New York Rangers vs New Jersey Devils

Regular season · Thursday, January 17, 2002 · Continental Airlines Arena

4–6

26–30

Game summary

The New Jersey Devils beat the New York Rangers 6–4 on Thursday, January 17, 2002 at Continental Airlines Arena. The Devils outshot the Rangers 30–26.

Sergei Brylin scored twice. Manny Malhotra, Petr Sykora, Bruce Gardiner, Jay Pandolfo, Petr Nedved, Patrik Elias, Matthew Barnaby and Sandy McCarthy also scored.

Martin Brodeur made 22 saves on 26 shots for the win; Mike Richter stopped 24 of 30.

Goals
NYR	1	1	2	4	26
NJD	3	1	2	6	30

Scoring

1st period

Sergei Brylin (5)Bobby Holik (13), Christian Berglund (4)0–103:00 NJD ·
Manny Malhotra (3)Unassisted1–104:48 NYR
Petr Sykora (14)Jason Arnott (18), Patrik Elias (19)1–208:24 NJD
Bruce Gardiner (2)Bobby Holik (14), Sergei Brylin (10)1–316:06 NJD

2nd period

Jay Pandolfo (3)John Madden (8), Scott Stevens (10)1–404:54 NJD ·
Petr Nedved (14)Radek Dvorak (15), Vladimir Malakhov (15)2–415:11 NYR ·

3rd period

Patrik Elias (18)Petr Sykora (17), Brian Rafalski (25)2–501:41 NJD
Matthew Barnaby (1)Jeff Toms (3)3–505:34 NYR
Sergei Brylin (6)Bobby Holik (15), Scott Niedermayer (13)3–606:28 NJD
Sandy McCarthy (4)Unassisted4–619:00 NYR

Team stats

NYRNJD

2630

50%50%

1/51/3

1115

2516

1416

212

1813

Penalties

1:12 into the first periodManny Malhotra · tripping2 min
6:15 into the first periodJim McKenzie · fighting5 min
6:15 into the first periodSteve McKenna · fighting5 min
18:32 into the first periodEric Lindros · tripping2 min
3:11 into the second periodKen Daneyko · high sticking2 min
9:56 into the second periodJason Arnott · interference2 min
14:57 into the second periodMike Commodore · hooking2 min
2:27 into the third periodMike Commodore · interference2 min
10:25 into the third periodChristian Berglund · tripping2 min
15:18 into the third periodBryan Berard · elbowing2 min

Season series

New York Rangers

New York Rangers skaters

6Manny MalhotraC	1	0	1	−1	2	3	0	2	–	14:44
10Sandy McCarthyR	1	0	1	+1	2	1	0	0	–	15:42
20Radek DvorakR	0	1	1	−2	2	1	0	0	–	14:45
32Jeff TomsL	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	14	10:13
36Matthew BarnabyR	1	0	1	+1	2	1	0	0	–	09:59
93Petr NedvedC	1	0	1	−1	3	0	0	0	61	18:46
23Vladimir MalakhovD	0	1	1	−1	0	2	3	0	–	23:22
14Theo FleuryR	0	0	0	−2	4	2	0	0	100	19:20
16Mike YorkL	0	0	0	−3	0	3	1	0	–	18:10
21Steve McKennaL	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	5	–	08:53
37Mikael SamuelssonR	0	0	0	+1	3	0	0	0	–	12:22
39Trent WhitfieldC	0	0	0	+1	0	3	0	0	50	12:44
88Eric LindrosC	0	0	0	−3	3	2	0	2	53	19:42
2Brian LeetchD	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	–	25:24
24Sylvain LefebvreD	0	0	0	−1	0	2	2	0	–	15:11
33Dave KarpaD	0	0	0	+1	0	1	2	0	–	14:34
34Bryan BerardD	0	0	0	−2	2	1	0	2	–	18:49
55Igor UlanovD	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	–	15:37

New York Rangers goalies
Goalie
31Dan BlackburnG		0	0	0	–	00:00
35Mike RichterG	L	30	24	6	.800	59:15

New Jersey Devils

New Jersey Devils skaters

16Bobby HolikC	0	3	3	+2	2	4	0	0	53	16:04
18Sergei BrylinL	2	1	3	+2	4	0	0	0	–	15:35
17Petr SykoraR	1	1	2	+1	4	1	0	0	–	15:38
26Patrik EliasC	1	1	2	+1	2	0	0	0	100	18:31
9Bruce GardinerR	1	0	1	+1	1	1	3	0	50	12:12
10Christian BerglundL	0	1	1	−1	1	1	0	2	–	14:51
11John MaddenC	0	1	1	+1	1	0	0	0	58	15:55
20Jay PandolfoL	1	0	1	0	2	2	3	0	–	14:40
25Jason ArnottC	0	1	1	+2	4	1	1	2	35	15:43
4Scott StevensD	0	1	1	+3	0	2	2	0	–	20:21
27Scott NiedermayerD	0	1	1	+3	1	1	0	0	–	21:48
28Brian RafalskiD	0	1	1	+1	1	0	2	0	–	20:45
12Sergei NemchinovL	0	0	0	−2	1	0	0	0	20	11:52
19Jim McKenzieL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	–	08:02
23Scott GomezC	0	0	0	−2	3	0	0	0	70	15:14
2Mike CommodoreD	0	0	0	−2	1	2	1	4	–	15:03
3Ken DaneykoD	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	–	14:05
5Colin WhiteD	0	0	0	−1	1	1	2	0	–	25:04

New Jersey Devils goalies
Goalie
1Jean-Francois DamphousseG		0	0	0	–	00:00
30Martin BrodeurG	W	26	22	4	.846	60:00