Colorado Avalanche vs New York Rangers
Regular season · Wednesday, December 9, 1998 · Madison Square Garden
Game summary
The Colorado Avalanche beat the New York Rangers 2-1 on Wednesday, December 9, 1998 at Madison Square Garden. The Avalanche outshot the Rangers 29-20.
Goals came from Mathieu Schneider, Joe Sakic and Peter Forsberg.
Patrick Roy made 19 saves on 20 shots for the win; Mike Richter stopped 27 of 29.
Scoring
2nd period
Mathieu Schneider (2)Wayne Gretzky (22), Kevin Stevens (10)0–101:29 NYR
3rd period
Joe Sakic (12)Valeri Kamensky (10), Sylvain Lefebvre (5)1–111:56 COL
Peter Forsberg (9)Valeri Kamensky (11)2–113:34 COL
Team stats
COLNYR
29Shots on goal20
42%Faceoff %58%
0/2Power play0/2
13Penalty minutes13
32Hits29
17Blocked shots13
15Giveaways16
14Takeaways14
Penalties
- 1st 09:30
Jeff Odgers · roughing2 min - 1st 13:13Warren Rychel · roughing2 min
- 1st 13:13
Chris Tamer · roughing2 min - 1st 13:13Niklas Sundstrom · interference2 min
- 2nd 02:43Jeff Odgers · fighting5 min
- 2nd 02:43Chris Tamer · fighting5 min
- 3rd 02:49Mike Knuble · holding2 min
- 3rd 10:13Aaron Miller · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 3rd 10:13Mike Knuble · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 3rd 16:26Cam Russell · cross checking2 min
Season series
Colorado Avalanche
| 13Valeri KamenskyL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 3 | 14:00 |
| 19Joe SakicC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 28:50 |
| 21Peter ForsbergC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 25:16 |
| 2Sylvain LefebvreD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 27:35 |
| 6Wade BelakR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:31 |
| 12Shean DonovanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 06:02 |
| 16Warren RychelL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 04:56 |
| 18Adam DeadmarshR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 22:32 |
| 20Rene CorbetL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:50 |
| 22Claude LemieuxR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 24:50 |
| 23Milan HejdukR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 17:12 |
| 27Scott ParkerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 00:08 |
| 36Jeff OdgersR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 03:22 |
| 37Chris DruryC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 16:42 |
| 3Aaron MillerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 28:58 |
| 4Cam RussellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 18:34 |
| 7Greg De VriesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 21:53 |
| 43Dan SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 09:55 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Craig BillingtonG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |
| 33Patrick RoyG | W | 20 | 19 | 1 | .950 | 60:00 |
New York Rangers
| 17Kevin StevensL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 17:15 |
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 20:37 |
| 25Mathieu SchneiderD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 25:30 |
| 6Manny MalhotraC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 02:04 |
| 9Adam GravesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:20 |
| 10Esa TikkanenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:21 |
| 15John MacLeanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:50 |
| 20Todd HarveyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:13 |
| 22Mike KnubleR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 29:42 |
| 24Niklas SundstromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 17:35 |
| 33Marc SavardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:52 |
| 37Brent FedykL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:13 |
| 93Petr NedvedC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 22:16 |
| 2Brian LeetchD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 28:39 |
| 3Stan NeckarD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:20 |
| 4Chris TamerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:38 |
| 5Ulf SamuelssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 20:05 |
| 34Peter PopovicD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 20:50 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Mike RichterG | L | 29 | 27 | 2 | .931 | 58:51 |
| 39Dan CloutierG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – |