The New York Islanders were defeated by the New York Rangers, 3 to 2, on December 2, 1998.

Final

Rangers

8-9-7

3

Islanders

10-14-0

2

Team

NYR

NYI

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

NYR

NYI

Robert Reichel (PP) assisted by Bryan Berard and Trevor Linden

Mike Knuble (EV) assisted by Esa Tikkanen and Manny Malhotra

2nd period

NYR

NYI

Petr Nedved (EV) unassisted

3rd period

NYR

NYI

Wayne Gretzky (EV) assisted by Kevin Stevens

Claude Lapointe (PP) assisted by Robert Reichel and Bryan Berard

Rangers

Islanders

Goals

Shots

Penalty Minutes

Power-Play Goals

Power-Play Opportunities

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Rangers

Islanders

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Mike Richter (W) M. Richter	1	0	0	27	25	.926	2	2.00	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	GWG	S	S%
Jeff Beukeboom J. Beukeboom	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	1	0	1	+1	0	1	2	50.0
Todd Harvey T. Harvey	0	0	0	0	7	0	0
Mike Knuble M. Knuble	1	0	1	+2	0	0	1	100.0
Darren Langdon D. Langdon	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0
Brian Leetch B. Leetch	0	0	0	+1	0	0	2	0.0
John MacLean J. MacLean	0	0	0	+1	0	0	5	0.0
Manny Malhotra M. Malhotra	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0
Stan Neckar S. Neckar	0	0	0	+2	0	0	1	0.0
Petr Nedved P. Nedved	1	0	1	+1	0	0	2	50.0
Peter Popovic P. Popovic	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0
Ulf Samuelsson U. Samuelsson	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0
Marc Savard M. Savard	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	0.0
Mathieu Schneider M. Schneider	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	0.0
Kevin Stevens K. Stevens	0	1	1	+1	2	0	0
Esa Tikkanen E. Tikkanen	0	1	1	+1	2	0	0

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Tommy Salo (L) T. Salo	0	1	0	17	14	.824	3	3.08	0	58

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	S	S%
Bryan Berard B. Berard	0	2	2	0	2	0	2	3	0.0
Zdeno Chara Z. Chara	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0
Mariusz Czerkawski M. Czerkawski	0	0	0	-3	0	0	0	3	0.0
Jason Dawe J. Dawe	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Ted Donato T. Donato	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
David Harlock D. Harlock	0	0	0	-1	6	0	0	2	0.0
Scott Lachance S. Lachance	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0
Claude Lapointe C. Lapointe	1	0	1	-3	2	1	0	2	50.0
Trevor Linden T. Linden	0	1	1	0	2	0	1	1	0.0
Kevin Miller K. Miller	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Gino Odjick G. Odjick	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Rich Pilon R. Pilon	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0
Robert Reichel R. Reichel	1	1	2	-3	0	1	1	3	33.3
Barry Richter B. Richter	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	5	0.0
Joe Sacco J. Sacco	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Bryan Smolinski B. Smolinski	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0