Philadelphia Flyers vs New York Rangers
Regular season · Wednesday, March 27, 2002 · Madison Square Garden
Game summary
The Philadelphia Flyers beat the New York Rangers 4–2 on Wednesday, March 27, 2002 at Madison Square Garden. The Flyers outshot the Rangers 33–27.
Goals came from Justin Williams, Eric Desjardins, Pavel Bure, John LeClair, Eric Lindros and Keith Primeau.
Brian Boucher made 25 saves on 27 shots for the win; Dan Blackburn stopped 29 of 32.
Scoring
1st period
Justin Williams (16)Marty Murray (15), Simon Gagne (29)1–009:02 PHI
2nd period
Eric Desjardins (6)Simon Gagne (30), Keith Primeau (28)2–018:33 PHI ·
3rd period
Pavel Bure (26)Matthew Barnaby (10), Eric Lindros (32)2–100:38 NYR
John LeClair (24)Mark Recchi (38), Eric Desjardins (18)3–110:09 PHI
Eric Lindros (31)Brian Leetch (38)3–216:13 NYR
Keith Primeau (17)Unassisted4–219:22 PHI ·
Team stats
PHINYR
3327
48%52%
1/30/4
1412
1318
158
2232
1110
Penalties
- 1:32 into the first period
Michal Grosek · boarding2 min - 12:45 into the first period
Billy Tibbetts · high sticking2 min - 18:29 into the first periodBryan Berard · interference2 min
- 7:29 into the second periodRuslan Fedotenko · holding stick obstruction2 min
- 17:22 into the second periodBryan Berard · elbowing2 min
- 4:29 into the third periodDonald Brashear · hooking2 min
- 6:55 into the third periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 14:03 into the third periodBrian Leetch · cross checking2 min
- 14:03 into the third periodKeith Primeau · cross checking2 min
- 16:10 into the third periodTheo Fleury · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 16:10 into the third periodSimon Gagne · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 18:16 into the third periodPetr Nedved · roughing2 min
- 18:16 into the third periodJustin Williams · roughing2 min
Season series
Philadelphia Flyers
| 12Simon GagneL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 15:33 |
| 25Keith PrimeauC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 17:13 |
| 37Eric DesjardinsD | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 19:07 |
| 8Mark RecchiR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 22:35 |
| 10John LeClairL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 18:22 |
| 14Justin WilliamsR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 13:05 |
| 39Marty MurrayC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 16:39 |
| 17Billy TibbettsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 02:42 |
| 19Paul RanheimL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 04:30 |
| 24Chris McAllisterL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 03:00 |
| 26Ruslan FedotenkoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 18:04 |
| 77Adam OatesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 21:06 |
| 87Donald BrashearL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 13:38 |
| 2Eric WeinrichD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 23:15 |
| 3Dan McgillisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:50 |
| 5Kim JohnssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 22:30 |
| 6Chris TherienD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:24 |
| 22Luke RichardsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:17 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33Brian BoucherG | W | 27 | 2 | .926 |
| 35Neil LittleG | 0 | 0 | – |
New York Rangers
| 88Eric LindrosC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 6 | 24:06 |
| 9Pavel BureR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 26:49 |
| 36Matthew BarnabyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 13:28 |
| 2Brian LeetchD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 26:12 |
| 8Michal GrosekL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:44 |
| 10Sandy McCarthyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 09:14 |
| 14Theo FleuryR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | 19:30 |
| 17Rem MurrayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 16:33 |
| 19Martin RucinskyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 13:34 |
| 26Andreas JohanssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:49 |
| 29Roman LyashenkoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:41 |
| 37Mikael SamuelssonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 08:19 |
| 93Petr NedvedC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:19 |
| 3Tom PotiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 23:00 |
| 23Vladimir MalakhovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22:07 |
| 24Sylvain LefebvreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 11:45 |
| 33Dave KarpaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:44 |
| 34Bryan BerardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 17:00 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Dan BlackburnG | L | 32 | 3 | .906 |
| 40Johan HolmqvistG | 0 | 0 | – |