New York Rangers vs Los Angeles Kings
Regular season · Saturday, December 29, 2001 · STAPLES Center
Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the Los Angeles Kings 5–4 on Saturday, December 29, 2001 at STAPLES Center. The Kings outshot the Rangers 35–22.
Goals came from Jeff Toms, Petr Nedved, Adam Deadmarsh, Mikael Samuelsson, Aaron Miller, Manny Malhotra, Andreas Johansson, Steve Heinze and Bryan Smolinski.
Mike Richter made 31 saves on 35 shots for the win; Jamie Storr stopped 5 of 6.
Scoring
1st period
Jeff Toms (3)Mike York (25), Bryan Berard (10)1–003:24 NYR
2nd period
Petr Nedved (13)Matthew Barnaby (3), Bryan Berard (11)2–001:24 NYR
Adam Deadmarsh (13)Craig Johnson (9)2–102:05 LAK
Mikael Samuelsson (4)Andreas Johansson (6), Vladimir Malakhov (13)3–102:55 NYR
Aaron Miller (3)Bryan Smolinski (11), Adam Deadmarsh (10)3–207:40 LAK
Manny Malhotra (2)Dave Karpa (5), Mark Messier (15)4–212:27 NYR ·
3rd period
Andreas Johansson (11)Mikael Samuelsson (5)5–214:39 NYR
Steve Heinze (13)Bryan Smolinski (12), Adam Deadmarsh (11)5–318:51 LAK
Bryan Smolinski (10)Adam Deadmarsh (12), Lubomir Visnovsky (12)5–419:59 LAK
Team stats
NYRLAK
2235
39%61%
0/20/7
199
1320
215
1013
83
Penalties
- 4:02 into the first period
Dave Karpa · tripping2 min - 7:43 into the first period
Mikko Eloranta · holding the stick2 min - 11:42 into the first periodAndreas Johansson · high sticking2 min
- 14:53 into the first periodEric Belanger · high sticking2 min
- 17:58 into the first periodIgor Ulanov · interference2 min
- 10:29 into the second periodSteve McKenna · high sticking2 min
- 10:29 into the second periodSteve McKenna · high sticking2 min
- 13:48 into the second periodSylvain Lefebvre · roughing2 min
- 19:42 into the second periodKelly Buchberger · fighting5 min
- 19:42 into the second periodMatthew Barnaby · fighting5 min
- 9:46 into the third periodRadek Dvorak · tripping2 min
Season series
New York Rangers
| 26Andreas JohanssonL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | 18:02 |
| 37Mikael SamuelssonR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | 16:23 |
| 34Bryan BerardD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 18:17 |
| 6Manny MalhotraC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 09:48 |
| 11Mark MessierC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 0 | 18:09 |
| 16Mike YorkL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 | 18:44 |
| 32Jeff TomsL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 14:44 |
| 36Matthew BarnabyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 07:11 |
| 93Petr NedvedC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | 17:51 |
| 23Vladimir MalakhovD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 24:39 |
| 33Dave KarpaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 17:39 |
| 10Sandy McCarthyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 01:42 |
| 14Theo FleuryR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 20:35 |
| 20Radek DvorakR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 18:48 |
| 21Steve McKennaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 02:13 |
| 2Brian LeetchD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 26:42 |
| 24Sylvain LefebvreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:29 |
| 55Igor UlanovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 16:54 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Dan BlackburnG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Mike RichterG | W | 35 | 4 | .886 |
Los Angeles Kings
| 28Adam DeadmarshR | 1 | 3 | 4 | +2 | 3 | 20:52 |
| 21Bryan SmolinskiC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 5 | 21:20 |
| 23Craig JohnsonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 16:53 |
| 57Steve HeinzeR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 21:13 |
| 3Aaron MillerD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 19:11 |
| 17Lubomir VisnovskyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 19:57 |
| 9Kelly BuchbergerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:44 |
| 19Nelson EmersonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 06:52 |
| 22Ian LaperriereR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 14:19 |
| 25Eric BelangerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15:10 |
| 26Randy RobitailleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 1 | 17:28 |
| 29Brad ChartrandR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 04:49 |
| 41Jason AllisonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | 23:18 |
| 42Mikko ElorantaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 07:44 |
| 6Andreas LiljaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 16:59 |
| 14Mattias NorstromD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 19:09 |
| 43Philippe BoucherD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 21:15 |
| 44Jaroslav ModryD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 22:31 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jamie StorrG | L | 6 | 1 | .833 |
| 39Felix PotvinG | 16 | 4 | .750 |