MTL @ NYR - 1998-03-18

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Wednesday, March 18, 1998 — Madison Square Garden

1—2

Final/OT

MTL: Alain VigneaultNYR: John Muckler

Notable

Mike Richter— career_game #600

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Goals

SOG

Missed

Blocked

Hits

Penalties

Goals (3)

19:32

NYR

Mike Eastwood(5)wrist

Assists: Tim Sweeney, Kevin Stevens

0-1

6:21

MTL

Jonas Hoglund(8)tip-in

Assists: Mark Recchi, Saku Koivu

1-1

0:19

NYR

Game Timeline

Penalties (3)

7:11

MTL

Vladimir Malakhovinterference

2 min

19:11

MTL

Teamtoo-many-men-on-the-ice

2 minBEN

7:17

NYR

Niklas Sundstromtripping

2 min

Box Score

MTL Skaters

Player	G	A	P	+/-	SOG	Hits	Blk	PIM	FO	TOI	SH
Mark RecchiR	0	1	1	-2	5	0	0	0	-	23:34	35
Marc BureauC	0	0	0	0	2	0	2

On This Day (Mar 18)

2026COL 1 - DAL 2

2026NYR 3 - NJD 6

2026ANA 2 - PHI 3

2026WSH 4 - OTT 1

2026CAR 6 - PIT 5

Healthy Scratches

MTL

Vincent Damphousse(C)Matt Higgins(C)Eric Houde(C)Francois Groleau(D)Igor Ulanov(D)Jose Theodore(G)Shayne Corson(L)Terry Ryan(L)Scott Thornton(L)David Ling(R)Mick Vukota(R)

NYR

Pat LaFontaine(C)P.J. Stock(C)Jeff Beukeboom(D)Eric Cairns(D)Maxim Galanov(D)Alexander Karpovtsev(D)Ronnie Sundin(D)Jason Muzzatti(G)Sylvain Blouin

All Events

shot

goal

penalty

NYR Skaters

Player	G	A	P	+/-	SOG	Hits	Blk	PIM	FO	TOI	SH
Brian LeetchD	0	0	0	+1	2	0	2	0	-	32:17	30
Wayne GretzkyC	0	1	1	+1	3	0	0	0	-	28:41	33
Alex KovalevR	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	-	27:27	31
Geoff SmithD	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	-	25:33	26
Bruce DriverD	0	0	0	+2	2	0	1	0	-	25:05	29
Niklas SundstromR	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	-	23:11	30
Ulf SamuelssonD	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	0	-	21:13	31
Adam GravesL	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	-	19:37	20
Mike KeaneR	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	-	16:32	22
Marc SavardC	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	-	15:57	22
Kevin StevensL	1	1	2	+2	4	2	0	0	-	15:26	23
Doug LidsterD	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	-	14:20	20
Tim SweeneyR	0	2	2	+2	2	1	0	0	-	13:56	21
Mike EastwoodC	1	0	1	+1	2	1	0	0	-	12:31	23
Jeff FinleyD	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	-	10:51	17
Bill BergL	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	-	7:10	11
Darren LangdonL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	6:40	10
Brian SkrudlandC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	5:56	10

Goalie	Team	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
Mike Richter	NYR	25	24	1	.960	64:41
Dan Cloutier	NYR	0	0	0	.0	0:00
Jocelyn Thibault	MTL	25	23	2	.920	64:41
Andy Moog	MTL	0	0	0	.0	0:00