St. Louis Blues vs New York Rangers
Regular season · Monday, October 12, 1998 · Madison Square Garden
Game summary
The St. Louis Blues beat the New York Rangers 4–2 on Monday, October 12, 1998 at Madison Square Garden. The Blues outshot the Rangers 42–18.
Al MacInnis scored a hat trick. Geoff Courtnall, Brian Leetch and Alexander Karpovtsev also scored.
Grant Fuhr made 16 saves on 18 shots for the win; Mike Richter stopped 11 of 14.
Scoring
1st period
Al MacInnis (1)Jamie Rivers (1), Jim Campbell (1)1–004:56 STL · - Al MacInnis (2)Jim Campbell (2), Marty Reasoner (1)2–011:49 STL
- Al MacInnis (3)Pierre Turgeon (3)3–016:48 STL
2nd period
Geoff Courtnall (1)Pierre Turgeon (4), Pavol Demitra (1)4–009:05 STL
3rd period
Brian Leetch (1)Wayne Gretzky (2)4–103:48 NYR
Alexander Karpovtsev (1)Niklas Sundstrom (1), Alex Kovalev (1)4–211:34 NYR
Team stats
STLNYR
4218
58%42%
1/40/3
68
2634
1316
2434
1818
Penalties
- 0:24 into the first period
Pavol Demitra · hooking2 min - 3:24 into the first period
Jeff Beukeboom · high sticking2 min - 12:46 into the first periodAlex Kovalev · interference2 min
- 0:50 into the second periodAlex Kovalev · hooking obstruction2 min
- 4:21 into the second periodTodd Gill · tripping obstruction2 min
- 5:08 into the third periodPavol Demitra · holding obstruction2 min
- 12:06 into the third periodJohn MacLean · high sticking2 min
Season series
St. Louis Blues
| 2Al MacInnisD | 3 | 0 | 3 | +2 | 5 | 27:32 |
| 10Jim CampbellR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 13:28 |
| 77Pierre TurgeonC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 17:19 |
| 14Geoff CourtnallL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 6 | 17:50 |
| 15Marty ReasonerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 13:15 |
| 38Pavol DemitraR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 18:04 |
| 6Jamie RiversD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 10:57 |
| 18Tony TwistL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:04 |
| 22Craig ConroyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 17:19 |
| 25Pascal RheaumeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 10:44 |
| 26Michal HandzusC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 14:43 |
| 32Mike EastwoodC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:01 |
| 33Scott PellerinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 6 | 18:16 |
| 48Scott YoungR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13:51 |
| 4Marc BergevinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23:47 |
| 5Todd GillD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 11:10 |
| 19Chris McalpineD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:53 |
| 44Chris ProngerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 29:59 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Jamie McLennanG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Grant FuhrG | W | 18 | 2 | .889 |
New York Rangers
| 24Niklas SundstromR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 23:09 |
| 27Alex KovalevR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 21:18 |
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 25:28 |
| 2Brian LeetchD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 29:17 |
| 25Alexander KarpovtsevD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 23:29 |
| 6Manny MalhotraC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 10:20 |
| 9Adam GravesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 15:33 |
| 10Esa TikkanenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 19:55 |
| 15John MacLeanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:04 |
| 19Darren LangdonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 00:50 |
| 21Scott FraserR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:38 |
| 22Mike KnubleR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 08:22 |
| 28P.J. StockC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 01:48 |
| 37Brent FedykL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 13:18 |
| 5Ulf SamuelssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 21:02 |
| 14Geoff SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 10:41 |
| 23Jeff BeukeboomD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 12:51 |
| 34Peter PopovicD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 20:11 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Mike RichterG | L | 14 | 3 | .786 |
| 39Dan CloutierG | 28 | 1 | .964 |