Washington Capitals vs New York Rangers

Regular season · Saturday, January 26, 2002 · Madison Square Garden

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3–6

25–47

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Game summary

The New York Rangers beat the Washington Capitals 6–3 on Saturday, January 26, 2002 at Madison Square Garden. The Rangers outshot the Capitals 47–25.

Radek Dvorak scored twice and Dainius Zubrus scored twice. Sandy McCarthy, Eric Lindros, Brendan Witt, Theo Fleury and Bryan Berard also scored.

Mike Richter made 22 saves on 25 shots for the win; Olie Kolzig stopped 41 of 47.

Goals
WSH	0	2	1	3	25
NYR	2	2	2	6	47

Scoring

1st period

Sandy McCarthy (5)Matthew Barnaby (4), Manny Malhotra (4)0–101:59 NYR
Radek Dvorak (12)Brian Leetch (28), Petr Nedved (16)0–214:49 NYR

2nd period

Dainius Zubrus (8)Sergei Gonchar (24), Ivan Ciernik (3)1–207:32 WSH
Eric Lindros (20)Brian Leetch (29), Vladimir Malakhov (17)1–315:20 NYR ·
Brendan Witt (2)Jaromir Jagr (27), Peter Bondra (19)2–317:55 WSH
Theo Fleury (20)Unassisted2–419:38 NYR

3rd period

Dainius Zubrus (9)Sergei Gonchar (25), Ulf Dahlen (22)3–410:38 WSH
Radek Dvorak (13)Petr Nedved (17), Theo Fleury (29)3–513:19 NYR
Bryan Berard (2)Sandy McCarthy (8), Manny Malhotra (5)3–617:38 NYR

Team stats

WSHNYR

2547

49%51%

0/41/3

1113

2321

1625

911

15

Penalties

2:13 into the first periodDale Purinton · fighting5 min
2:13 into the first periodStephen Peat · fighting5 min
2:25 into the first periodTomas Kloucek · interference2 min
6:11 into the first periodChris Simon · slashing2 min
18:39 into the first periodTomas Kloucek · tripping2 min
5:30 into the second periodDale Purinton · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
10:16 into the second periodPetr Nedved · high sticking2 min
13:17 into the second periodMatt Pettinger · cross checking2 min
14:40 into the second periodFrantisek Kucera · hooking2 min

Season series

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

9Dainius ZubrusC	2	0	2	+1	2	4	1	0	20	20:30
55Sergei GoncharD	0	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	–	26:05
10Ulf DahlenR	0	1	1	−2	1	1	0	0	–	21:22
12Peter BondraR	0	1	1	0	5	2	2	0	–	26:07
23Ivan CiernikL	0	1	1	+1	0	0	2	0	–	10:48
68Jaromir JagrR	0	1	1	−2	6	0	1	0	–	24:36
19Brendan WittD	1	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	–	15:57
13Andrei NikolishinC	0	0	0	−2	2	0	2	0	67	16:07
17Chris SimonL	0	0	0	−1	0	1	0	2	–	02:20
18Matt PettingerL	0	0	0	−1	2	5	0	2	–	12:58
36Colin ForbesL	0	0	0	−1	0	1	0	0	47	14:43
51Stephen PeatR	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	5	–	09:01
77Adam OatesC	0	0	0	+1	1	0	1	0	48	25:01
2Ken KleeD	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	–	21:25
4Frantisek KuceraD	0	0	0	−2	0	0	5	2	–	16:56
24Rob ZettlerD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	05:15
38Todd RohloffD	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	–	10:27
58Jean-Francois FortinD	0	0	0	−2	2	2	0	0	–	15:07

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie
1Craig BillingtonG		0	0	0	–	00:00
37Olie KolzigG	L	47	41	6	.872	60:00

New York Rangers

New York Rangers skaters

6Manny MalhotraC	0	2	2	0	2	2	6	0	17	16:18
10Sandy McCarthyR	1	1	2	+1	6	5	0	0	–	12:16
14Theo FleuryR	1	1	2	+3	5	0	0	0	–	20:58
20Radek DvorakR	2	0	2	+2	2	1	2	0	–	20:06
93Petr NedvedC	0	2	2	+3	2	2	0	2	57	21:50
2Brian LeetchD	0	2	2	−1	3	1	6	0	–	24:21
36Matthew BarnabyR	0	1	1	+1	1	0	0	0	100	12:05
88Eric LindrosC	1	0	1	−1	6	2	1	0	65	23:15
23Vladimir MalakhovD	0	1	1	−1	1	1	2	0	–	23:19
34Bryan BerardD	1	0	1	+2	6	1	3	0	–	20:39
16Mike YorkL	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	–	20:14
21Steve McKennaL	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	–	03:27
32Jeff TomsL	0	0	0	−1	4	0	0	0	–	16:14
37Mikael SamuelssonR	0	0	0	−1	0	0	1	0	–	06:30
5Dale PurintonD	0	0	0	−1	0	0	0	7	–	01:32
22Tomas KloucekD	0	0	0	+1	0	4	0	4	–	14:46
24Sylvain LefebvreD	0	0	0	+2	1	1	2	0	–	19:04
33Dave KarpaD	0	0	0	+1	0	1	2	0	–	14:45

New York Rangers goalies
Goalie
31Dan BlackburnG		0	0	0	–	00:00
35Mike RichterG	W	25	22	3	.880	60:00