New York Rangers vs Washington Capitals

Regular season · Tuesday, December 4, 2001 · MCI Center

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2–5

20–35

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Game summary

The Washington Capitals beat the New York Rangers 5–2 on Tuesday, December 4, 2001 at MCI Center. The Capitals outshot the Rangers 35–20.

Peter Bondra scored twice. Ulf Dahlen, Chris Simon, Eric Lindros, Petr Nedved and Dainius Zubrus also scored.

Olie Kolzig made 18 saves on 20 shots for the win; Mike Richter stopped 30 of 35.

Goals
NYR	0	1	1	2	20
WSH	2	2	1	5	35

Scoring

1st period

Ulf Dahlen (12)Adam Oates (19), Jaromir Jagr (15)0–106:16 WSH
Chris Simon (4)Unassisted0–215:23 WSH

2nd period

Eric Lindros (14)Mark Messier (11), Theo Fleury (18)1–201:22 NYR ·
Peter Bondra (18)Ulf Dahlen (17), Adam Oates (20)1–313:15 WSH ·
Peter Bondra (19)Andrei Nikolishin (10)1–415:30 WSH

3rd period

Petr Nedved (7)Radek Dvorak (9)2–409:17 NYR
Dainius Zubrus (3)Unassisted2–516:30 WSH

Team stats

NYRWSH

2035

48%52%

1/21/3

119

216

2314

716

712

Penalties

17:21 into the first periodSteve McKenna · fighting5 min
17:21 into the first periodStephen Peat · fighting5 min
0:11 into the second periodPeter Bondra · hooking2 min
2:51 into the second periodDarren Van Impe · holding2 min
11:41 into the second periodDarren Van Impe · tripping2 min
13:43 into the third periodDave Karpa · hooking2 min
14:19 into the third periodDainius Zubrus · holding2 min

Season series

New York Rangers

New York Rangers skaters

11Mark MessierC	0	1	1	−1	0	1	0	0	53	17:08
14Theo FleuryR	0	1	1	−2	1	2	0	0	–	18:33
20Radek DvorakR	0	1	1	0	5	1	1	0	–	19:42
88Eric LindrosC	1	0	1	−2	1	1	1	0	50	18:12
93Petr NedvedC	1	0	1	0	3	0	1	0	52	18:57
10Sandy McCarthyR	0	0	0	−1	2	0	2	0	–	10:20
16Mike YorkL	0	0	0	−1	0	0	2	0	–	14:59
18Zdeno CigerL	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	–	17:19
21Steve McKennaL	0	0	0	−1	0	0	0	5	–	06:00
26Andreas JohanssonL	0	0	0	−1	2	3	0	0	–	16:21
32Jeff TomsL	0	0	0	−1	0	1	0	0	33	06:16
37Mikael SamuelssonR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	12:35
2Brian LeetchD	0	0	0	−2	0	2	1	0	–	21:23
22Tomas KloucekD	0	0	0	−2	2	5	2	0	–	22:24
23Vladimir MalakhovD	0	0	0	−1	1	2	3	0	–	19:06
29Darren Van ImpeD	0	0	0	+1	0	2	2	4	–	16:16
33Dave KarpaD	0	0	0	−1	0	0	5	2	–	20:43
34Bryan BerardD	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	0	–	18:10

New York Rangers goalies
Goalie
31Dan BlackburnG		0	0	0	–	00:00
35Mike RichterG	L	35	30	5	.857	60:00

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

10Ulf DahlenR	1	1	2	+1	5	0	0	0	–	18:35
12Peter BondraR	2	0	2	+1	3	0	0	2	–	22:17
77Adam OatesC	0	2	2	+1	1	0	0	0	53	20:12
9Dainius ZubrusC	1	0	1	+1	2	0	2	2	–	18:29
13Andrei NikolishinC	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	64	19:01
17Chris SimonL	1	0	1	+1	3	0	1	0	–	14:26
68Jaromir JagrR	0	1	1	+1	7	0	0	0	–	20:16
8Dmitri KhristichR	0	0	0	+2	2	0	1	0	43	15:00
11Jeff HalpernC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	40	10:55
14Joe SaccoL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	05:07
18Matt PettingerL	0	0	0	+1	1	0	0	0	–	11:05
51Stephen PeatR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	–	05:10
2Ken KleeD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	0	–	18:24
3Sylvain CoteD	0	0	0	+2	1	0	1	0	–	20:01
4Frantisek KuceraD	0	0	0	+1	1	1	2	0	–	21:45
19Brendan WittD	0	0	0	+2	4	3	2	0	–	20:03
29Joe ReekieD	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	–	14:28
55Sergei GoncharD	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	–	21:35

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie
1Craig BillingtonG		0	0	0	–	00:00
37Olie KolzigG	W	20	18	2	.900	60:00