New York Rangers vs Montréal Canadiens
Regular season · Saturday, December 1, 2001 · Centre Molson
Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the Montréal Canadiens 3–1 on Saturday, December 1, 2001 at Centre Molson. The Canadiens outshot the Rangers 46–28.
Mike York scored twice. Zdeno Ciger and Yanic Perreault also scored.
Dan Blackburn made 45 saves on 46 shots for the win; Jose Theodore stopped 25 of 27.
Scoring
1st period
Zdeno Ciger (6)Radek Dvorak (8), Petr Nedved (12)1–005:04 NYR
2nd period
Yanic Perreault (12)Donald Audette (12), Brian Savage (11)1–112:43 MTL · 
Mike York (12)Eric Lindros (17), Theo Fleury (17)2–113:51 NYR
3rd period
- Mike York (13)Vladimir Malakhov (8)3–119:29 NYR ·
Team stats
NYRMTL
2846
40%60%
0/21/4
214
1514
2710
3218
1710
Penalties
- 6:56 into the first period
Darren Van Impe · high sticking2 min - 13:25 into the first period
Richard Zednik · boarding2 min - 17:33 into the first periodEric Lindros · tripping2 min
- 3:06 into the second periodTomas Kloucek · kneeing5 min
- 3:06 into the second periodTomas Kloucek · game misconduct10 min
- 11:12 into the second periodRadek Dvorak · tripping2 min
- 13:22 into the third periodDonald Audette · tripping2 min
Season series
New York Rangers
| 16Mike YorkL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 5 | 22:40 |
| 14Theo FleuryR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 4 | 25:44 |
| 18Zdeno CigerL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 11:42 |
| 20Radek DvorakR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 15:24 |
| 88Eric LindrosC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 21:53 |
| 93Petr NedvedC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 17:20 |
| 23Vladimir MalakhovD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 24:20 |
| 10Sandy McCarthyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 01:44 |
| 11Mark MessierC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:20 |
| 21Steve McKennaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 01:07 |
| 26Andreas JohanssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 16:08 |
| 32Jeff TomsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 02:59 |
| 37Mikael SamuelssonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:21 |
| 2Brian LeetchD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 24:39 |
| 22Tomas KloucekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:13 |
| 29Darren Van ImpeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 17:30 |
| 33Dave KarpaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 21:43 |
| 34Bryan BerardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | 22:42 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Dan BlackburnG | W | 46 | 1 | .978 |
| 35Mike RichterG | 0 | 0 | – |
Montréal Canadiens
| 22Donald AudetteR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 18:21 |
| 49Brian SavageL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | 22:02 |
| 94Yanic PerreaultC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 5 | 21:46 |
| 14Oleg PetrovR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 4 | 18:50 |
| 20Richard ZednikR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 5 | 14:55 |
| 24Andreas DackellR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21:54 |
| 25Chad KilgerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 18:51 |
| 27Shaun Van AllenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:24 |
| 37Patrick PoulinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:19 |
| 38Jan BulisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:16 |
| 93Doug GilmourC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 16:46 |
| 5Stephane QuintalD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:38 |
| 28Karl DykhuisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19:42 |
| 43Patrice BriseboisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 23:41 |
| 44Sheldon SourayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 16:06 |
| 52Craig RivetD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 15:43 |
| 56Stephane RobidasD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 7 | 18:13 |
| 79Andrei MarkovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 5 | 16:35 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Mathieu GaronG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 60Jose TheodoreG | L | 27 | 2 | .926 |