New York Rangers vs Carolina Hurricanes
Regular season · Saturday, December 26, 1998 · Greensboro Coliseum
Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the Carolina Hurricanes 6-3 on Saturday, December 26, 1998 at Greensboro Coliseum. The Hurricanes outshot the Rangers 22-20.
Petr Nedved scored twice and Adam Graves scored twice. Sami Kapanen, Kevin Stevens, Peter Popovic, Gary Roberts and Nelson Emerson also scored.
Mike Richter made 19 saves on 22 shots for the win; Trevor Kidd stopped 9 of 12.
Scoring
1st period
Sami Kapanen (8)Ray Sheppard (15), Keith Primeau (13)0–108:00 CAR
2nd period
Petr Nedved (6)Brian Leetch (17), Jeff Beukeboom (4)1–102:13 NYR
Kevin Stevens (8)Petr Nedved (10), Ruman Ndur (1)2–106:39 NYR- Petr Nedved (7)Mike Knuble (10), Niklas Sundstrom (12)3–107:33 NYR
Adam Graves (14)Sean Pronger (1), Jeff Beukeboom (5)4–108:59 NYR
Peter Popovic (1)Petr Nedved (11), Niklas Sundstrom (13)5–110:04 NYR- Adam Graves (15)Marc Savard (11), Sean Pronger (2)6–111:41 NYR
3rd period
Gary Roberts (6)Nelson Emerson (13), Michael Rucinski (1)6–212:32 CAR
Nelson Emerson (8)Kevin Dineen (4), Sami Kapanen (15)6–318:01 CAR · PPG
Team stats
NYRCAR
20Shots on goal22
57%Faceoff %43%
0/2Power play1/5
21Penalty minutes15
39Hits33
10Blocked shots9
3Giveaways10
8Takeaways5
Penalties
- 1st 09:35
Marc Savard · holding the stick2 min - 1st 18:32Sean Pronger · hooking2 min
- 2nd 04:18Petr Nedved · tripping obstruction2 min
- 2nd 13:31
Gary Roberts · slashing2 min - 2nd 13:31Gary Roberts · fighting5 min
- 2nd 13:31Ulf Samuelsson · slashing2 min
- 2nd 13:31Ulf Samuelsson · fighting5 min
- 2nd 18:37Ron Francis · roughing2 min
- 3rd 07:14Keith Primeau · holding2 min
- 3rd 11:56Ron Francis · interference2 min
- 3rd 11:56Marc Savard · holding2 min
- 3rd 13:55Jeff Beukeboom · high sticking2 min
- 3rd 16:59Bench · abuse of officials2 min
- 3rd 20:00Martin Gelinas · slashing2 min
- 3rd 20:00Ruman Ndur · roughing2 min
Season series
New York Rangers
| 93Petr NedvedC | 2 | 2 | 4 | +3 | 2 | 16:55 |
| 9Adam GravesL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 5 | 13:55 |
| 24Niklas SundstromR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 18:40 |
| 32Sean ProngerC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | 13:00 |
| 23Jeff BeukeboomD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 0 | 16:55 |
| 17Kevin StevensL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 16:11 |
| 22Mike KnubleR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 16:12 |
| 33Marc SavardC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 10:21 |
| 2Brian LeetchD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 22:32 |
| 34Peter PopovicD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 21:56 |
| 36Ruman NdurD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 16:06 |
| 6Manny MalhotraC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:48 |
| 10Esa TikkanenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:47 |
| 15John MacLeanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 16:49 |
| 37Brent FedykL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:36 |
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:34 |
| 5Ulf SamuelssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:58 |
| 25Mathieu SchneiderD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 27:00 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Mike RichterG | W | 22 | 19 | 3 | .864 | 60:00 |
| 39Dan CloutierG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – |
Carolina Hurricanes
| 19Nelson EmersonR | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 3 | 13:16 |
| 24Sami KapanenR | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 4 | 20:20 |
| 10Gary RobertsL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 17:24 |
| 11Kevin DineenR | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 4 | 13:08 |
| 26Ray SheppardR | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 17:35 |
| 55Keith PrimeauC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 16:12 |
| 46Michael RucinskiD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 12:03 |
| 18Robert KronC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 1 | 13:30 |
| 21Ron FrancisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:56 |
| 23Martin GelinasL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 09:54 |
| 28Paul RanheimL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 11:46 |
| 44Kent MandervilleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 12:12 |
| 92Jeff O'NeillC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 17:46 |
| 2Glen WesleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 26:12 |
| 5Marek MalikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 1 | 25:54 |
| 6Adam BurtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 13:01 |
| 7Curtis LeschyshynD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 15:53 |
| 14Steven HalkoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 18:41 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Arturs IrbeG | 8 | 5 | 3 | .625 | 27:33 | |
| 37Trevor KiddG | L | 12 | 9 | 3 | .750 | 32:27 |