Atlanta Thrashers vs New York Rangers
Regular season · Sunday, November 18, 2001 · Madison Square Garden
Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the Atlanta Thrashers 6–2 on Sunday, November 18, 2001 at Madison Square Garden. The Rangers outshot the Thrashers 46–40.
Eric Lindros scored a hat trick. Brian Leetch, Dany Heatley, Zdeno Ciger, Vladimir Malakhov and Pascal Rheaume also scored.
Mike Richter made 38 saves on 40 shots for the win; Milan Hnilicka stopped 35 of 39.
Scoring
2nd period
Brian Leetch (6)Theo Fleury (12), Mike York (8)0–100:32 NYR
Dany Heatley (6)Pascal Rheaume (3), Ilya Kovalchuk (2)1–105:11 ATL
Eric Lindros (10)Mike York (9)1–205:37 NYR
Zdeno Ciger (4)Mark Messier (8), Brian Leetch (13)1–314:06 NYR · 
Vladimir Malakhov (2)Eric Lindros (10)1–419:23 NYR
3rd period
Pascal Rheaume (2)Frantisek Kaberle (7), Ilya Kovalchuk (3)2–401:13 ATL · - Eric Lindros (11)Theo Fleury (13), Mike York (10)2–507:34 NYR
- Eric Lindros (12)Theo Fleury (14), Mike York (11)2–612:53 NYR ·
Team stats
ATLNYR
4046
50%50%
1/42/7
3215
2527
1715
611
79
Penalties
- 0:03 into the first period
Darcy Hordichuk · fighting5 min - 0:03 into the first period
Sandy McCarthy · fighting5 min - 3:32 into the first periodChris Tamer · high sticking2 min
- 3:32 into the first periodRadek Dvorak · high sticking2 min
- 11:48 into the first periodDany Heatley · slashing2 min
- 14:28 into the first periodPetr Nedved · interference2 min
- 14:58 into the first periodIgor Ulanov · tripping2 min
- 17:34 into the first periodBrian Pothier · hooking2 min
- 18:31 into the first periodDaniel Tjarnqvist · high sticking2 min
- 12:32 into the second periodRay Ferraro · kneeing2 min
- 15:48 into the second periodTomas Kloucek · hooking2 min
- 19:38 into the second periodTomas Kloucek · holding2 min
- 8:51 into the third periodTodd Reirden · holding2 min
- 12:28 into the third periodTodd Reirden · spearing5 min
- 12:28 into the third periodTodd Reirden · game misconduct10 min
Season series
Atlanta Thrashers
| 17Ilya KovalchukL | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 21:56 |
| 26Pascal RheaumeC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 17:18 |
| 15Dany HeatleyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 19:21 |
| 8Frantisek KaberleD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 21:20 |
| 12Tony HrkacC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:49 |
| 14Tomi KallioR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | 12:21 |
| 18Lubos BarteckoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | 11:14 |
| 19Brad TapperR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:23 |
| 21Ray FerraroC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | 14:43 |
| 22Shean DonovanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 12:00 |
| 27Bob CorkumC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 15:30 |
| 29Darcy HordichukL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 03:46 |
| 39Per SvartvadetC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10:32 |
| 3Brian PothierD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | 19:54 |
| 4Chris TamerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 19:50 |
| 28Todd ReirdenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:43 |
| 36Daniel TjarnqvistD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 17:48 |
| 71Jiri SlegrD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 20:48 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Damian RhodesG | 7 | 2 | .714 | |
| 33Milan HnilickaG | L | 39 | 4 | .897 |
New York Rangers
| 16Mike YorkL | 0 | 4 | 4 | +3 | 3 | 21:06 |
| 88Eric LindrosC | 3 | 1 | 4 | +3 | 5 | 19:21 |
| 14Theo FleuryR | 0 | 3 | 3 | +3 | 5 | 20:19 |
| 2Brian LeetchD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +4 | 3 | 26:20 |
| 11Mark MessierC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 16:35 |
| 18Zdeno CigerL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 15:06 |
| 23Vladimir MalakhovD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +4 | 7 | 24:08 |
| 6Manny MalhotraC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:56 |
| 10Sandy McCarthyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:42 |
| 20Radek DvorakR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 16:46 |
| 21Steve McKennaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 05:14 |
| 26Andreas JohanssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:56 |
| 37Mikael SamuelssonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:47 |
| 93Petr NedvedC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16:21 |
| 22Tomas KloucekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 10:15 |
| 33Dave KarpaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 17:58 |
| 34Bryan BerardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21:16 |
| 55Igor UlanovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:23 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Dan BlackburnG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Mike RichterG | W | 40 | 2 | .950 |