New York Rangers vs Colorado Avalanche
Regular season · Thursday, January 3, 2002 · Pepsi Center
Game summary
The Colorado Avalanche beat the New York Rangers 3-2 in overtime on Thursday, January 3, 2002 at Pepsi Center. The Rangers outshot the Avalanche 37-32.
Goals came from Milan Hejduk, Chris Drury, Andreas Johansson, Mike York and Rob Blake.
David Aebischer made 35 saves on 37 shots for the win; Mike Richter stopped 29 of 32.
Scoring
1st period
Milan Hejduk (14)Joe Sakic (25), Rob Blake (17)0–104:47 COL · PPG
2nd period
Chris Drury (9)Rob Blake (18)0–205:03 COL
3rd period
Andreas Johansson (12)Mikael Samuelsson (6), Mike York (26)1–214:02 NYR
Mike York (16)Mikael Samuelsson (7), Bryan Berard (12)2–215:47 NYR
OT period
Rob Blake (11)Milan Hejduk (15), Martin Skoula (11)2–301:41 COL · PPG
Team stats
NYRCOL
37Shots on goal32
43%Faceoff %57%
0/3Power play2/3
6Penalty minutes6
34Hits32
20Blocked shots23
9Giveaways5
16Takeaways17
Penalties
- 1st 03:54
Dave Karpa · holding2 min - 1st 06:03
Joe Sakic · holding2 min - 1st 16:47Dale Purinton · elbowing2 min
- 2nd 15:00Rob Blake · interference2 min
- 3rd 10:55Eric Messier · high sticking2 min
- 3rd 19:42Andreas Johansson · interference goalkeeper2 min
Season series
New York Rangers
| 16Mike YorkL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 21:10 |
| 37Mikael SamuelssonR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 3 | 13:05 |
| 26Andreas JohanssonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 5 | 18:12 |
| 34Bryan BerardD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 21:18 |
| 6Manny MalhotraC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:01 |
| 10Sandy McCarthyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:07 |
| 14Theo FleuryR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 22:16 |
| 20Radek DvorakR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 21:00 |
| 21Steve McKennaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:06 |
| 32Jeff TomsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 12:07 |
| 36Matthew BarnabyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:36 |
| 93Petr NedvedC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24:17 |
| 2Brian LeetchD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 28:07 |
| 5Dale PurintonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 03:42 |
| 22Tomas KloucekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:11 |
| 23Vladimir MalakhovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 25:10 |
| 24Sylvain LefebvreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:12 |
| 33Dave KarpaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:24 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Dan BlackburnG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 35Mike RichterG | L | 32 | 29 | 3 | .906 | 61:40 |
Colorado Avalanche
| 4Rob BlakeD | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 28:54 |
| 23Milan HejdukR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 18:41 |
| 18Chris DruryC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 15:07 |
| 19Joe SakicC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 6 | 23:58 |
| 41Martin SkoulaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 2 | 24:04 |
| 10Ville NieminenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 13:01 |
| 13Dan HinoteR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 17:30 |
| 22Vaclav NedorostC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:20 |
| 26Stephane YelleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15:35 |
| 27Scott ParkerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 05:44 |
| 28Steve ReinprechtC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:33 |
| 29Eric MessierL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:10 |
| 36Steve MooreC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 06:39 |
| 50Brian WillsieR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 16:03 |
| 5Todd GillD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:11 |
| 6Rick BerryD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:15 |
| 7Greg De VriesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 25:09 |
| 11Pascal TrepanierD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 18:50 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1David AebischerG | W | 37 | 35 | 2 | .946 | 61:36 |
| 33Patrick RoyG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |