Boston Bruins vs New York Rangers
Regular season · Friday, March 12, 1999 · Madison Square Garden
Game summary
The Boston Bruins beat the New York Rangers 5–4 on Friday, March 12, 1999 at Madison Square Garden. The Rangers outshot the Bruins 44–38.
Steve Heinze scored twice, John MacLean scored twice and Anson Carter scored twice. Adam Graves, Mike Knuble and Jason Allison also scored.
Byron Dafoe made 40 saves on 44 shots for the win; Mike Richter stopped 33 of 38.
Scoring
1st period
Steve Heinze (14)Dmitri Khristich (37), Mattias Timander (4)1–002:10 BOS
2nd period
Adam Graves (32)Brian Leetch (36), Petr Nedved (25)1–114:09 NYR
3rd period
Mike Knuble (14)Manny Malhotra (5)1–201:13 NYR
Jason Allison (20)Mattias Timander (5), Ray Bourque (37)2–206:38 BOS · 
John MacLean (24)Petr Nedved (26), Adam Graves (12)2–307:32 NYR- Steve Heinze (15)Kyle McLaren (6), Joe Thornton (18)3–307:51 BOS
- John MacLean (25)Mathieu Schneider (18)3–411:28 NYR
Anson Carter (13)Joe Thornton (19), Kyle McLaren (7)4–417:13 BOS- Anson Carter (14)Unassisted5–417:32 BOS
Team stats
BOSNYR
3844
53%47%
1/40/4
88
2735
1110
2324
1216
Penalties
- 12:32 into the first period
Mathieu Schneider · high sticking2 min - 16:31 into the first period
Hal Gill · interference2 min - 4:27 into the second periodKevin Stevens · cross checking2 min
- 7:19 into the second periodMattias Timander · high sticking2 min
- 18:48 into the second periodKyle McLaren · slashing2 min
- 5:38 into the third periodPetr Nedved · hooking2 min
- 12:22 into the third periodPetr Nedved · tripping2 min
- 14:34 into the third periodSergei Samsonov · tripping2 min
Season series
Boston Bruins
| 6Joe ThorntonC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 21:07 |
| 23Steve HeinzeR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +3 | 3 | 15:34 |
| 33Anson CarterR | 2 | 0 | 2 | −1 | 3 | 21:05 |
| 18Kyle McLarenD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 25:57 |
| 37Mattias TimanderD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | 15:02 |
| 12Dmitri KhristichR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 3 | 15:55 |
| 41Jason AllisonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 2 | 21:28 |
| 77Ray BourqueD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 5 | 29:14 |
| 10Cameron MannR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 05:51 |
| 11P.J. AxelssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 16:10 |
| 14Sergei SamsonovL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15:36 |
| 16Ken BelangerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 03:42 |
| 19Rob DiMaioR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:28 |
| 26Tim TaylorC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 16:15 |
| 20Darren Van ImpeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 06:57 |
| 25Hal GillD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 16:42 |
| 32Don SweeneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 20:20 |
| 44Dave EllettD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 06:32 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34Byron DafoeG | W | 44 | 4 | .909 |
| 35Robbie TallasG | 0 | 0 | – |
New York Rangers
| 9Adam GravesL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 22:50 |
| 15John MacLeanR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 6 | 24:44 |
| 93Petr NedvedC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 11 | 25:03 |
| 6Manny MalhotraC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 | 15:44 |
| 22Mike KnubleR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 17:54 |
| 2Brian LeetchD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 4 | 28:32 |
| 25Mathieu SchneiderD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 24:29 |
| 17Kevin StevensL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 14:29 |
| 19Darren LangdonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Niklas SundstromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 19:51 |
| 26Mike ManelukR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 10:19 |
| 28Eric LacroixL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 03:00 |
| 33Marc SavardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 15:39 |
| 37Brent FedykL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:56 |
| 4Chris TamerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | 18:08 |
| 5Ulf SamuelssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 20:10 |
| 34Peter PopovicD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 14:46 |
| 36Ruman NdurD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:17 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Mike RichterG | L | 38 | 5 | .868 |
| 39Dan CloutierG | 0 | 0 | – |