Nashville Predators vs New York Rangers

Regular season · Wednesday, December 12, 2001 · Madison Square Garden

4–2

32–30

Game summary

The Nashville Predators beat the New York Rangers 4–2 on Wednesday, December 12, 2001 at Madison Square Garden. The Predators outshot the Rangers 32–30.

Andy Delmore scored twice and Eric Lindros scored twice. Mark Eaton and Tom Fitzgerald also scored.

Mike Dunham made 28 saves on 30 shots for the win; Mike Richter stopped 28 of 31.

Goals
NSH	1	2	1	4	32
NYR	1	1	0	2	30

Scoring

1st period

Andy Delmore (11)Greg Johnson (12), Kimmo Timonen (8)1–016:07 NSH ·
Eric Lindros (17)Theo Fleury (22), Mike York (19)1–117:21 NYR

2nd period

Mark Eaton (2)Unassisted2–102:25 NSH
Andy Delmore (12)Cliff Ronning (18), Kimmo Timonen (9)3–106:07 NSH ·
Eric Lindros (18)Mike York (20), Theo Fleury (23)3–207:01 NYR

3rd period

Tom Fitzgerald (4)David Legwand (12), Vitali Yachmenev (8)4–219:46 NSH ·

Team stats

NSHNYR

3230

47%53%

2/70/4

1733

1919

2114

626

Penalties

12:52 into the first periodManny Malhotra · tripping2 min
13:27 into the first periodVladimir Orszagh · slashing2 min
13:27 into the first periodVladimir Malakhov · slashing2 min
15:22 into the first periodMark Messier · roughing2 min
4:53 into the second periodTomas Kloucek · interference2 min
8:19 into the second periodStu Grimson · charging2 min
8:19 into the second periodStu Grimson · fighting5 min
8:19 into the second periodSandy McCarthy · interference goalkeeper2 min
8:19 into the second periodSandy McCarthy · fighting5 min
8:41 into the second periodDavid Legwand · tripping2 min
9:42 into the second periodEric Lindros · slashing2 min
13:06 into the second periodDavid Legwand · holding obstruction2 min
5:31 into the third periodIgor Ulanov · closing hand on puck2 min
8:43 into the third periodSandy McCarthy · elbowing2 min
10:29 into the third periodDenis Arkhipov · high sticking2 min
11:37 into the third periodGreg Classen · hooking2 min
19:46 into the third periodTheo Fleury · delaying game2 min
19:46 into the third periodTheo Fleury · misconduct10 min

Nashville Predators

Nashville Predators skaters

5Andy DelmoreD	2	0	2	0	5	2	1	0	–	18:08
44Kimmo TimonenD	0	2	2	0	4	3	2	0	–	21:31
7Cliff RonningC	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	–	16:08
11David LegwandC	0	1	1	−1	2	0	3	4	41	17:32
21Tom FitzgeraldR	1	0	1	−1	3	0	1	0	50	17:01
22Greg JohnsonC	0	1	1	0	2	0	1	0	60	22:16
43Vitali YachmenevR	0	1	1	−1	1	0	0	0	–	20:29
4Mark EatonD	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	–	16:22
8Stu GrimsonL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	–	02:22
9Greg ClassenC	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	38	04:46
15Petr TenkratR	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	04:55
17Scott HartnellL	0	0	0	0	5	1	1	0	100	19:22
19Martin EratR	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	0	–	14:31
25Denis ArkhipovC	0	0	0	+1	1	0	0	2	38	16:32
33Vladimir OrszaghL	0	0	0	+1	1	1	1	2	–	17:44
3Karlis SkrastinsD	0	0	0	+1	2	2	3	0	–	20:08
23Bill HoulderD	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	0	–	20:42
32Cale HulseD	0	0	0	−1	1	6	2	0	–	21:50

Nashville Predators goalies
Goalie
1Mike DunhamG	W	30	28	2	.933	59:57
29Tomas VokounG		0	0	0	–	00:00

New York Rangers

New York Rangers skaters

14Theo FleuryR	0	2	2	+1	2	0	0	12	100	24:08
16Mike YorkL	0	2	2	+1	3	0	0	0	–	23:17
88Eric LindrosC	2	0	2	+2	4	1	1	2	53	14:05
6Manny MalhotraC	0	0	0	−1	1	9	0	2	43	12:29
10Sandy McCarthyR	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	9	–	04:47
11Mark MessierC	0	0	0	−2	0	0	2	2	69	16:36
20Radek DvorakR	0	0	0	−1	5	0	0	0	–	21:13
26Andreas JohanssonL	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	33	21:06
32Jeff TomsL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	08:18
37Mikael SamuelssonR	0	0	0	−1	2	1	0	0	–	07:52
93Petr NedvedC	0	0	0	−1	4	0	0	0	50	22:53
2Brian LeetchD	0	0	0	+1	1	0	1	0	–	27:28
5Dale PurintonD	0	0	0	−1	0	0	1	0	–	06:52
22Tomas KloucekD	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	–	14:47
23Vladimir MalakhovD	0	0	0	+2	0	5	3	2	–	20:07
33Dave KarpaD	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	–	10:37
34Bryan BerardD	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	–	18:17
55Igor UlanovD	0	0	0	−1	0	0	4	2	–	15:58

New York Rangers goalies
Goalie
31Dan BlackburnG		0	0	0	–	00:00
35Mike RichterG	L	31	28	3	.903	58:50