Edmonton Oilers vs New York Rangers
Regular season · Tuesday, October 20, 1998 · Madison Square Garden
Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the Edmonton Oilers 3–2 on Tuesday, October 20, 1998 at Madison Square Garden. The Rangers outshot the Oilers 28–26.
Goals came from Bill Guerin, Manny Malhotra, Josef Beranek, Brian Leetch and Mathieu Schneider.
Mike Richter made 24 saves on 26 shots for the win; Bob Essensa stopped 25 of 28.
Scoring
1st period
Bill Guerin (4)Andrei Kovalenko (3), Josef Beranek (5)1–001:51 EDM · 
Manny Malhotra (1)Jeff Beukeboom (1)1–115:10 NYR
2nd period
Josef Beranek (1)Doug Weight (1), Roman Hamrlik (2)2–109:23 EDM ·
3rd period
Brian Leetch (2)Wayne Gretzky (5), Niklas Sundstrom (2)2–200:30 NYR · 
Mathieu Schneider (1)Todd Harvey (2), Alex Kovalev (2)2–308:38 NYR ·
Team stats
EDMNYR
2628
39%61%
2/62/9
2014
4340
1612
4037
1114
Penalties
- 1:42 into the first period
Niklas Sundstrom · slashing2 min - 6:13 into the first period
Dean McAmmond · hooking obstruction2 min - 8:43 into the first periodSean Brown · cross checking2 min
- 15:50 into the first periodKevin Stevens · elbowing2 min
- 17:20 into the first periodJanne Niinimaa · holding stick obstruction2 min
- 19:48 into the first periodRoman Hamrlik · charging2 min
- 3:20 into the second periodTom Poti · interference2 min
- 5:49 into the second periodDean McAmmond · hooking2 min
- 8:17 into the second periodBill Guerin · charging2 min
- 8:17 into the second periodJeff Beukeboom · boarding2 min
- 8:17 into the second periodJeff Beukeboom · interference2 min
- 14:46 into the second periodRyan Smyth · kneeing2 min
- 17:23 into the second periodJohn MacLean · tripping obstruction2 min
- 19:47 into the second periodJanne Niinimaa · holding obstruction2 min
- 4:59 into the third periodGeoff Smith · high sticking2 min
- 8:10 into the third periodSean Brown · roughing2 min
- 16:09 into the third periodMathieu Schneider · interference2 min
Season series
Edmonton Oilers
| 20Josef BeranekL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 18:28 |
| 9Bill GuerinR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 17:19 |
| 39Doug WeightC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | 17:39 |
| 51Andrei KovalenkoR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 18:21 |
| 22Roman HamrlikD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 25:11 |
| 10Pat FalloonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 12:21 |
| 16Kelly BuchbergerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:32 |
| 17Rem MurrayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:07 |
| 19Boyd DevereauxC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:16 |
| 25Mike GrierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:22 |
| 26Todd MarchantC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10:53 |
| 37Dean McAmmondC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | 15:35 |
| 94Ryan SmythL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:19 |
| 5Tom PotiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:13 |
| 8Frantisek MusilD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 16:47 |
| 23Sean BrownD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:44 |
| 33Marty McSorleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 19:30 |
| 44Janne NiinimaaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23:01 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Bob EssensaG | L | 28 | 3 | .893 |
| 35Mikhail ShtalenkovG | 0 | 0 | – |
New York Rangers
| 6Manny MalhotraC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 08:28 |
| 20Todd HarveyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 19:15 |
| 24Niklas SundstromR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 20:03 |
| 27Alex KovalevR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 19:31 |
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 22:14 |
| 2Brian LeetchD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 17:41 |
| 23Jeff BeukeboomD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14:46 |
| 25Mathieu SchneiderD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 25:07 |
| 9Adam GravesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:43 |
| 10Esa TikkanenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:43 |
| 15John MacLeanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 15:56 |
| 17Kevin StevensL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 10:20 |
| 21Scott FraserR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:55 |
| 22Mike KnubleR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:22 |
| 37Brent FedykL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:39 |
| 5Ulf SamuelssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 20:28 |
| 8Jan MertzigD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:41 |
| 14Geoff SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:05 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Mike RichterG | W | 26 | 2 | .923 |
| 39Dan CloutierG | 0 | 0 | – |