New York Rangers vs Colorado Avalanche
Regular season · Thursday, December 31, 1998 · McNichols Sports Arena
Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the Colorado Avalanche 6–3 on Thursday, December 31, 1998 at McNichols Sports Arena. The Avalanche outshot the Rangers 34–24.
Goals came from Adam Deadmarsh, Mike Knuble, Mathieu Schneider, Petr Nedved, Claude Lemieux, Marc Savard, John MacLean, Adam Graves and Chris Drury.
Mike Richter made 31 saves on 34 shots for the win; Craig Billington stopped 9 of 14.
Scoring
1st period
Adam Deadmarsh (11)Valeri Kamensky (18)0–101:23 COL
Mike Knuble (7)Niklas Sundstrom (14), Mathieu Schneider (12)1–103:26 NYR
Mathieu Schneider (4)Niklas Sundstrom (15), Petr Nedved (13)2–106:27 NYR · 
Petr Nedved (8)Wayne Gretzky (30)3–116:55 NYR ·
2nd period
Claude Lemieux (12)Peter Forsberg (30), Valeri Kamensky (19)3–201:43 COL · 
Marc Savard (4)John MacLean (7)4–206:20 NYR
John MacLean (11)Kevin Stevens (11), Marc Savard (12)5–206:59 NYR
Adam Graves (16)Todd Harvey (10), Wayne Gretzky (31)6–215:12 NYR · 
Chris Drury (7)Rene Corbet (11)6–316:26 COL
Team stats
NYRCOL
2434
46%54%
3/41/4
1818
1313
134
1522
1013
Penalties
- 0:12 into the first period
Scott Parker · fighting5 min - 0:12 into the first period
Darren Langdon · fighting5 min - 5:36 into the first periodStephane Yelle · hooking2 min
- 6:51 into the first periodUlf Samuelsson · tripping2 min
- 15:22 into the first periodPeter Forsberg · tripping obstruction2 min
- 16:14 into the first periodSylvain Lefebvre · high sticking2 min
- 0:51 into the second periodMathieu Schneider · tripping2 min
- 7:29 into the second periodMathieu Schneider · high sticking2 min
- 13:31 into the second periodShean Donovan · holding the stick2 min
- 15:33 into the second periodJeff Odgers · fighting5 min
- 15:33 into the second periodRuman Ndur · fighting5 min
- 10:38 into the third periodMathieu Schneider · holding2 min
Season series
New York Rangers
| 15John MacLeanR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 4 | 15:37 |
| 24Niklas SundstromR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | 21:27 |
| 33Marc SavardC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 11:19 |
| 93Petr NedvedC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 6 | 20:26 |
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 1 | 19:50 |
| 25Mathieu SchneiderD | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 2 | 21:52 |
| 9Adam GravesL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | 20:33 |
| 17Kevin StevensL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 13:16 |
| 20Todd HarveyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 15:01 |
| 22Mike KnubleR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 19:08 |
| 6Manny MalhotraC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 04:33 |
| 19Darren LangdonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 01:42 |
| 37Brent FedykL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 10:30 |
| 2Brian LeetchD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 2 | 31:17 |
| 5Ulf SamuelssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 21:12 |
| 23Jeff BeukeboomD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 15:45 |
| 34Peter PopovicD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 21:54 |
| 36Ruman NdurD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:53 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Mike RichterG | W | 34 | 3 | .912 |
| 39Dan CloutierG | 0 | 0 | – |
Colorado Avalanche
| 13Valeri KamenskyL | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 21:46 |
| 18Adam DeadmarshR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 25:17 |
| 20Rene CorbetL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 16:47 |
| 21Peter ForsbergC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 5 | 23:39 |
| 22Claude LemieuxR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 6 | 24:36 |
| 37Chris DruryC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 13:49 |
| 12Shean DonovanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 13:14 |
| 23Milan HejdukR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | 15:07 |
| 26Stephane YelleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 12:55 |
| 27Scott ParkerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 03:34 |
| 29Eric MessierL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 15:16 |
| 36Jeff OdgersR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 04:29 |
| 44Serge AubinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 04:16 |
| 2Sylvain LefebvreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19:05 |
| 3Aaron MillerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 23:31 |
| 4Cam RussellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 11:50 |
| 7Greg De VriesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 18:22 |
| 52Adam FooteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26:15 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Craig BillingtonG | L | 14 | 5 | .643 |
| 30Marc DenisG | 10 | 1 | .900 |