New York Rangers vs. Florida Panthers Box Score: March 4, 1998
Scoring Summary
| 1st Period | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03:24 | FLA | Scott Mellanby (10) | Kirk Muller, Róbert Švehla | |
| 19:18 | NYR | PP | Wayne Gretzky (14) | Brian Leetch, Alex Kovalev |
| 2nd Period | ||||
| 16:02 | NYR | Kevin Stevens (13) | Mike Keane, Brian Skrudland | |
| 18:59 | FLA | Ed Jovanovski (7) | Viktor Kozlov, Jeff Norton | |
| 3rd Period | ||||
| 00:28 | NYR | Niklas Sundström (14) | Bruce Driver, Wayne Gretzky | |
| 06:58 | NYR | PP | Wayne Gretzky (15) | Brian Leetch, Pat LaFontaine |
| 14:54 | FLA | Ray Whitney (23) | Ray Sheppard, Ed Jovanovski | |
Penalty Summary
| 1st Period | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 00:24 | FLA | Scott Mellanby | Unsportsmanlike conduct | 2 min |
| 00:24 | NYR | Ulf Samuelsson | Unsportsmanlike conduct | 2 min |
| 04:56 | NYR | Darren Langdon | Fighting | 5 min |
| 04:56 | FLA | Paul Laus | Fighting | 5 min |
| 06:48 | NYR | Tim Sweeney | Unsportsmanlike conduct | 2 min |
| 11:25 | FLA | Viktor Kozlov | Interference | 2 min |
| 14:59 | FLA | Radek Dvořák | Holding | 2 min |
| 18:22 | FLA | Paul Laus | Interference | 2 min |
| 19:45 | FLA | Dino Ciccarelli | Roughing | 2 min |
| 19:45 | NYR | Doug Lidster | Roughing | 2 min |
| 2nd Period | ||||
| 04:48 | NYR | Jeff Beukeboom | Roughing | 2 min |
| 06:14 | FLA | Dino Ciccarelli | Roughing | 2 min |
| 06:14 | FLA | Dino Ciccarelli | Roughing | 2 min |
| 06:14 | NYR | Ulf Samuelsson | Roughing | 2 min |
| 06:14 | NYR | Ulf Samuelsson | Roughing | 2 min |
| 07:50 | NYR | Jeff Beukeboom | Roughing | 2 min |
| 09:06 | FLA | Rob Niedermayer | Elbowing | 2 min |
| 11:34 | NYR | Ulf Samuelsson | Holding | 2 min |
| 17:46 | NYR | Tim Sweeney | Holding - Obstruction | 2 min |
| 18:24 | FLA | Ray Sheppard | High sticking | 2 min |
| 3rd Period | ||||
| 05:10 | FLA | Ed Jovanovski | Roughing | 2 min |
| 09:57 | NYR | Doug Lidster | Holding - Obstruction | 2 min |
New York Rangers
| Scoring | Goals | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | EV | PP | SH | GW | S | S% | SHFT | TOI |
| 1 | Bill Berg | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 10:14 | |
| 2 | Jeff Beukeboom | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 14:31 | |
| 3 | Bruce Driver | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 | 30 | 25:37 |
| 4 | Mike Eastwood | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 7:28 | |
| 5 | Jeff Finley | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 20 | 12:58 |
| 6 | Adam Graves | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 | 26 | 22:23 |
| 7 | Wayne Gretzky | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 100.0 | 24 | 20:58 |
| 8 | Mike Keane | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 21 | 14:59 |
| 9 | Alex Kovalev | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 20 | 16:38 |
| 10 | Pat LaFontaine | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 18:48 | |
| 11 | Darren Langdon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0:37 | |
| 12 | Brian Leetch | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 | 29 | 30:12 |
| 13 | Doug Lidster | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 24 | 16:46 |
| 14 | Ulf Samuelsson | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 16:43 | |
| 15 | Brian Skrudland | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 20 | 12:57 |
| 16 | Kevin Stevens | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 33.3 | 19 | 13:43 |
| 17 | Niklas Sundström | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 33.3 | 20 | 16:07 |
| 18 | Tim Sweeney | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 10:41 | |
| 19 | Mike Richter | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60:00 | |||||
| TOTAL | 4 | 8 | 12 | 25 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 34 | 11.8 | |||||
Goalies
| Goalie Stats | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | DEC | GA | SA | SV | SV% | SO | PIM | TOI |
| 1 | Mike Richter | W | 3 | 42 | 39 | .929 | 0 | 0 | 60:00 |
Florida Panthers
| Scoring | Goals | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | EV | PP | SH | GW | S | S% | SHFT | TOI |
| 1 | Dino Ciccarelli | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 17 | 13:17 |
| 2 | Radek Dvořák | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 18 | 11:33 |
| 3 | Tom Fitzgerald | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 19 | 11:56 |
| 4 | Dave Gagner | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 21 | 15:33 |
| 5 | Ed Jovanovski | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 25.0 | 28 | 21:37 |
| 6 | Viktor Kozlov | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | 22 | 16:35 |
| 7 | Paul Laus | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 18 | 11:17 |
| 8 | Bill Lindsay | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 18 | 12:22 |
| 9 | Scott Mellanby | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 20.0 | 18 | 16:36 |
| 10 | Kirk Muller | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 19 | 12:22 |
| 11 | Gord Murphy | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 27 | 19:54 |
| 12 | Rob Niedermayer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 23 | 18:39 |
| 13 | Jeff Norton | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 19 | 13:58 |
| 14 | Ray Sheppard | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 17 | 12:54 |
| 15 | Róbert Švehla | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 | 28 | 30:33 |
| 16 | Esa Tikkanen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 23 | 15:20 |
| 17 | Rhett Warrener | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 24 | 16:18 |
| 18 | Ray Whitney | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 33.3 | 17 | 15:26 |
| 19 | Kevin Weekes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 59:01 | |||||
| TOTAL | 3 | 6 | 9 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 7.1 | |||||
Goalies
| Goalie Stats | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | DEC | GA | SA | SV | SV% | SO | PIM | TOI |
| 1 | Kevin Weekes | L | 4 | 34 | 30 | .882 | 0 | 0 | 59:01 |

