New York Rangers vs Philadelphia Flyers
Regular season · Saturday, April 18, 1998 · CoreStates Center
Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the Philadelphia Flyers 2–1 on Saturday, April 18, 1998 at CoreStates Center. The Flyers outshot the Rangers 32–21.
Goals came from Alex Kovalev, Adam Graves and Dainius Zubrus.
Mike Richter made 31 saves on 32 shots for the win; Ron Hextall stopped 19 of 21.
Scoring
1st period
Alex Kovalev (23)Wayne Gretzky (67), Jeff Beukeboom (5)1–006:39 NYR
Adam Graves (23)Brian Leetch (33), Kevin Stevens (27)2–019:54 NYR ·
2nd period
Dainius Zubrus (8)John LeClair (36), Eric Lindros (41)2–109:26 PHI
Team stats
NYRPHI
2132
34%66%
1/20/3
164
616
145
1213
58
Penalties
- 0:11 into the first period
Alex Kovalev · hooking obstruction2 min - 18:47 into the first period
Chris Therien · hooking2 min - 1:25 into the second periodAdam Graves · holding obstruction2 min
- 6:19 into the second periodChris Therien · interference obstruction2 min
- 7:19 into the third periodEric Cairns · misconduct10 min
- 9:25 into the third periodP.J. Stock · slashing2 min
Season series
New York Rangers
| 9Adam GravesL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 27:19 |
| 17Kevin StevensL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 17:05 |
| 27Alex KovalevR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 26:28 |
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 26:59 |
| 2Brian LeetchD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 30:10 |
| 23Jeff BeukeboomD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 22:39 |
| 12Bob ErreyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 09:27 |
| 15Darren LangdonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 02:16 |
| 18Bill BergL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 18:17 |
| 21Johan LindbomL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:51 |
| 24Niklas SundstromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19:26 |
| 28P.J. StockC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 07:14 |
| 36Daniel GoneauL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 10:01 |
| 5Ulf SamuelssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 00:11 |
| 14Geoff SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 21:55 |
| 26Jeff FinleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:34 |
| 29Eric CairnsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:05 |
| 33Bruce DriverD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:10 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34Dan CloutierG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Mike RichterG | W | 32 | 1 | .969 |
Philadelphia Flyers
| 9Dainius ZubrusC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 13:02 |
| 10John LeClairL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 24:08 |
| 88Eric LindrosC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 25:09 |
| 11Mike SillingerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:50 |
| 12Colin ForbesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 06:23 |
| 17Rod Brind'AmourC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19:16 |
| 19Alexandre DaigleR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:16 |
| 20Trent KlattR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | 23:28 |
| 25Shjon PodeinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:33 |
| 29Joel OttoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:09 |
| 32Daniel LacroixC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 04:00 |
| 55Chris GrattonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:41 |
| 3Dan McgillisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22:36 |
| 6Chris TherienD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 22:17 |
| 22Luke RichardsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 10:04 |
| 23Petr SvobodaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21:13 |
| 37Eric DesjardinsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 28:34 |
| 77Paul CoffeyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 11:10 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Ron HextallG | L | 21 | 2 | .905 |
| 33Sean BurkeG | 0 | 0 | – |