Washington Capitals vs New York Rangers
Regular season · Wednesday, October 10, 2001 · Madison Square Garden
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the New York Rangers 5–2 on Wednesday, October 10, 2001 at Madison Square Garden. The Capitals outshot the Rangers 42–27.
Sergei Gonchar scored twice. Sylvain Cote, Zdeno Ciger, Radek Dvorak, Ulf Dahlen and Peter Bondra also scored.
Olie Kolzig made 25 saves on 27 shots for the win; Dan Blackburn stopped 37 of 42.
Scoring
1st period
Sergei Gonchar (2)Jaromir Jagr (2), Peter Bondra (1)1–005:12 WSH · - Sergei Gonchar (3)Trevor Linden (1)2–010:53 WSH ·
Sylvain Cote (1)Jaromir Jagr (3), Sergei Gonchar (2)3–013:53 WSH ·
2nd period
Zdeno Ciger (1)Bryan Berard (1), Michal Grosek (1)3–100:41 NYR
Radek Dvorak (2)Mark Messier (2), Brian Leetch (1)3–213:43 NYR
3rd period
Ulf Dahlen (2)Steve Konowalchuk (3), Ken Klee (1)4–203:56 WSH
Peter Bondra (2)Chris Simon (1), Jeff Halpern (2)5–213:24 WSH ·
Team stats
WSHNYR
4227
51%49%
4/80/5
1542
2626
1818
1117
510
Penalties
- 3:39 into the first period
Dale Purinton · instigator2 min - 3:39 into the first periodDale Purinton · fighting5 min
- 3:39 into the first periodDale Purinton · misconduct10 min
- 3:39 into the first period
Stephen Peat · fighting5 min - 9:02 into the first periodMark Messier · slashing2 min
- 12:01 into the first periodBryan Berard · tripping2 min
- 13:23 into the first periodDave Karpa · cross checking2 min
- 14:50 into the first periodSergei Gonchar · slashing2 min
- 16:11 into the first periodBrian Sutherby · hooking2 min
- 16:24 into the first periodMark Messier · high sticking2 min
- 6:11 into the second periodSergei Gonchar · roughing2 min
- 8:21 into the second periodMichal Grosek · high sticking2 min
- 17:28 into the second periodChris Simon · slashing2 min
- 13:13 into the third periodIgor Ulanov · cross checking5 min
- 13:13 into the third periodIgor Ulanov · game misconduct10 min
- 18:34 into the third periodDainius Zubrus · hooking obstruction2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 55Sergei GoncharD | 2 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 4 | 19:34 |
| 12Peter BondraR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 21:46 |
| 68Jaromir JagrR | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 07:07 |
| 10Ulf DahlenR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | 16:15 |
| 11Jeff HalpernC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | 23:19 |
| 16Trevor LindenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15:25 |
| 17Chris SimonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 14:23 |
| 22Steve KonowalchukL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 | 18:36 |
| 2Ken KleeD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 23:01 |
| 3Sylvain CoteD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 22:21 |
| 9Dainius ZubrusC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:37 |
| 13Andrei NikolishinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14:40 |
| 41Brian SutherbyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 05:13 |
| 51Stephen PeatR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 00:49 |
| 77Adam OatesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23:59 |
| 19Brendan WittD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 16:39 |
| 24Rob ZettlerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:07 |
| 29Joe ReekieD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:32 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Craig BillingtonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 37Olie KolzigG | W | 27 | 2 | .926 |
New York Rangers
| 8Michal GrosekL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13:52 |
| 11Mark MessierC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 18:12 |
| 18Zdeno CigerL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 15:00 |
| 20Radek DvorakR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 15:47 |
| 2Brian LeetchD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 25:47 |
| 34Bryan BerardD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 20:51 |
| 6Manny MalhotraC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 11:19 |
| 10Sandy McCarthyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 05:53 |
| 14Theo FleuryR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 19:59 |
| 16Mike YorkL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:55 |
| 26Andreas JohanssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:35 |
| 47Barrett HeistenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 06:39 |
| 88Eric LindrosC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 20:14 |
| 93Petr NedvedC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17:40 |
| 5Dale PurintonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:06 |
| 23Vladimir MalakhovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:35 |
| 33Dave KarpaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:41 |
| 55Igor UlanovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 17:24 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Dan BlackburnG | L | 42 | 5 | .881 |
| 35Mike RichterG | 0 | 0 | – |