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Mike Richter

#35 · Goalie · New York Rangers

Born Sep 22, 1966 in Abington, Pennsylvania, USA · 5'10", 190 lb · Catches left · Drafted 28th overall in 1985 by NYR (round 2)

Trophy case

Stanley Cup NHL Champion 1993-94
Lester Patrick Trophy Outstanding Service to Hockey in the United States 2008-09

Compare with a similar player

The goalies closest to him in games played in 1997-98. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Dominik Hasek BUF · 72 GP, 0.932 Curtis Joseph EDM · 71 GP, 0.905 Martin Brodeur NJD · 70 GP, 0.917 Nikolai Khabibulin PHX · 70 GP, 0.900 Felix Potvin TOR · 67 GP, 0.906

Career

Regular season games only. Pick a season to see its game log below.

02040601989-90: 23 games2389-901990-91: 45 games4590-911991-92: 41 games4191-921992-93: 38 games3892-931993-94: 68 games6893-941994-95: 35 games3594-951995-96: 41 games4195-961996-97: 61 games6196-971997-98: 72 games7297-981998-99: 68 games6898-991999-00: 61 games6199-002000-01: 45 games4500-012001-02: 55 games5501-022002-03: 13 games1302-03

Games played by season. The darker bar is the season shown below.

Season Team GP WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
1989-90 NYR 23 125500 686 620 66 3.00 0.904
1990-91 NYR 45 2113700 1392 1257 135 3.12 0.903
1991-92 NYR 41 2312203 1205 1086 119 3.11 0.901
1992-93 NYR 38 1319301 1180 1046 134 3.82 0.886
1993-94 NYR 68 4212605 1758 1599 159 2.57 0.910
1994-95 NYR 35 1417202 884 787 97 2.92 0.890
1995-96 NYR 41 2413303 1221 1114 107 2.68 0.912
1996-97 NYR 61 3322604 1945 1784 161 2.69 0.917
1997-98 NYR 72 21311500 1888 1704 184 2.66 0.903
1998-99 NYR 68 2730804 1898 1728 170 2.63 0.910
1999-00 NYR 61 2231800 1815 1642 173 2.87 0.905
2000-01 NYR 45 2021300 1343 1199 144 3.28 0.893
2001-02 NYR 55 2426402 1675 1518 157 2.95 0.906
2002-03 NYR 13 56100 329 295 34 2.94 0.897
14 seasons Career 666 30125873024 19219 17379 1840 2.89 0.904

Playoffs

Playoff games only. Pick a season to see that year's bracket.

Season Team GP WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
1988-89 NYR 1 0100 30 26 4 4.12 0.867
1989-90 NYR 6 3200 181 162 19 3.45 0.895
1990-91 NYR 6 2401 182 168 14 2.69 0.923
1991-92 NYR 7 4201 226 202 24 3.50 0.894
1993-94 NYR 23 16704 623 574 49 2.07 0.921
1994-95 NYR 7 2500 189 166 23 3.59 0.878
1995-96 NYR 11 5600 308 272 36 3.27 0.883
1996-97 NYR 15 9603 488 455 33 2.11 0.932
8 seasons Playoffs 76 413309 2227 2025 202 2.68 0.909

1997-98 season totals

GP Starts WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
72 69 21311500 1888 1704 184 2.66 0.903

Game log

Date Opponent Result Decision Shots against Saves Goals against Save % TOI
Apr 18, 1998 @ PHI W 2-1 W 32 31 1 0.969 60:00
Apr 11, 1998 @ DET L 2-5 L 28 23 5 0.821 56:10
Apr 7, 1998 vs MTL L 2-3 L 22 19 3 0.864 59:30
Apr 5, 1998 @ CHI W 2-1 (OT) W 31 30 1 0.968 61:23
Apr 4, 1998 @ NYI L 0-3 4 4 0 1.000 06:59
Apr 1, 1998 vs BOS L 2-4 L 21 18 3 0.857 59:06
Mar 30, 1998 vs TBL L 1-3 4 4 0 1.000 18:06
Mar 26, 1998 @ CAR L 1-4 L 29 25 4 0.862 59:57
Mar 25, 1998 vs OTT L 2-3 (OT) L 26 23 3 0.885 63:11
Mar 22, 1998 @ PHI L 4-5 (OT) L 34 29 5 0.853 64:39
Mar 21, 1998 vs DET L 3-4 L 25 21 4 0.840 59:23
Mar 18, 1998 vs MTL W 2-1 (OT) W 25 24 1 0.960 64:41
Mar 16, 1998 vs OTT W 5-4 W 42 38 4 0.905 59:50
Mar 14, 1998 @ BOS L 1-5 L 16 11 5 0.688 45:11
Mar 12, 1998 @ MTL L 1-4 L 18 14 4 0.778 60:00
Mar 11, 1998 vs SJS W 5-3 W 22 19 3 0.864 59:58
Mar 9, 1998 vs NJD T 2-2 (OT) T 35 33 2 0.943 65:00
Mar 7, 1998 @ NJD L 3-6 L 37 31 6 0.838 60:00
Mar 4, 1998 @ FLA W 4-3 W 42 39 3 0.929 60:00
Mar 2, 1998 vs BUF L 0-1 L 18 17 1 0.944 59:19
Feb 28, 1998 vs PHI L 1-3 L 33 30 3 0.909 59:52
Feb 26, 1998 @ TOR W 5-2 W 28 26 2 0.929 60:00
Feb 7, 1998 @ PHX T 1-1 (OT) T 24 23 1 0.958 64:45
Feb 5, 1998 @ LAK L 1-3 L 22 20 2 0.909 59:39
Feb 2, 1998 @ SJS W 3-2 W 27 25 2 0.926 60:00
Jan 31, 1998 @ BOS L 2-4 L 31 27 4 0.871 60:00
Jan 29, 1998 @ OTT T 2-2 (OT) T 41 39 2 0.951 64:59
Jan 26, 1998 vs WSH T 2-2 (OT) T 29 27 2 0.931 64:51
Jan 24, 1998 vs NJD T 3-3 (OT) T 44 41 3 0.932 65:00
Jan 22, 1998 vs PHI L 3-4 L 32 28 4 0.875 58:42
Jan 20, 1998 vs STL W 3-1 W 47 46 1 0.979 59:37
Jan 14, 1998 @ NJD L 1-4 7 7 0 1.000 38:23
Jan 8, 1998 vs WSH L 3-5 L 31 26 5 0.839 60:00
Jan 3, 1998 @ WSH W 3-2 4 2 2 0.500 06:18
Dec 31, 1997 @ TBL L 0-2 L 23 22 1 0.957 59:40
Dec 28, 1997 vs BOS W 4-3 W 29 26 3 0.897 59:50
Dec 26, 1997 @ BUF L 0-3 L 25 23 2 0.920 57:53
Dec 23, 1997 vs TBL W 4-1 W 30 29 1 0.967 60:00
Dec 21, 1997 vs BUF L 0-2 L 23 21 2 0.913 59:17
Dec 20, 1997 @ TBL T 2-2 (OT) T 32 30 2 0.938 65:00
Dec 17, 1997 @ FLA W 4-2 W 29 27 2 0.931 59:56
Dec 12, 1997 vs FLA L 3-4 L 29 25 4 0.862 59:12
Dec 10, 1997 vs CGY L 1-4 L 17 14 3 0.824 58:49
Dec 8, 1997 vs PHX W 3-1 W 28 27 1 0.964 60:00
Dec 6, 1997 @ MTL T 3-3 (OT) T 22 19 3 0.864 65:00
Dec 5, 1997 vs PHI T 4-4 (OT) 16 13 3 0.813 26:17
Dec 2, 1997 vs WSH L 2-3 (OT) L 29 26 3 0.897 63:42
Nov 30, 1997 vs FLA T 1-1 (OT) T 31 30 1 0.968 65:00
Nov 28, 1997 @ BUF T 3-3 (OT) T 23 20 3 0.870 64:57
Nov 26, 1997 @ NYI L 1-4 L 25 21 4 0.840 60:00
Nov 25, 1997 vs VAN L 2-4 L 27 23 4 0.852 60:00
Nov 22, 1997 @ PIT L 3-4 (OT) L 25 21 4 0.840 60:22
Nov 21, 1997 @ CAR W 4-3 W 31 28 3 0.903 60:00
Nov 18, 1997 @ FLA W 3-1 W 31 30 1 0.968 60:00
Nov 16, 1997 vs COL W 4-1 W 27 26 1 0.963 60:00
Nov 14, 1997 vs PIT W 3-1 W 33 32 1 0.970 60:00
Nov 12, 1997 vs NJD L 2-3 L 19 16 3 0.842 59:37
Nov 7, 1997 @ DAL T 2-2 (OT) T 27 25 2 0.926 65:00
Nov 5, 1997 @ COL W 4-2 W 21 19 2 0.905 60:00
Nov 3, 1997 vs EDM T 2-2 (OT) T 26 24 2 0.923 64:50
Oct 30, 1997 @ NYI L 3-5 L 18 14 4 0.778 29:52
Oct 28, 1997 vs DAL L 2-3 L 25 22 3 0.880 59:17
Oct 26, 1997 vs ANA T 3-3 (OT) T 24 21 3 0.875 65:00
Oct 24, 1997 vs TBL W 4-3 W 27 24 3 0.889 60:00
Oct 22, 1997 vs CHI L 0-1 L 23 22 1 0.957 58:41
Oct 20, 1997 vs CAR W 4-2 W 26 24 2 0.923 60:00
Oct 18, 1997 @ STL L 3-5 L 33 28 5 0.848 58:58
Oct 14, 1997 vs PIT L 0-1 L 19 18 1 0.947 58:42
Oct 11, 1997 @ VAN W 6-3 W 23 20 3 0.870 60:00
Oct 8, 1997 @ EDM T 3-3 (OT) T 31 28 3 0.903 65:00
Oct 5, 1997 vs LAK T 2-2 (OT) T 21 19 2 0.905 64:03
Oct 3, 1997 vs NYI T 2-2 (OT) T 29 27 2 0.931 65:00