6–3

Final

🏔️ Home Avalanche 18-16-1 before this game

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

Rangers at Avalanche

Rangers beat Avalanche 6–3 at Ball Arena on December 31, 1998.

🗓 Thu, Dec 31, 1998 · 20:00 CST 📍 Ball Arena, Denver 🏒 1998-99 🔁 Season series tied 1–1 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🗽 NYR

Petr Nedved

1 G, 1 A

6 shots · 20:26 TOI · +1

2nd star 🗽 NYR

John MacLean

1 G, 1 A

4 shots · 15:37 TOI · +2

3rd star 🗽 NYR

Marc Savard

1 G, 1 A

2 shots · 11:19 TOI · +2

4rd star 🗽 NYR

Mike Richter

31 saves

0.912 SV% · 3 GA

🚨 Scoring

9 goals · in order

1st period

🏔️ Adam Deadmarsh Go-ahead 1st · 01:23

Assists: Valeri Kamensky

0–1

🗽 Mike Knuble Tying 1st · 03:26

Assists: Niklas Sundstrom, Mathieu Schneider

1–1

🗽 Mathieu Schneider PP Go-ahead 1st · 06:27

Assists: Niklas Sundstrom, Petr Nedved

2–1

🗽 Petr Nedved PP 1st · 16:55

Assists: Wayne Gretzky

3–1

2nd period

🏔️ Claude Lemieux PP 2nd · 01:43

Assists: Peter Forsberg, Valeri Kamensky

3–2

🗽 Marc Savard 2nd · 06:20

Assists: John MacLean

4–2

🗽 John MacLean 2nd · 06:59

Assists: Kevin Stevens, Marc Savard

5–2

🗽 Adam Graves PP 2nd · 15:12

Assists: Todd Harvey, Wayne Gretzky

6–2

🏔️ Chris Drury 2nd · 16:26

Assists: Rene Corbet

6–3

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🗽NYR COL🏔️

24 Shots on goal 34

3/4 Power play (goals / chances) 1/4

13 Hits 13

13 Blocked shots 4

10 Takeaways 13

15 Giveaways 22

18 Penalty minutes 18

NYR shooting 25.0% (6/24) COL shooting 8.8% (3/34)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🗽Rangers

Mike Richter

31/34

.912 SV% · 3 GA · 60:00 TOI

🏔️Avalanche

Marc Denis

9/10

.900 SV% · 1 GA · 33:01 TOI

Craig Billington

9/14

.643 SV% · 5 GA · 26:59 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 3–1

Rangers

Rangers: no games found in this situation this year.

Avalanche

Avalanche: no games found in this situation this year.

After 2nd — 6–3

Rangers

Rangers: no games found in this situation this year.

Avalanche

Avalanche: no games found in this situation this year.

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

🗽Rangers

L1 Graves · Nedved · Sundstrom 20:33

L2 Gretzky · Knuble · MacLean 19:08

L3 Stevens · Savard · Harvey 13:16

L4 Fedyk · Langdon · Malhotra 4:33

D1 Leetch · Popovic 26:36

D2 Schneider · Samuelsson 21:32

D3 Beukeboom · Ndur 10:49

🏔️Avalanche

L1 Forsberg · Deadmarsh · Lemieux 24:36

L2 Kamensky · Corbet · Messier 16:47

L3 Drury · Hejduk · Donovan 13:49

L4 Yelle · Aubin · Odgers 4:29

L5 Parker 3:34

D1 Foote · Miller 24:53

D2 Lefebvre · De Vries 18:44

D3 Russell 11:50

⚔️ Last meetings

Season series tied 1–1 Full head-to-head →

2–2 (OT) · Avalanche won

Nov 27, 1996

🗽NYR @ 🏔️COL

5–2 · Rangers won

❓ NYR vs COL, answered

Who won Rangers vs Avalanche on December 31, 1998?

Rangers won 6–3.

What was the final score of Rangers vs Avalanche?

The final score was Rangers 6, Avalanche 3.

Who scored for Rangers?

Adam Graves, John MacLean, Marc Savard, Mathieu Schneider, Mike Knuble, Petr Nedved.

Who scored for Avalanche?

Adam Deadmarsh, Chris Drury, Claude Lemieux.

How did the Rangers goalie play?

Mike Richter made 31 saves on 34 shots (.912 save percentage).

How did the Avalanche goalie play?

Marc Denis made 9 saves on 10 shots (.900 save percentage).

Where is Rangers vs Avalanche played?

At Ball Arena in Denver, the Avalanche home rink.

What is the Rangers vs Avalanche 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 · Dec 30

🏔️Avalanche

Previous game · Dec 29

Also on December 31, 1998

Rangers season page Avalanche season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule