The Florida Panthers came up just a bit short against the New York Rangers, 4 to 3, on March 4, 1998.

Final

Rangers

19-26-16

4

Panthers

18-30-12

3

Team

NYR

FLA

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

NYR

FLA

Scott Mellanby (EV) assisted by Kirk Muller and Robert Svehla

Wayne Gretzky (PP) assisted by Brian Leetch and Alex Kovalev

2nd period

NYR

FLA

Kevin Stevens (EV) assisted by Mike Keane and Brian Skrudland

Ed Jovanovski (EV) assisted by Viktor Kozlov and Jeff Norton

3rd period

NYR

FLA

Niklas Sundstrom (EV) assisted by Bruce Driver and Wayne Gretzky

Wayne Gretzky (PP) assisted by Brian Leetch and Pat LaFontaine

Ray Whitney (EV) assisted by Ray Sheppard and Ed Jovanovski

Rangers

Panthers

Goals

Shots

Penalty Minutes

Power-Play Goals

Power-Play Opportunities

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Rangers

Panthers

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Mike Richter (W) M. Richter	1	0	0	42	39	.929	3	3.00	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	GWG	S	S%
Bill Berg B. Berg	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0
Jeff Beukeboom J. Beukeboom	0	0	0	-1	4	0	0	0	0
Bruce Driver B. Driver	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	6	0.0
Mike Eastwood M. Eastwood	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0
Jeff Finley J. Finley	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Adam Graves A. Graves	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	8	0.0
Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	2	1	3	0	0	2	0	1	2	100.0
Mike Keane M. Keane	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Alex Kovalev A. Kovalev	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0.0
Pat LaFontaine P. LaFontaine	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0
Darren Langdon D. Langdon	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0
Brian Leetch B. Leetch	0	2	2	+1	0	0	2	0	6	0.0
Doug Lidster D. Lidster	0	0	0	-1	4	0	0	0	1	0.0
Ulf Samuelsson U. Samuelsson	0	0	0	-1	8	0	0	0	0
Brian Skrudland B. Skrudland	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Kevin Stevens K. Stevens	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	33.3
Niklas Sundstrom N. Sundstrom	1	0	1	+1	0	0	0	0	3	33.3
Tim Sweeney T. Sweeney	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Kevin Weekes (L) K. Weekes	0	1	0	34	30	.882	4	4.07	0	59

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	S	S%
Dino Ciccarelli D. Ciccarelli	0	0	0	-1	6	2	0.0
Radek Dvorak R. Dvorak	0	0	0	0	2	1	0.0
Tom Fitzgerald T. Fitzgerald	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0.0
Dave Gagner D. Gagner	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0.0
Ed Jovanovski E. Jovanovski	1	1	2	+2	2	4	25.0
Viktor Kozlov V. Kozlov	0	1	1	+2	2	5	0.0
Paul Laus P. Laus	0	0	0	0	7	1	0.0
Bill Lindsay B. Lindsay	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0.0
Scott Mellanby S. Mellanby	1	0	1	+1	2	5	20.0
Kirk Muller K. Muller	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0.0
Gord Murphy G. Murphy	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0.0
Rob Niedermayer R. Niedermayer	0	0	0	0	2	2	0.0
Jeff Norton J. Norton	0	1	1	0	0	1	0.0
Ray Sheppard R. Sheppard	0	1	1	0	2	2	0.0
Robert Svehla R. Svehla	0	1	1	+2	0	6	0.0
Esa Tikkanen E. Tikkanen	0	0	0	+1	0	2	0.0
Rhett Warrener R. Warrener	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0.0
Ray Whitney R. Whitney	1	0	1	+1	0	3	33.3