New York Rangers vs New York Islanders

Regular season · Wednesday, December 2, 1998 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum

NY RangersRangersAway

3–2

Final

SOG 17–27

NY IslandersIslandersHome

Game summary

The New York Rangers beat the New York Islanders 3-2 on Wednesday, December 2, 1998 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Islanders outshot the Rangers 27-17.

Goals came from Robert Reichel, Mike Knuble, Petr Nedved, Wayne Gretzky and Claude Lapointe.

Mike Richter made 25 saves on 27 shots for the win; Tommy Salo stopped 14 of 17.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
NYR	1	1	1	3	17
NYI	1	0	1	2	27

Scoring

1st period

Robert Reichel (6)Bryan Berard (9), Trevor Linden (7)0–105:59 NYI · PPG
Mike Knuble (3)Esa Tikkanen (3), Manny Malhotra (2)1–114:30 NYR

2nd period

Petr Nedved (2)Unassisted2–102:24 NYR

3rd period

Wayne Gretzky (5)Kevin Stevens (8)3–104:10 NYR
Claude Lapointe (7)Robert Reichel (17), Bryan Berard (10)3–219:55 NYI · PPG

Team stats

NYRNYI

17Shots on goal27

52%Faceoff %48%

0/5Power play2/4

17Penalty minutes19

18Hits21

11Blocked shots6

11Giveaways5

8Takeaways3

Penalties

1st 00:26David Harlock · cross checking2 min
1st 01:03Kevin Stevens · holding obstruction2 min
1st 03:20Bryan Berard · hooking obstruction2 min
1st 03:20Marc Savard · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
1st 05:27Todd Harvey · hooking2 min
1st 11:09Gino Odjick · interference2 min
1st 17:53Claude Lapointe · hooking obstruction2 min
2nd 08:11David Harlock · high sticking2 min
2nd 08:11David Harlock · high sticking2 min
2nd 10:21Rich Pilon · fighting5 min
2nd 10:21Todd Harvey · fighting5 min
2nd 13:38Jeff Beukeboom · tripping2 min
3rd 18:59Esa Tikkanen · delaying game2 min
3rd 19:30Trevor Linden · roughing2 min
3rd 19:30Ulf Samuelsson · elbowing2 min

Season series

New York Rangers

New York Rangers skaters

6Manny MalhotraC	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	33	03:57
10Esa TikkanenL	0	1	1	+1	0	1	1	2	40	16:37
17Kevin StevensL	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	2	–	17:29
22Mike KnubleR	1	0	1	+2	1	2	2	0	–	17:25
93Petr NedvedC	1	0	1	+1	2	2	1	0	47	21:56
99Wayne GretzkyC	1	0	1	+1	2	0	1	0	59	18:04
9Adam GravesL	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	–	19:21
15John MacLeanR	0	0	0	+1	5	0	0	0	–	19:26
19Darren LangdonL	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	–	02:44
20Todd HarveyR	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	7	40	15:31
32Sean ProngerC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	04:16
33Marc SavardC	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	2	60	16:37
2Brian LeetchD	0	0	0	+1	2	2	2	0	–	27:03
3Stan NeckarD	0	0	0	+2	1	2	1	0	–	14:22
5Ulf SamuelssonD	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	2	–	20:26
23Jeff BeukeboomD	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	–	11:45
25Mathieu SchneiderD	0	0	0	+1	1	2	1	0	–	19:31
34Peter PopovicD	0	0	0	+1	0	1	1	0	–	16:03

New York Rangers goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
35Mike RichterG	W	27	25	2	.926	60:00
39Dan CloutierG		0	0	0	–	–

New York Islanders

New York Islanders skaters

21Robert ReichelC	1	1	2	-3	3	0	0	0	57	18:23
34Bryan BerardD	0	2	2	0	3	0	0	2	–	27:59
13Claude LapointeC	1	0	1	-3	2	1	1	2	50	17:14
32Trevor LindenC	0	1	1	0	1	1	1	2	100	20:01
8Steve WebbR	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	–	04:36
10Jason DaweR	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	–	15:21
11Kevin MillerC	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	60	09:45
14Joe SaccoL	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	–	16:49
15Ted DonatoL	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	50	15:34
17Sergei NemchinovL	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	40	11:22
20Bryan SmolinskiC	0	0	0	0	3	2	1	0	33	20:23
24Gino OdjickL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	–	04:44
25Mariusz CzerkawskiR	0	0	0	-3	3	0	0	0	–	14:45
2Rich PilonD	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	–	10:04
3Zdeno CharaD	0	0	0	-2	0	2	0	0	–	09:55
6David HarlockD	0	0	0	-1	2	3	1	6	–	22:00
7Scott LachanceD	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	0	–	22:31
38Barry RichterD	0	0	0	-2	5	1	1	0	–	21:28

New York Islanders goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30Wade FlahertyG		0	0	0	–	–
35Tommy SaloG	L	17	14	3	.824	58:24