🍁 Away Maple Leafs 15-9-2 before this game

2–6

Final

Scoring	1st	2nd	3rd	F
TOR	1	1	0	2
NYR	2	2	2	6

Maple Leafs at Rangers

Rangers beat Maple Leafs 6–2 at Madison Square Garden on December 7, 1998.

🗓 Mon, Dec 7, 1998 · 18:30 CST 📍 Madison Square Garden, New York 🏒 1998-99 🔁 Rangers lead the season series 2–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🗽 NYR

Niklas Sundstrom

1 G, 3 A

2 shots · 16:36 TOI · +2

2nd star 🗽 NYR

Petr Nedved

1 G, 2 A

4 shots · 15:52 TOI · +2

3rd star 🗽 NYR

Mike Knuble

1 G, 2 A

4 shots · 14:28 TOI · +2

🚨 Scoring

8 goals · in order

1st period

🍁 Freddy Modin Go-ahead 1st · 00:25

Assists: Mats Sundin, Steve Thomas

1–0

🗽 Mike Knuble Tying 1st · 09:22

Assists: Niklas Sundstrom, Ulf Samuelsson

1–1

🗽 Todd Harvey Go-ahead 1st · 19:51

Assists: Adam Graves

1–2

2nd period

🗽 Niklas Sundstrom 2nd · 00:53

Assists: Mike Knuble, Petr Nedved

1–3

🗽 Brian Leetch 2nd · 15:27

Assists: Petr Nedved, Niklas Sundstrom

1–4

🍁 Sergei Berezin 2nd · 18:09

Assists: Dmitry Yushkevich, Steve Thomas

2–4

3rd period

🗽 Petr Nedved 3rd · 12:32

Assists: Niklas Sundstrom, Mike Knuble

2–5

🗽 John MacLean 3rd · 13:25

Assists: Kevin Stevens, Wayne Gretzky

2–6

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🍁TOR NYR🗽

26 Shots on goal 29

36 Hits 32

16 Blocked shots 27

10 Takeaways 24

23 Giveaways 24

8 Penalty minutes 12

TOR shooting 7.7% (2/26) NYR shooting 20.7% (6/29)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🍁Maple Leafs

Curtis Joseph

23/29

.793 SV% · 6 GA · 59:59 TOI

🗽Rangers

Mike Richter

24/26

.923 SV% · 2 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 1–2

Maple Leafs

Maple Leafs: no games found in this situation this year.

Rangers

Rangers: no games found in this situation this year.

After 2nd — 2–4

Maple Leafs

Maple Leafs: no games found in this situation this year.

Rangers

Rangers: no games found in this situation this year.

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

🍁Maple Leafs

L1 Berezin · Korolev · Johnson 18:38

L2 King · Sundin · Thomas 15:50

L3 Valk · Modin · McCauley 13:18

L4 King · Hendrickson · Domi 11:26

D1 Cote · Tremblay 22:10

D2 Yushkevich · Smith 19:59

D3 Kaberle · Markov 17:21

🗽Rangers

L1 Graves · Gretzky · MacLean 18:17

L2 Stevens · Nedved · Sundstrom 16:31

L3 Savard · Harvey · Knuble 14:28

L4 Tikkanen · Fedyk · Malhotra 9:31

D1 Leetch · Schneider 24:18

D2 Samuelsson · Popovic 20:17

D3 Neckar · Beukeboom 13:56

⚔️ Last meetings

Rangers lead the season series 2–0 Full head-to-head →

Nov 7, 1998

🗽NYR @ 🍁TOR

6–6 (OT) · Rangers won

❓ TOR vs NYR, answered

Who won Maple Leafs vs Rangers on December 7, 1998?

Rangers won 6–2.

What was the final score of Maple Leafs vs Rangers?

The final score was Maple Leafs 2, Rangers 6.

Who scored for Maple Leafs?

Freddy Modin, Sergei Berezin.

Who scored for Rangers?

Brian Leetch, John MacLean, Mike Knuble, Niklas Sundstrom, Petr Nedved, Todd Harvey.

How did the Maple Leafs goalie play?

Curtis Joseph made 23 saves on 29 shots (.793 save percentage).

How did the Rangers goalie play?

Mike Richter made 24 saves on 26 shots (.923 save percentage).

Where is Maple Leafs vs Rangers played?

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

What is the Maple Leafs vs Rangers season series?

Rangers lead the season series 2–0 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

🍁Maple Leafs

Previous game · Dec 5

🗽Rangers

Previous game · Dec 5

Also on December 7, 1998

⭐DAL @ 🔥CGY

3–2 final

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