Boston Bruins vs New York Rangers

Regular season · Sunday, March 25, 2001 · Madison Square Garden

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3–2

32–23

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Game summary

The Boston Bruins beat the New York Rangers 3–2 on Sunday, March 25, 2001 at Madison Square Garden. The Bruins outshot the Rangers 32–23.

Goals came from Jan Hlavac, Joe Thornton, Bill Guerin, P.J. Axelsson and Brian Leetch.

Byron Dafoe made 21 saves on 23 shots for the win; Guy Hebert stopped 29 of 32.

Goals
BOS	0	1	2	3	32
NYR	1	0	1	2	23

Scoring

1st period

Jan Hlavac (26)Petr Nedved (41), Kim Johnsson (17)0–117:51 NYR

2nd period

Joe Thornton (33)Bill Guerin (40), Jason Allison (55)1–100:25 BOS ·

3rd period

Bill Guerin (38)Kyle McLaren (10)2–106:39 BOS
P.J. Axelsson (8)Dixon Ward (12), Brian Rolston (37)3–107:36 BOS
Brian Leetch (20)Unassisted3–214:36 NYR ·

Team stats

BOSNYR

3223

47%53%

1/80/3

2333

1536

1225

411

65

Penalties

3:03 into the first periodPeter Smrek · interference2 min
5:14 into the first periodDixon Ward · hooking2 min
8:02 into the first periodSandy McCarthy · holding2 min
19:16 into the first periodRich Pilon · holding the stick2 min
2:45 into the second periodSandy McCarthy · interference2 min
9:18 into the second periodAndrei Nazarov · fighting5 min
9:18 into the second periodDale Purinton · fighting5 min
10:04 into the second periodEric Weinrich · roughing2 min
10:04 into the second periodPeter Popovic · misconduct10 min
10:04 into the second periodSylvain Lefebvre · misconduct10 min
10:04 into the second periodMark Messier · elbowing2 min
12:13 into the second periodJason Allison · roughing2 min
15:00 into the second periodTomas Kloucek · holding2 min
20:00 into the second periodManny Malhotra · roughing2 min
1:27 into the third periodJason Allison · slashing2 min
12:08 into the third periodPetr Nedved · hooking obstruction2 min
14:21 into the third periodTomas Kloucek · slashing2 min

Season series

Boston Bruins

Boston Bruins skaters

13Bill GuerinR	1	1	2	−1	7	4	2	0	–	28:55
11P.J. AxelssonL	1	0	1	+1	2	0	0	0	–	12:43
12Brian RolstonR	0	1	1	+1	1	0	0	0	53	19:46
19Joe ThorntonC	1	0	1	−1	4	0	0	0	52	23:53
29Dixon WardL	0	1	1	+1	2	0	0	2	–	11:59
41Jason AllisonC	0	1	1	0	2	3	0	4	42	28:22
18Kyle McLarenD	0	1	1	0	1	1	1	0	–	21:27
14Sergei SamsonovL	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	–	21:46
22Mikko ElorantaL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	33	11:07
26Mike KnubleR	0	0	0	−1	2	1	0	0	–	05:36
37Lee GorenR	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	01:34
51Andrei KovalenkoR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	15:06
62Andrei NazarovL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	–	01:24
23Peter PopovicD	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	10	–	13:02
25Hal GillD	0	0	0	+1	0	2	3	0	–	13:41
27Eric WeinrichD	0	0	0	−2	1	0	3	2	–	25:04
32Don SweeneyD	0	0	0	+1	0	1	1	0	–	20:40
64Jarno KultanenD	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	–	17:57

Boston Bruins goalies
Goalie
34Byron DafoeG	W	23	21	2	.913	59:57
35Peter SkudraG		0	0	0	–	00:00

New York Rangers

New York Rangers skaters

27Jan HlavacL	1	0	1	+1	1	0	2	0	–	17:54
93Petr NedvedC	0	1	1	+1	4	0	0	2	37	22:47
2Brian LeetchD	1	0	1	+1	4	2	4	0	–	26:34
3Kim JohnssonD	0	1	1	0	0	0	3	0	–	25:25
6Manny MalhotraC	0	0	0	−1	1	1	0	2	100	12:40
8Michal GrosekL	0	0	0	+1	0	2	0	0	–	18:06
9Adam GravesL	0	0	0	−1	0	1	1	0	–	13:59
10Sandy McCarthyR	0	0	0	−1	1	3	0	4	–	09:47
11Mark MessierC	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	2	66	23:13
13Valeri KamenskyL	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	03:41
17Colin ForbesL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	01:55
18Mike YorkL	0	0	0	−1	1	0	0	0	50	16:26
20Radek DvorakR	0	0	0	0	5	4	2	0	–	24:12
5Dale PurintonD	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	5	–	08:00
22Tomas KloucekD	0	0	0	−1	0	11	3	4	–	15:33
24Sylvain LefebvreD	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	10	–	11:38
25Peter SmrekD	0	0	0	0	2	3	4	2	–	14:05
47Rich PilonD	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	2	–	19:10

New York Rangers goalies
Goalie
30Kirk McLeanG		0	0	0	–	00:00
31Guy HebertG	L	32	29	3	.906	59:09