New Jersey Devils vs New York Rangers
Regular season · Tuesday, February 26, 2002 · Madison Square Garden
Game summary
The New Jersey Devils beat the New York Rangers 4–3 on Tuesday, February 26, 2002 at Madison Square Garden. The Devils outshot the Rangers 27–24.
Scott Gomez scored twice. Scott Niedermayer, Mikael Samuelsson, Eric Lindros, Theo Fleury and Jay Pandolfo also scored.
Martin Brodeur made 21 saves on 24 shots for the win; Dan Blackburn stopped 23 of 27.
Scoring
1st period
Scott Gomez (6)Sergei Brylin (18), Ken Daneyko (3)1–003:35 NJD
Scott Niedermayer (8)Sergei Brylin (19), Bobby Holik (20)2–004:19 NJD
Mikael Samuelsson (6)Bryan Berard (18), Sylvain Lefebvre (5)2–108:25 NYR ·
2nd period
Eric Lindros (23)Theo Fleury (32), Brian Leetch (32)2–205:54 NYR · 
Theo Fleury (21)Tomas Kloucek (2), Radek Dvorak (20)2–316:55 NYR
3rd period
Jay Pandolfo (4)Valeri Kamensky (12), Scott Stevens (12)3–306:32 NJD- Scott Gomez (7)Bobby Holik (21)4–310:36 NJD
Team stats
NJDNYR
2724
53%47%
0/51/2
925
1622
1815
414
27
Penalties
- 5:29 into the first period
Jim McKenzie · fighting5 min - 5:29 into the first period
Steve McKenna · fighting5 min - 6:59 into the first periodDave Karpa · high sticking2 min
- 6:59 into the first periodDave Karpa · high sticking2 min
- 4:56 into the second periodAndrei Zyuzin · cross checking2 min
- 7:55 into the second periodPetr Nedved · holding the stick2 min
- 4:26 into the third periodAndreas Johansson · roughing2 min
- 15:42 into the third periodTheo Fleury · tripping2 min
- 15:42 into the third periodTheo Fleury · misconduct10 min
- 18:41 into the third periodJohn Madden · holding2 min
Season series
New Jersey Devils
| 16Bobby HolikC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 1 | 17:13 |
| 18Sergei BrylinL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | 15:42 |
| 23Scott GomezC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 15:57 |
| 20Jay PandolfoL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 11:34 |
| 22Valeri KamenskyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14:22 |
| 3Ken DaneykoD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 17:49 |
| 4Scott StevensD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 2 | 24:35 |
| 27Scott NiedermayerD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 25:41 |
| 11John MaddenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:53 |
| 12Sergei NemchinovL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 08:03 |
| 17Petr SykoraR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 20:38 |
| 19Jim McKenzieL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:15 |
| 21Randy MckayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 13:56 |
| 25Jason ArnottC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 20:54 |
| 26Patrik EliasC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 22:22 |
| 2Mike CommodoreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:01 |
| 7Andrei ZyuzinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 14:27 |
| 28Brian RafalskiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 23:21 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Martin BrodeurG | W | 24 | 3 | .875 |
| 34John VanbiesbrouckG | 0 | 0 | – |
New York Rangers
| 14Theo FleuryR | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 5 | 14:46 |
| 20Radek DvorakR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | 14:42 |
| 37Mikael SamuelssonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 15:32 |
| 88Eric LindrosC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | 18:20 |
| 2Brian LeetchD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | 25:50 |
| 22Tomas KloucekD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 16:14 |
| 24Sylvain LefebvreD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | 17:00 |
| 34Bryan BerardD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 18:34 |
| 6Manny MalhotraC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 17:14 |
| 10Sandy McCarthyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 08:23 |
| 16Mike YorkL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 17:24 |
| 21Steve McKennaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:41 |
| 26Andreas JohanssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 19:36 |
| 32Jeff TomsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:28 |
| 36Matthew BarnabyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:18 |
| 93Petr NedvedC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 17:11 |
| 23Vladimir MalakhovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 24:40 |
| 33Dave KarpaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:11 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Dan BlackburnG | L | 27 | 4 | .852 |
| 40Johan HolmqvistG | 0 | 0 | – |