Tuesday, April 7, 1998 · Madison Square Garden
Canadiens 3 at Rangers 2
Final
Three Stars
By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.
Scoring
1st Period
No scoring
2nd Period
-
7:34
Wayne Gretzky
(22)
PPG
Niklas Sundstrom (28)
· Slap
MTL 0 – 1 NYR
-
10:55
Scott Thornton
(6)
PPG
Sebastien Bordeleau (8)
· Slap
MTL 1 – 1 NYR
-
11:22
Patrice Brisebois
(9)
Benoit Brunet (19), Scott Thornton (9)
· Slap
MTL 2 – 1 NYR
-
18:24
Mark Recchi
(32)
PPG
Vincent Damphousse (39), Vladimir Malakhov (27)
· Tip-in
MTL 3 – 1 NYR
3rd Period
-
12:14
Adam Graves
(21)
Wayne Gretzky (64)
· Backhand
MTL 3 – 2 NYR
Montréal Canadiens
| Player | G | A | SOG | HIT | BLK | +/- | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scott Thornton L | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 14:19 | 1.65 |
| Patrice Brisebois D | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 21:14 | 1.00 |
| Benoit Brunet L | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 17:59 | 0.90 |
| Mark Recchi R | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 22:46 | 0.83 |
| Sebastien Bordeleau C | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 9:49 | 0.78 |
| Vincent Damphousse C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:35 | 0.75 |
| Vladimir Malakhov D | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 24:55 | 0.75 |
| Craig Rivet D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 16:32 | 0.13 |
| Peter Popovic D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17:37 | 0.10 |
| Shayne Corson L | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 22:52 | 0.08 |
| Eric Houde C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2:29 | 0.05 |
| Turner Stevenson R | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 13:07 | 0.02 |
| Zarley Zalapski D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:05 | -0.03 |
| Dave Manson D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 15:57 | -0.05 |
| Marc Bureau C | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 16:43 | -0.10 |
| Patrick Poulin L | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 13:01 | -0.13 |
| Mick Vukota R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2:13 | -0.15 |
| Jonas Hoglund R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16:34 | -0.20 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jocelyn Thibault | W | 22 | 20 | 2 | .909 | 59:56 | 0.50 |
New York Rangers
| Player | G | A | SOG | HIT | BLK | +/- | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wayne Gretzky C | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22:09 | 1.35 |
| Adam Graves L | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 19:15 | 0.98 |
| Niklas Sundstrom R | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 18:12 | 0.53 |
| Ulf Samuelsson D | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | +1 | 21:30 | 0.27 |
| Bob Errey L | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 13:56 | 0.23 |
| Maxim Galanov D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 19:29 | 0.13 |
| Daniel Goneau L | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12:56 | 0.12 |
| Bruce Driver D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18:55 | 0.08 |
| Bill Berg L | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11:16 | 0.00 |
| Johan Lindbom L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:15 | -0.05 |
| Marc Savard C | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:25 | -0.08 |
| P.J. Stock C | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6:26 | -0.08 |
| Jeff Beukeboom D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:27 | -0.10 |
| Jeff Finley D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 17:28 | -0.18 |
| Darren Langdon L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5:44 | -0.20 |
| Kevin Stevens L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 14:17 | -0.20 |
| Alex Kovalev R | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:32 | -0.23 |
| Geoff Smith D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 21:40 | -0.28 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Richter | L | 22 | 19 | 3 | .864 | 59:30 | -0.35 |