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Tuesday, January 6, 1998 · Madison Square Garden

Hurricanes 2 at Rangers 4

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

D 68OVR Brian Leetch Rangers First Star 2G · 5 SOG L 69OVR Adam Graves Rangers Second Star 1G · 1A · 2 SOG C 90OVR Pat LaFontaine Rangers Third Star 2A · 1 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 7:41 Brian Leetch (8) Wayne Gretzky (27), Bill Berg (6) · Slap CAR 0 – 1 NYR
  2. 17:48 Adam Graves (12) Pat LaFontaine (28), Alex Kovalev (14) · Wrist CAR 0 – 2 NYR

2nd Period

  1. 8:13 Tim Sweeney (10) Adam Graves (8), Pat LaFontaine (29) · Tip-in CAR 0 – 3 NYR
  2. 15:32 Keith Primeau (13) Nelson Emerson (13) · Snap CAR 1 – 3 NYR

3rd Period

  1. 1:55 Brian Leetch (9) PPG Wayne Gretzky (28), Tim Sweeney (12) · Slap CAR 1 – 4 NYR
  2. 9:08 Sami Kapanen (17) Robert Kron (10), Glen Wesley (13) · Wrist CAR 2 – 4 NYR

Carolina Hurricanes

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Keith Primeau C 1 0 5 4 0 +1 21:16 1.08
Sami Kapanen R 1 0 3 0 0 0 19:58 0.93
Nelson Emerson R 0 1 5 0 0 0 17:06 0.75
Robert Kron C 0 1 2 1 0 0 17:57 0.73
Glen Wesley D 0 1 1 4 2 -1 22:04 0.45
Martin Gelinas L 0 0 4 1 0 0 19:57 0.40
Steve Chiasson D 0 0 3 0 1 0 25:08 0.22
Adam Burt D 0 0 0 0 1 0 17:37 0.05
Curtis Leschyshyn D 0 0 2 2 0 -1 15:50 0.05
Gary Roberts L 0 0 1 2 0 -1 18:37 0.03
Paul Ranheim L 0 0 0 1 0 0 7:26 0.00
Kevin Haller D 0 0 0 5 1 +1 18:34 -0.10
Sean Hill D 0 0 0 1 1 -1 16:06 -0.10
Stephen Leach R 0 0 1 3 0 -1 14:34 -0.13
Kent Manderville C 0 0 0 1 0 0 9:02 -0.15
Jeff O'Neill C 0 0 0 2 0 -1 15:26 -0.25
Bates Battaglia L 0 0 1 1 0 -1 11:47 -0.28
Stu Grimson L 0 0 0 0 0 0 4:04 -0.38
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Kirk McLean L 17 13 4 .765 58:15 -1.70

New York Rangers

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Brian Leetch D 2 0 5 3 3 +2 29:35 2.23
Adam Graves L 1 1 2 2 0 +2 17:28 1.83
Pat LaFontaine C 0 2 1 1 1 +2 18:42 1.73
Tim Sweeney R 1 1 1 3 0 +1 12:18 1.40
Wayne Gretzky C 0 2 3 0 0 0 17:09 1.18
Alex Kovalev R 0 1 0 0 1 +2 6:53 0.83
Bill Berg L 0 1 0 4 1 0 20:31 0.63
Bruce Driver D 0 0 1 3 0 +2 26:06 0.53
Doug Lidster D 0 0 1 2 2 0 14:30 0.08
Mike Keane R 0 0 2 2 0 -1 19:24 0.05
Jeff Finley D 0 0 0 2 2 -1 16:52 0.05
P.J. Stock C 0 0 0 2 0 0 2:00 0.00
Brian Skrudland C 0 0 0 0 1 -1 19:03 -0.05
Eric Cairns D 0 0 0 3 0 0 13:36 -0.05
Kevin Stevens L 0 0 0 7 1 -1 14:15 -0.10
Alexander Karpovtsev D 0 0 1 1 1 -1 20:17 -0.28
Niklas Sundstrom R 0 0 0 1 0 -1 17:58 -0.30
Darren Langdon L 0 0 0 0 0 0 3:08 -0.38
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Dan Cloutier W 28 26 2 .929 60:00 1.10