New York Rangers vs Washington Capitals

Regular season · Thursday, March 4, 1999 · MCI Center

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4–2

34–36

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Game summary

The New York Rangers beat the Washington Capitals 4–2 on Thursday, March 4, 1999 at MCI Center. The Capitals outshot the Rangers 36–34.

Mike Knuble scored twice. Sergei Gonchar, Peter Bondra, Adam Graves and Niklas Sundstrom also scored.

Mike Richter made 34 saves on 36 shots for the win; Olie Kolzig stopped 30 of 34.

Goals
NYR	0	0	4	4	34
WSH	0	1	1	2	36

Scoring

2nd period

Sergei Gonchar (16)Jaroslav Svejkovsky (7), Joe Juneau (26)0–115:39 WSH ·

3rd period

Mike Knuble (12)Niklas Sundstrom (25), Manny Malhotra (3)1–102:00 NYR
Peter Bondra (30)Sergei Gonchar (6), Jan Bulis (15)1–209:03 WSH ·
Mike Knuble (13)Niklas Sundstrom (26), Brian Leetch (32)2–215:31 NYR
Adam Graves (31)John MacLean (22), Petr Nedved (24)3–216:28 NYR
Niklas Sundstrom (11)Mike Knuble (16), Manny Malhotra (4)4–217:28 NYR

Team stats

NYRWSH

3436

56%44%

0/42/5

108

2126

1817

2834

113

Penalties

2:27 into the second periodSergei Gonchar · tripping2 min
5:49 into the second periodAdam Graves · interference2 min
7:02 into the second periodSergei Gonchar · interference2 min
9:59 into the second periodChris Tamer · high sticking2 min
9:59 into the second periodChris Tamer · high sticking2 min
15:23 into the second periodMathieu Schneider · boarding2 min
16:10 into the second periodJan Bulis · tripping2 min
4:57 into the third periodJaroslav Svejkovsky · tripping2 min
7:12 into the third periodUlf Samuelsson · interference2 min

Season series

New York Rangers

New York Rangers skaters

22Mike KnubleR	2	1	3	+3	6	1	1	0	–	0	0	18	14:56
24Niklas SundstromR	1	2	3	+3	2	2	0	0	50	2	0	25	19:28
6Manny MalhotraC	0	2	2	+3	1	3	0	0	59	1	0	19	14:57
9Adam GravesL	1	0	1	+1	4	0	0	2	–	0	0	27	23:34
15John MacLeanR	0	1	1	+1	3	0	0	0	–	3	0	24	23:23
93Petr NedvedC	0	1	1	+1	1	1	1	0	55	2	0	29	24:20
2Brian LeetchD	0	1	1	+3	4	1	2	0	–	2	0	28	31:14
14Christian DubeC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	50	0	0	6	03:13
17Kevin StevensL	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	0	–	3	0	17	12:47
21Scott FraserR	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	–	0	0	15	12:27
28Eric LacroixL	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	–	0	0	6	02:56
33Marc SavardC	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	63	0	0	17	12:54
37Brent FedykL	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	3	1	12	07:03
4Chris TamerD	0	0	0	+1	1	1	1	4	–	2	0	25	19:35
5Ulf SamuelssonD	0	0	0	+3	0	0	5	2	–	4	0	28	20:48
12Rich BrennanD	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	0	–	1	0	13	09:15
25Mathieu SchneiderD	0	0	0	+1	3	3	3	2	–	3	0	30	29:18
36Ruman NdurD	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	–	1	0	12	09:53

New York Rangers goalies
Goalie
35Mike RichterG	W	36	34	2	.944	59:49
39Dan CloutierG		0	0	0	–	–

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

55Sergei GoncharD	1	1	2	−2	2	1	1	4	–	4	0	31	27:42
8Jan BulisC	0	1	1	0	1	2	0	2	36	0	0	16	12:12
12Peter BondraR	1	0	1	−3	12	2	2	0	–	4	0	26	24:44
34Jaroslav SvejkovskyR	0	1	1	−3	3	2	0	2	–	2	0	24	22:03
90Joe JuneauC	0	1	1	−1	2	0	0	0	–	1	2	18	17:43
10Kelly MillerL	0	0	0	0	1	3	3	0	–	2	3	20	14:09
13Andrei NikolishinC	0	0	0	−1	4	1	0	0	45	1	1	21	15:35
20Michal PivonkaC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	0	0	10	07:02
27Craig BerubeL	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	–	0	0	8	04:38
28James BlackL	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	–	0	0	21	14:59
36Mike EaglesL	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	25	1	0	12	08:33
44Richard ZednikR	0	0	0	−1	4	3	1	0	–	1	0	16	13:19
77Adam OatesC	0	0	0	−3	0	0	1	0	50	5	2	26	24:04
2Ken KleeD	0	0	0	−2	4	3	1	0	–	6	0	33	26:43
6Calle JohanssonD	0	0	0	−2	0	3	4	0	–	4	4	34	29:25
29Joe ReekieD	0	0	0	−2	0	3	2	0	–	3	1	30	22:23
33Steve PoapstD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	0	0	5	02:44
39Enrico CicconeD	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	–	0	0	10	04:59

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie
31Rick TabaracciG		0	0	0	–	–
37Olie KolzigG	L	34	30	4	.882	59:05