Atlanta Thrashers vs New York Rangers

Regular season · Friday, March 22, 2002 · Madison Square Garden

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5–2

33–35

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Game summary

The Atlanta Thrashers beat the New York Rangers 5–2 on Friday, March 22, 2002 at Madison Square Garden. The Rangers outshot the Thrashers 35–33.

Tony Hrkac scored twice. Tomi Kallio, Jeff Cowan, Dan Snyder, Eric Lindros and Pavel Bure also scored.

Frederic Cassivi made 33 saves on 35 shots for the win; Dan Blackburn stopped 26 of 31.

Goals
ATL	1	3	1	5	33
NYR	0	0	2	2	35

Scoring

1st period

Tomi Kallio (6)Pascal Rheaume (11), Jeff Odgers (3)1–016:28 ATL

2nd period

Tony Hrkac (15)Yannick Tremblay (14), Lubos Bartecko (9)2–003:36 ATL ·
Jeff Cowan (4)Per Svartvadet (9), Dan Snyder (1)3–005:34 ATL
Dan Snyder (1)Per Svartvadet (10), Daniel Tjarnqvist (13)4–017:06 ATL

3rd period

Eric Lindros (30)Theo Fleury (39), Pavel Bure (29)4–100:47 NYR
Tony Hrkac (16)Lubos Bartecko (10), Dany Heatley (36)5–101:22 ATL
Pavel Bure (25)Tom Poti (18), Eric Lindros (31)5–214:18 NYR

Team stats

ATLNYR

3335

47%53%

1/50/3

2428

1114

1511

922

89

Penalties

7:06 into the first periodJeff Cowan · roughing2 min
7:06 into the first periodMatthew Barnaby · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
12:21 into the first periodSylvain Lefebvre · interference2 min
12:55 into the first periodDave Karpa · high sticking2 min
18:45 into the first periodTodd Reirden · holding2 min
0:27 into the second periodAndy Sutton · elbowing2 min
1:43 into the second periodTheo Fleury · holding2 min
5:34 into the second periodJeff Cowan · roughing2 min
5:34 into the second periodJeff Cowan · fighting5 min
5:34 into the second periodDan Snyder · roughing2 min
5:34 into the second periodDan Snyder · slashing2 min
5:34 into the second periodVladimir Malakhov · fighting5 min
5:34 into the second periodEric Lindros · cross checking2 min
5:34 into the second periodMatthew Barnaby · roughing2 min
5:34 into the second periodMatthew Barnaby · roughing2 min
8:42 into the second periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
10:37 into the second periodChris Tamer · fighting5 min
10:37 into the second periodSandy McCarthy · fighting5 min
9:50 into the third periodMichal Grosek · tripping2 min
14:24 into the third periodEric Lindros · high sticking2 min

Season series

Atlanta Thrashers

Atlanta Thrashers skaters

12Tony HrkacC	2	0	2	+1	3	0	0	0	33	15:12
18Lubos BarteckoL	0	2	2	+1	4	0	0	0	–	15:27
37Dan SnyderC	1	1	2	+1	2	1	1	4	59	13:32
39Per SvartvadetC	0	2	2	+1	1	2	0	0	–	15:09
14Tomi KallioR	1	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	–	14:55
15Dany HeatleyL	0	1	1	+1	6	0	0	0	–	18:39
16Jeff CowanL	1	0	1	+1	2	0	0	9	–	11:46
20Jeff OdgersR	0	1	1	0	1	2	0	0	–	09:36
26Pascal RheaumeC	0	1	1	0	2	0	2	0	52	14:03
36Daniel TjarnqvistD	0	1	1	+3	0	1	4	0	–	20:32
38Yannick TremblayD	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	–	19:36
13Patrik StefanC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	55	17:09
22Kamil PirosR	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	40	14:04
47Jean-Pierre VigierR	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	–	15:48
3Brian PothierD	0	0	0	−1	1	3	3	0	–	22:30
4Chris TamerD	0	0	0	−1	1	0	0	5	–	19:07
25Andy SuttonD	0	0	0	+3	2	1	2	2	–	18:30
28Todd ReirdenD	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	–	15:49

Atlanta Thrashers goalies
Goalie
30Scott FankhouserG		0	0	0	–	00:00
35Frederic CassiviG	W	35	33	2	.943	60:00

New York Rangers

New York Rangers skaters

9Pavel BureR	1	1	2	+1	4	0	1	0	–	26:02
88Eric LindrosC	1	1	2	+1	3	1	0	4	53	22:53
14Theo FleuryR	0	1	1	+1	5	3	0	2	–	24:02
3Tom PotiD	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	–	23:16
8Michal GrosekL	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	–	08:50
10Sandy McCarthyR	0	0	0	−3	3	0	0	5	–	11:16
17Rem MurrayL	0	0	0	−3	4	0	0	0	44	16:18
19Martin RucinskyL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	09:56
26Andreas JohanssonL	0	0	0	−2	3	0	1	0	75	16:16
29Roman LyashenkoC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	33	05:40
36Matthew BarnabyR	0	0	0	−1	0	0	0	6	–	07:35
37Mikael SamuelssonR	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	–	08:21
93Petr NedvedC	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	59	11:38
2Brian LeetchD	0	0	0	−1	8	4	0	0	–	24:20
23Vladimir MalakhovD	0	0	0	−1	0	1	2	5	–	16:32
24Sylvain LefebvreD	0	0	0	−1	1	2	2	2	–	16:33
33Dave KarpaD	0	0	0	−1	0	1	3	2	–	17:25
34Bryan BerardD	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	21:00

New York Rangers goalies
Goalie
31Dan BlackburnG	L	31	26	5	.839	57:36
35Mike RichterG		2	2	0	1.000	02:20