New York Rangers vs Montréal Canadiens
Regular season · Saturday, January 16, 1999 · Centre Molson
Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the New York Rangers 3–0 on Saturday, January 16, 1999 at Centre Molson. The Canadiens outshot the Rangers 32–17.
Goals came from Vladimir Malakhov, Brian Savage and Vincent Damphousse.
Jeff Hackett made 17 saves on 17 shots for the win; Dan Cloutier stopped 29 of 31.
Scoring
1st period
Vladimir Malakhov (7)Brian Savage (6), Saku Koivu (12)0–107:34 MTL ·
3rd period
Brian Savage (9)Shayne Corson (10), Saku Koivu (13)0–206:32 MTL · 
Vincent Damphousse (8)Martin Rucinsky (11), Mark Recchi (23)0–319:55 MTL ·
Team stats
NYRMTL
1732
62%38%
0/32/4
1210
47
1113
5240
1814
Penalties
- 7:31 into the first period
Chris Tamer · cross checking2 min - 7:52 into the first period
Eric Weinrich · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min - 7:52 into the first periodJason Dawe · roughing2 min
- 7:52 into the first periodUlf Samuelsson · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 7:52 into the first periodKevin Stevens · elbowing2 min
- 14:19 into the first periodScott Thornton · cross checking2 min
- 4:19 into the second periodPatrick Poulin · interference2 min
- 5:17 into the second periodEric Weinrich · high sticking2 min
- 11:47 into the second periodPetr Nedved · interference2 min
- 16:08 into the second periodPeter Popovic · holding2 min
- 4:48 into the third periodJan Mertzig · interference2 min
Season series
New York Rangers
| 6Manny MalhotraC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 07:00 |
| 9Adam GravesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:03 |
| 15John MacLeanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19:17 |
| 17Kevin StevensL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 15:05 |
| 21Scott FraserR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 18:48 |
| 22Mike KnubleR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:48 |
| 24Niklas SundstromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:02 |
| 32Sean ProngerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:23 |
| 33Marc SavardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17:38 |
| 37Brent FedykL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:04 |
| 93Petr NedvedC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 18:07 |
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 18:59 |
| 2Brian LeetchD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 29:30 |
| 4Chris TamerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:27 |
| 5Ulf SamuelssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:37 |
| 8Jan MertzigD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:19 |
| 23Jeff BeukeboomD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:01 |
| 34Peter PopovicD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 20:40 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Mike RichterG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 39Dan CloutierG | L | 31 | 2 | .935 |
Montréal Canadiens
| 11Saku KoivuC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 18:20 |
| 49Brian SavageL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 16:54 |
| 8Mark RecchiR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 20:21 |
| 25Vincent DamphousseC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 21:24 |
| 26Martin RucinskyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 19:01 |
| 27Shayne CorsonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 19:01 |
| 38Vladimir MalakhovD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 26:23 |
| 17Benoit BrunetL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:12 |
| 21Jason DaweR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:26 |
| 24Scott ThorntonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:41 |
| 34Sergei ZholtokC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 05:19 |
| 37Patrick PoulinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 09:14 |
| 44Jonas HoglundR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:06 |
| 5Stephane QuintalD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 5 | 24:56 |
| 22Eric WeinrichD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19:42 |
| 43Patrice BriseboisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 21:36 |
| 52Craig RivetD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:07 |
| 55Igor UlanovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:21 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Jeff HackettG | W | 17 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 39Frederic ChabotG | 0 | 0 | – |