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 41Jocelyn ThibaultG | W | 22 | 2 | .909 |
New York Rangers
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 22:09 |
| 9Adam GravesL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 19:15 |
| 24Niklas SundstromR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18:12 |
| 10Marc SavardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10:25 |
| 12Bob ErreyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:56 |
| 15Darren LangdonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:44 |
| 17Kevin StevensL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 14:17 |
| 18Bill BergL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:16 |
| 21Johan LindbomL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:15 |
| 27Alex KovalevR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:32 |
| 28P.J. StockC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 06:26 |
| 36Daniel GoneauL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12:56 |
| 4Maxim GalanovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 19:29 |
| 5Ulf SamuelssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 21:30 |
| 14Geoff SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 21:40 |
| 23Jeff BeukeboomD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:27 |
| 26Jeff FinleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 17:28 |
| 33Bruce DriverD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:55 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34Dan CloutierG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Mike RichterG | L | 22 | 3 | .864 |