🐙 Away Red Wings 44-19-6 before this game
4–3
Final
🗽 Home Rangers 30-27-11 before this game
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Red Wings at Rangers

Red Wings beat Rangers 4–3 at Madison Square Garden on March 21, 1998.

🗓 Sat, Mar 21, 1998 · 14:00 CST 📍 Madison Square Garden, New York 🏒 1997-98 🔁 Red Wings lead the season series 1–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🐙 DET
Kirk Maltby
1 G, 1 A
3 shots · 18:07 TOI · +1
2nd star 🐙 DET
Nicklas Lidstrom
1 G, 1 A
2 shots · 29:26 TOI · +2
3rd star 🐙 DET
Larry Murphy
2 A
27:54 TOI · +3

🚨 Scoring

Goal-by-goal detail has not synced for this game yet.

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🐙DET NYR🗽
25 Shots on goal 22
1/3 Power play (goals / chances) 2/3
14 Hits 12
8 Blocked shots 15
16 Takeaways 26
40 Giveaways 46
6 Penalty minutes 6
DET shooting 16.0% (4/25) NYR shooting 13.6% (3/22)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐙Red Wings
Kevin Hodson
19/22
.864 SV% · 3 GA · 60:00 TOI
🗽Rangers
Mike Richter
21/25
.840 SV% · 4 GA · 59:23 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Red Wings
Red Wings — tied after 1st: 44-19-6 (64% win rate, 69 games)
Rangers
Rangers — tied after 1st: 30-27-11 (44% win rate, 68 games)
After 2nd — 0–0
Red Wings
Red Wings — tied after 2nd: 44-19-6 (64% win rate, 69 games)
Rangers
Rangers — tied after 2nd: 30-27-11 (44% win rate, 68 games)

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🐙Red Wings
L1 Yzerman · Fedorov · McCarty 21:57
L2 Kozlov · Maltby · Brown 18:15
L3 Shanahan · Draper · Knuble 16:13
L4 Laplante · Dandenault 4:00
D1 Lidstrom · Murphy 28:40
D2 Fetisov · Eriksson 18:30
D3 Rouse · Pushor 12:36
D4 Ward 0:08
🗽Rangers
L1 Gretzky · Kovalev · Sundstrom 22:29
L2 Graves · Savard · Keane 17:06
L3 Berg · Eastwood · Vorobiev 10:47
L4 Langdon · Skrudland · Sweeney 8:44
D1 Leetch · Driver 24:36
D2 Smith · Samuelsson 20:02
D3 Lidster · Finley 14:25

⚔️ Last meetings

Red Wings lead the season series 1–0 Full head-to-head →
Mar 21, 1997
🐙DET @ 🗽NYR
1–3 · Rangers won
Mar 1, 1997
🗽NYR @ 🐙DET
0–3 · Red Wings won
Dec 8, 1995
🐙DET @ 🗽NYR
1–2 (OT) · Rangers won
Nov 25, 1995
🗽NYR @ 🐙DET
0–2 · Red Wings won
Mar 7, 1994
🐙DET @ 🗽NYR
6–3 · Red Wings won

❓ DET vs NYR, answered

Who won Red Wings vs Rangers on March 21, 1998?

Red Wings won 4–3.

What was the final score of Red Wings vs Rangers?

The final score was Red Wings 4, Rangers 3.

How did the Red Wings goalie play?

Kevin Hodson made 19 saves on 22 shots (.864 save percentage).

How did the Rangers goalie play?

Mike Richter made 21 saves on 25 shots (.840 save percentage).

Where is Red Wings vs Rangers played?

At Madison Square Garden in New York, the Rangers home rink.

What is the Red Wings vs Rangers season series?

Red Wings lead the season series 1–0 after 1 game.

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
🐙Red Wings
Previous game · Mar 18
🐙DET @ 🍁TOR
5–2 · DET won
Next game · Mar 23
🪶CHI @ 🐙DET
5–5 · CHI won
🗽Rangers
Previous game · Mar 18
🇨🇦MTL @ 🗽NYR
1–2 · NYR won
Next game · Mar 22
🗽NYR @ 🔔PHI
4–5 · PHI won
Also on March 21, 1998
🔔PHI @ 🐧PIT
3–4 final
🐻BOS @ ⚔️BUF
2–1 final
🐆FLA @ ⚡TBL
1–5 final
🌵PHX @ 👑LAK
2–3 final
🏔️COL @ 🦈SJS
2–0 final
🦆ANA @ 🇨🇦MTL
5–4 final
🦅WSH @ 😈NJD
2–3 final
🐋VAN @ 🍁TOR
1–1 final
Red Wings season page Rangers season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule