Florida Panthers vs New York Rangers

Regular season · Monday, December 18, 2000 · Madison Square Garden

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3–6

Final

SOG 31–28

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Game summary

The New York Rangers beat the Florida Panthers 6-3 on Monday, December 18, 2000 at Madison Square Garden. The Panthers outshot the Rangers 31-28.

Goals came from Brian Leetch, Mark Messier, Adam Graves, Robert Svehla, Radek Dvorak, Serge Payer, Jan Hlavac, Scott Mellanby and Sandy McCarthy.

Mike Richter made 28 saves on 31 shots for the win; Trevor Kidd stopped 22 of 27.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
FLA	0	1	2	3	31
NYR	2	1	3	6	28

Scoring

1st period

Brian Leetch (9)Jan Hlavac (9), Petr Nedved (15)0–105:25 NYR
Mark Messier (15)Jan Hlavac (10), Theo Fleury (27)0–219:58 NYR · PPG

2nd period

Adam Graves (6)Mark Messier (24), Valeri Kamensky (11)0–301:09 NYR
Robert Svehla (2)Mike Sillinger (5), Pavel Bure (11)1–301:48 FLA

3rd period

Radek Dvorak (9)Petr Nedved (16), Theo Fleury (28)1–401:24 NYR
Serge Payer (4)Anders Eriksson (10), Len Barrie (4)2–404:51 FLA
Jan Hlavac (12)Petr Nedved (17), Radek Dvorak (19)2–506:21 NYR
Scott Mellanby (3)Greg Adams (5), Mike Sillinger (6)3–506:37 FLA
Sandy McCarthy (4)Kim Johnsson (11)3–619:07 NYR · EN

Team stats

FLANYR

31Shots on goal28

49%Faceoff %51%

0/4Power play1/4

8Penalty minutes8

23Hits21

15Blocked shots22

22Giveaways22

12Takeaways18

Penalties

1st 17:38Sylvain Lefebvre · interference2 min
1st 18:21Robert Svehla · interference2 min
2nd 02:23Scott Mellanby · holding the stick2 min
2nd 06:22Bret Hedican · tripping2 min
2nd 14:32Sylvain Lefebvre · slashing2 min
2nd 19:00Petr Nedved · hooking obstruction2 min
3rd 10:01Valeri Kamensky · high sticking2 min
3rd 11:49Rob Niedermayer · elbowing2 min

Season series

Florida Panthers

Florida Panthers skaters

16Mike SillingerC	0	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	67	18:48
10Pavel BureR	0	1	1	0	4	0	0	0	–	19:01
17Greg AdamsL	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	–	14:58
19Len BarrieC	0	1	1	0	2	0	2	0	50	11:04
27Scott MellanbyR	1	0	1	-1	1	0	0	2	–	18:14
41Serge PayerC	1	0	1	0	4	0	1	0	100	10:22
24Robert SvehlaD	1	0	1	-1	3	4	2	2	–	24:50
29Anders ErikssonD	0	1	1	+2	2	0	1	0	–	19:22
8Peter WorrellL	0	0	0	-1	0	5	1	0	–	09:46
9Igor LarionovC	0	0	0	-2	1	0	0	0	36	15:18
12Olli JokinenC	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	0	–	06:18
14Ray WhitneyL	0	0	0	-2	5	0	1	0	–	21:57
18Marcus NilsonL	0	0	0	-1	1	1	1	0	–	11:46
44Rob NiedermayerC	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	36	17:51
2Lance PitlickD	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	–	10:07
4Bret HedicanD	0	0	0	-2	0	3	2	2	–	20:31
26Dan BoyleD	0	0	0	-2	3	1	3	0	–	26:11
35Peter RatchukD	0	0	0	-1	1	1	0	0	–	14:31

Florida Panthers goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1Roberto LuongoG		0	0	0	–	00:00
37Trevor KiddG	L	27	22	5	.815	59:42

New York Rangers

New York Rangers skaters

27Jan HlavacL	1	2	3	0	2	1	0	0	–	17:00
93Petr NedvedC	0	3	3	+1	3	0	1	2	44	18:08
11Mark MessierC	1	1	2	0	3	0	1	0	56	16:53
14Theo FleuryR	0	2	2	+2	2	0	1	0	–	24:14
20Radek DvorakR	1	1	2	+1	2	0	0	0	–	18:54
9Adam GravesL	1	0	1	0	5	2	0	0	–	15:45
10Sandy McCarthyR	1	0	1	+1	2	1	0	0	–	14:02
13Valeri KamenskyL	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	2	–	14:58
2Brian LeetchD	1	0	1	+1	2	1	4	0	–	31:02
3Kim JohnssonD	0	1	1	+2	0	0	3	0	–	22:00
8Michal GrosekL	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	–	06:14
18Mike YorkL	0	0	0	+1	1	1	1	0	60	20:39
26Tim TaylorC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	29	04:35
28Eric LacroixL	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	–	05:40
4Brad BrownD	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	–	10:55
22Tomas KloucekD	0	0	0	+1	2	3	3	0	–	18:31
24Sylvain LefebvreD	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	4	–	10:47
47Rich PilonD	0	0	0	0	1	7	5	0	–	21:33

New York Rangers goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30Kirk McLeanG		0	0	0	–	00:00
35Mike RichterG	W	31	28	3	.903	60:00