New York Islanders vs New York Rangers

Regular season · Wednesday, April 15, 1998 · Madison Square Garden

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2–4

31–30

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Game summary

The New York Rangers beat the New York Islanders 4–2 on Wednesday, April 15, 1998 at Madison Square Garden. The Islanders outshot the Rangers 31–30.

Ziggy Palffy scored twice. Adam Graves, Alex Kovalev, Ulf Samuelsson and Wayne Gretzky also scored.

Dan Cloutier made 29 saves on 31 shots for the win; Tommy Salo stopped 26 of 29.

Goals
NYI	0	0	2	2	31
NYR	2	0	2	4	30

Scoring

1st period

Adam Graves (22)Brian Leetch (32), Alex Kovalev (29)0–102:28 NYR
Alex Kovalev (22)Wayne Gretzky (66), Eric Cairns (3)0–214:36 NYR

3rd period

Ulf Samuelsson (3)P.J. Stock (3)0–306:02 NYR
Ziggy Palffy (42)Robert Reichel (39)1–307:29 NYI ·
Ziggy Palffy (43)Robert Reichel (40), Zdeno Chara (1)2–312:17 NYI
Wayne Gretzky (23)Alex Kovalev (30), Adam Graves (12)2–419:13 NYR ·

Team stats

NYINYR

3130

58%42%

1/60/6

1212

63

617

5846

4458

Penalties

4:31 into the first periodEric Cairns · hooking obstruction2 min
11:24 into the first periodBill Berg · roughing2 min
17:19 into the first periodKenny Jonsson · closing hand on puck2 min
18:45 into the first periodRay Schultz · hooking obstruction2 min
18:45 into the first periodRay Schultz · slashing2 min
3:14 into the second periodDarren Langdon · hooking obstruction2 min
12:50 into the second periodJ.J. Daigneault · high sticking2 min
18:02 into the second periodUlf Samuelsson · elbowing2 min
3:43 into the third periodClaude Lapointe · holding stick obstruction2 min
6:30 into the third periodP.J. Stock · tripping obstruction2 min
8:48 into the third periodEric Cairns · cross checking2 min
13:26 into the third periodRich Pilon · charging2 min

Season series

New York Islanders

New York Islanders skaters

16Ziggy PalffyR	2	0	2	0	7	0	0	0	–	5	3	30	28:53
21Robert ReichelC	0	2	2	0	3	0	0	0	47	3	0	19	20:35
3Zdeno CharaD	0	1	1	−1	2	0	0	0	–	3	2	16	13:18
10Joe SaccoL	0	0	0	−2	0	0	1	0	–	3	6	16	10:26
13Claude LapointeC	0	0	0	−1	0	0	0	2	63	1	0	20	11:41
14Tom ChorskeR	0	0	0	−1	2	1	0	0	–	7	2	19	13:43
18Mike HoughL	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	100	1	2	15	10:01
20Bryan SmolinskiC	0	0	0	−3	2	0	0	0	64	2	1	19	16:38
24Gino OdjickL	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	2	2	11	07:35
25Mariusz CzerkawskiR	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	–	3	2	17	14:30
32Trevor LindenC	0	0	0	−1	2	0	1	0	59	6	3	25	24:34
33Ken BelangerL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	0	0	4	02:19
44Jason DaweR	0	0	0	−2	2	1	0	0	–	1	1	14	11:16
2Rich PilonD	0	0	0	−1	1	0	0	2	–	2	2	22	15:38
29Kenny JonssonD	0	0	0	−2	3	1	1	2	–	5	7	26	25:30
34Bryan BerardD	0	0	0	−1	2	1	2	0	–	7	8	24	26:03
36J.J. DaigneaultD	0	0	0	−1	1	1	0	2	–	3	1	30	23:40
60Ray SchultzD	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	–	0	2	13	11:57

New York Islanders goalies
Goalie
30Wade FlahertyG		0	0	0	–	–
35Tommy SaloG	L	29	26	3	.897	59:41

New York Rangers

New York Rangers skaters

27Alex KovalevR	1	2	3	+3	2	0	0	0	–	7	5	21	18:34
9Adam GravesL	1	1	2	+2	3	0	2	0	53	0	4	25	21:25
99Wayne GretzkyC	1	1	2	+3	4	0	0	0	40	6	2	26	23:14
28P.J. StockC	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	2	50	3	0	7	04:32
2Brian LeetchD	0	1	1	+2	6	0	4	0	–	4	5	34	29:02
5Ulf SamuelssonD	1	0	1	+2	1	0	3	2	–	2	6	26	18:22
29Eric CairnsD	0	1	1	0	1	1	1	4	–	2	3	19	12:59
10Marc SavardC	0	0	0	−1	6	0	0	0	17	5	2	14	14:17
12Bob ErreyL	0	0	0	−1	0	0	0	0	–	2	3	17	13:00
15Darren LangdonL	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	2	–	1	0	8	05:32
17Kevin StevensL	0	0	0	+1	1	1	0	0	–	6	2	23	18:30
18Bill BergL	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	2	–	1	3	18	12:17
21Johan LindbomL	0	0	0	−1	1	0	1	0	–	0	3	16	10:42
24Niklas SundstromR	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	46	0	6	28	20:54
36Daniel GoneauL	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	–	2	2	18	12:33
4Maxim GalanovD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	0	–	1	1	17	12:45
14Geoff SmithD	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	–	1	6	27	20:43
23Jeff BeukeboomD	0	0	0	+1	1	0	2	0	–	2	5	28	19:02

New York Rangers goalies
Goalie
34Dan CloutierG	W	31	29	2	.935	60:00
35Mike RichterG		0	0	0	–	–