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Thursday, January 8, 1998 · Madison Square Garden

Capitals 5 at Rangers 3

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

R 98OVR Peter Bondra Capitals First Star 3G · 5 SOG D 82OVR Bruce Driver Rangers Second Star 1G · 1A · 1 SOG L 77OVR Steve Konowalchuk Capitals Third Star 2A · 1 SOG · 4 HIT

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 7:07 Brian Leetch (10) Bruce Driver (7), Brian Skrudland (5) · Slap WSH 0 – 1 NYR
  2. 18:18 Peter Bondra (24) Sergei Gonchar (6), Craig Berube (4) · Snap WSH 1 – 1 NYR

2nd Period

  1. 4:05 Bruce Driver (4) Wayne Gretzky (29), Kevin Stevens (14) · Snap WSH 1 – 2 NYR
  2. 10:35 Niklas Sundstrom (9) Kevin Stevens (15), Wayne Gretzky (30) · Snap WSH 1 – 3 NYR
  3. 18:18 Peter Bondra (25) Andrei Nikolishin (1), Jeff Toms (5) · Snap WSH 2 – 3 NYR

3rd Period

  1. 2:09 Andrew Brunette (5) Adam Oates (35), Todd Krygier (6) · Backhand WSH 3 – 3 NYR
  2. 10:43 Peter Bondra (26) Steve Konowalchuk (12), Calle Johansson (12) · Slap WSH 4 – 3 NYR
  3. 17:04 Dale Hunter (5) Steve Konowalchuk (13), Kelly Miller (3) · Snap WSH 5 – 3 NYR

Washington Capitals

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Peter Bondra R 3 0 5 2 0 +3 23:16 2.93
Steve Konowalchuk L 0 2 1 4 1 +1 13:06 1.48
Calle Johansson D 0 1 7 0 1 +2 28:23 1.45
Sergei Gonchar D 0 1 3 0 0 +3 25:21 1.20
Adam Oates C 0 1 2 0 1 0 24:31 0.93
Andrei Nikolishin C 0 1 1 1 1 +1 17:47 0.90
Craig Berube L 0 1 1 2 0 +1 9:21 0.85
Kelly Miller L 0 1 1 0 0 +1 12:56 0.80
Jeff Toms L 0 1 3 1 0 0 16:20 0.80
Todd Krygier L 0 1 0 1 0 -1 16:40 0.43
Joe Reekie D 0 0 1 1 1 +2 22:45 0.38
Andrew Brunette L 1 0 2 0 0 -2 14:36 0.35
Mike Eagles L 0 0 0 4 0 +1 10:22 0.15
Phil Housley D 0 0 1 0 0 0 7:07 0.08
Dale Hunter C 1 0 1 1 0 +1 10:15 0.03
Ken Klee D 0 0 0 1 0 0 5:56 0.00
Mark Tinordi D 0 0 2 3 1 0 24:09 -0.35
Sylvain Cote D 0 0 0 0 0 -3 7:00 -0.50
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Olie Kolzig W 17 14 3 .824 59:52 -0.85

New York Rangers

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Bruce Driver D 1 1 1 2 2 +1 27:07 1.75
Wayne Gretzky C 0 2 0 0 0 0 17:48 1.40
Niklas Sundstrom R 1 0 3 2 1 -1 19:38 0.88
Brian Leetch D 1 0 3 0 5 -1 16:10 0.83
Brian Skrudland C 0 1 0 0 2 +1 5:42 0.68
Mike Keane R 0 0 4 2 1 +1 19:45 0.45
Kevin Stevens L 0 2 0 4 0 0 14:26 0.40
Johan Lindbom L 0 0 1 0 1 +1 12:48 0.13
Alexander Karpovtsev D 0 0 0 0 1 0 7:06 0.05
Alex Kovalev R 0 0 0 0 0 -1 7:44 -0.05
Jeff Finley D 0 0 0 2 0 -1 17:55 -0.05
Darren Langdon L 0 0 0 1 0 0 10:46 -0.10
Doug Lidster D 0 0 0 2 0 0 17:58 -0.25
Adam Graves L 0 0 3 9 0 -2 19:05 -0.28
Pat LaFontaine C 0 0 1 1 1 -2 14:19 -0.33
Tim Sweeney R 0 0 1 1 0 -3 16:35 -0.37
Eric Cairns D 0 0 0 3 1 -2 14:21 -0.45
P.J. Stock C 0 0 0 6 0 0 10:03 -0.90
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Mike Richter L 31 26 5 .839 60:00 -1.15