New York Rangers vs San Jose Sharks
Regular season · Friday, December 28, 2001 · Compaq Center at San Jose
Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the San Jose Sharks 5-3 on Friday, December 28, 2001 at Compaq Center at San Jose. The Sharks outshot the Rangers 43-17.
Goals came from Vladimir Malakhov, Matt Bradley, Mikael Samuelsson, Radek Dvorak, Manny Malhotra, Adam Graves, Sandy McCarthy and Stephane Matteau.
Dan Blackburn made 40 saves on 43 shots for the win; Evgeni Nabokov stopped 10 of 14.
Scoring
1st period
Vladimir Malakhov (6)Eric Lindros (20)1–002:36 NYR
2nd period
Matt Bradley (1)Adam Graves (5)1–109:18 SJS
Mikael Samuelsson (3)Mike York (24), Brian Leetch (24)2–113:31 NYR · PPG
Radek Dvorak (7)Bryan Berard (9)3–117:29 NYR
3rd period
Manny Malhotra (1)Unassisted4–102:07 NYR
Adam Graves (4)Matt Bradley (3), Marcus Ragnarsson (9)4–207:12 SJS
Sandy McCarthy (3)Matthew Barnaby (2)5–214:19 NYR
Stephane Matteau (3)Mike Rathje (3), Marco Sturm (7)5–316:43 SJS · PPG
Team stats
NYRSJS
17Shots on goal43
45%Faceoff %55%
1/2Power play1/5
24Penalty minutes10
26Hits26
12Blocked shots2
7Giveaways16
2Takeaways7
Penalties
- 1st 07:14
Matthew Barnaby · roughing2 min - 1st 07:14Matthew Barnaby · slashing2 min
- 1st 07:14
Bryan Marchment · roughing2 min - 1st 07:14Bryan Marchment · slashing2 min
- 1st 07:48Sylvain Lefebvre · holding2 min
- 1st 11:08Petr Nedved · holding the stick2 min
- 1st 12:44Andreas Johansson · tripping2 min
- 1st 16:29Theo Fleury · attempt to injure10 min
- 2nd 03:38Niklas Sundstrom · hooking2 min
- 2nd 11:51Teemu Selanne · tripping2 min
- 3rd 09:39Dave Karpa · roughing2 min
- 3rd 09:39Scott Thornton · roughing2 min
- 3rd 15:12Dave Karpa · high sticking2 min
Season series
New York Rangers
| 6Manny MalhotraC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 12:51 |
| 10Sandy McCarthyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 10:17 |
| 16Mike YorkL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 17:53 |
| 20Radek DvorakR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 22:05 |
| 36Matthew BarnabyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 12:17 |
| 37Mikael SamuelssonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17:04 |
| 88Eric LindrosC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 04:41 |
| 2Brian LeetchD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 23:48 |
| 23Vladimir MalakhovD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 21:59 |
| 34Bryan BerardD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 18:50 |
| 14Theo FleuryR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 05:28 |
| 21Steve McKennaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 02:28 |
| 26Andreas JohanssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21:50 |
| 32Jeff TomsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 13:56 |
| 93Petr NedvedC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23:11 |
| 24Sylvain LefebvreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 18:13 |
| 33Dave KarpaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:27 |
| 55Igor UlanovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:45 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Dan BlackburnG | W | 43 | 40 | 3 | .930 | 60:00 |
| 35Mike RichterG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
San Jose Sharks
| 9Adam GravesL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 6 | 16:17 |
| 28Matt BradleyR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 14:59 |
| 19Marco SturmL | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 17:59 |
| 32Stephane MatteauL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 12:05 |
| 2Mike RathjeD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 23:16 |
| 10Marcus RagnarssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 20:29 |
| 8Teemu SelanneR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 13:05 |
| 12Patrick MarleauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 16:21 |
| 13Todd HarveyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:19 |
| 16Mark SmithC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:32 |
| 17Scott ThorntonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 4 | 14:37 |
| 18Mike RicciC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 17:42 |
| 24Niklas SundstromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 15:44 |
| 25Vincent DamphousseC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 15:59 |
| 7Brad StuartD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | 17:00 |
| 20Gary SuterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 12:02 |
| 22Scott HannanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 24:17 |
| 27Bryan MarchmentD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 22:56 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Evgeni NabokovG | L | 14 | 10 | 4 | .714 | 42:07 |
| 37Miikka KiprusoffG | 3 | 2 | 1 | .667 | 16:29 |