🗽 Away Rangers 28-25-11 before this game
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Final
🇨🇦 Home Canadiens 32-22-9 before this game
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Rangers at Canadiens

Canadiens beat Rangers 4–1 at Bell Centre on March 12, 1998.

🗓 Thu, Mar 12, 1998 · 18:30 CST 📍 Bell Centre, Montréal 🏒 1997-98 🔁 Season series tied 1–1 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🇨🇦 MTL
Marc Bureau
2 G
5 shots · 19:21 TOI · +2
2nd star 🇨🇦 MTL
Saku Koivu
1 G
3 shots · 18:55 TOI · +2
3rd star 🇨🇦 MTL
Benoit Brunet
1 G
2 shots · 16:49 TOI · +1

🚨 Scoring

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📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🗽NYR MTL🇨🇦
24 Shots on goal 18
1/7 Power play (goals / chances) 0/3
14 Hits 14
4 Blocked shots 11
4 Takeaways 4
13 Giveaways 15
13 Penalty minutes 21
NYR shooting 4.2% (1/24) MTL shooting 22.2% (4/18)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🗽Rangers
Mike Richter
14/18
.778 SV% · 4 GA · 60:00 TOI
🇨🇦Canadiens
Jocelyn Thibault
23/24
.958 SV% · 1 GA · 59:58 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Rangers
Rangers — tied after 1st: 28-25-11 (44% win rate, 64 games)
Canadiens
Canadiens — tied after 1st: 32-22-9 (51% win rate, 63 games)
After 2nd — 0–0
Rangers
Rangers — tied after 2nd: 28-25-11 (44% win rate, 64 games)
Canadiens
Canadiens — tied after 2nd: 32-22-9 (51% win rate, 63 games)

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🗽Rangers
L1 Graves · Gretzky · LaFontaine 20:26
L2 Sundstrom · Vorobiev · Kovalev 17:59
L3 Stevens · Skrudland · Keane 14:49
L4 Langdon · Stock · Sweeney 5:14
D1 Leetch · Driver 26:34
D2 Samuelsson · Lidster 19:09
D3 Finley · Beukeboom 12:50
🇨🇦Canadiens
L1 Bureau · Koivu · Recchi 19:00
L2 Poulin · Brunet · Rucinsky 16:49
L3 Thornton · Savage · Hoglund 13:41
L4 Bordeleau · Stevenson 4:40
D1 Brisebois · Malakhov 21:54
D2 Manson · Quintal 19:54
D3 Zalapski · Popovic 17:58
D4 Rivet 14:21

⚔️ Last meetings

Season series tied 1–1 Full head-to-head →
Dec 6, 1997
🗽NYR @ 🇨🇦MTL
3–3 (OT) · Rangers won
Mar 19, 1997
🇨🇦MTL @ 🗽NYR
5–4 · Canadiens won
Dec 21, 1996
🗽NYR @ 🇨🇦MTL
3–2 (OT) · Rangers won
Dec 1, 1996
🇨🇦MTL @ 🗽NYR
2–6 · Rangers won
Oct 12, 1996
🗽NYR @ 🇨🇦MTL
2–5 · Canadiens won

❓ NYR vs MTL, answered

Who won Rangers vs Canadiens on March 12, 1998?

Canadiens won 4–1.

What was the final score of Rangers vs Canadiens?

The final score was Rangers 1, Canadiens 4.

How did the Rangers goalie play?

Mike Richter made 14 saves on 18 shots (.778 save percentage).

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Jocelyn Thibault made 23 saves on 24 shots (.958 save percentage).

Where is Rangers vs Canadiens played?

At Bell Centre in Montréal, the Canadiens home rink.

What is the Rangers vs Canadiens season series?

Season series tied 1–1 after 2 games.

Have a different question? Ask the Oracle — it answers from this season's box scores.

🧭 Around this game

Each team's schedule either side of it
🗽Rangers
Previous game · Mar 11
🦈SJS @ 🗽NYR
3–5 · NYR won
Next game · Mar 14
🗽NYR @ 🐻BOS
1–5 · BOS won
🇨🇦Canadiens
Previous game · Mar 11
🐋VAN @ 🇨🇦MTL
2–2 · VAN won
Next game · Mar 14
😈NJD @ 🇨🇦MTL
2–4 · MTL won
Also on March 12, 1998
🦈SJS @ ⚔️BUF
1–3 final
😈NJD @ 🌪️CAR
2–0 final
🦅WSH @ 🏝️NYI
2–1 final
🐋VAN @ 🔔PHI
2–3 final
🔥CGY @ 🐻BOS
5–2 final
🪶CHI @ 🐙DET
0–3 final
⭐DAL @ 🌵PHX
4–5 final
🍁TOR @ 👑LAK
2–1 final
Rangers season page Canadiens season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule