Pittsburgh Penguins vs New York Rangers
Regular season · Monday, April 8, 2002 · Madison Square Garden
Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 3-2 on Monday, April 8, 2002 at Madison Square Garden. The Penguins outshot the Rangers 28-21.
Pavel Bure scored twice. Jan Hrdina, Eric Lindros and Andrew Ference also scored.
Dan Blackburn made 26 saves on 28 shots for the win; Johan Hedberg stopped 18 of 21.
Scoring
2nd period
Pavel Bure (32)Tom Poti (22), Brian Leetch (44)0–103:22 NYR · PPG
Jan Hrdina (24)Randy Robitaille (20)1–114:36 PIT
3rd period
- Pavel Bure (33)Martin Rucinsky (25), Vladimir Malakhov (22)1–214:59 NYR
Eric Lindros (36)Martin Rucinsky (26)1–316:39 NYR
Andrew Ference (4)Randy Robitaille (21), Jan Hrdina (31)2–319:38 PIT · PPG
Team stats
PITNYR
28Shots on goal21
51%Faceoff %49%
1/3Power play1/4
18Penalty minutes16
13Hits17
14Blocked shots11
14Giveaways18
2Takeaways7
Penalties
- 1st 05:15
Dave Karpa · cross checking2 min - 2nd 02:14
Janne Laukkanen · tripping2 min - 2nd 08:40Dale Purinton · fighting5 min
- 2nd 08:40Krzysztof Oliwa · fighting5 min
- 2nd 09:39Kris Beech · tripping2 min
- 3rd 02:32Matthew Barnaby · fighting5 min
- 3rd 02:32Tom Kostopoulos · fighting5 min
- 3rd 06:52Ville Nieminen · slashing2 min
- 3rd 10:50Tom Kostopoulos · tripping obstruction2 min
- 3rd 11:54Eric Lindros · slashing2 min
- 3rd 18:01Sandy McCarthy · charging2 min
Season series
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 22Randy RobitailleC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | 22:59 |
| 38Jan HrdinaC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 23:27 |
| 7Andrew FerenceD | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 21:32 |
| 9Jeff TomsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 10:23 |
| 10Ville NieminenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 17:13 |
| 14Milan KraftC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 08:52 |
| 16Kris BeechC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 15:30 |
| 17Toby PetersenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:49 |
| 18Shean DonovanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 09:53 |
| 29Krzysztof OliwaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 5 | 13:22 |
| 33Dan LacoutureL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 12:19 |
| 37Tom KostopoulosR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:20 |
| 95Aleksey MorozovR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 15:38 |
| 3Jamie PushorD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19:42 |
| 4Mike WilsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 18:46 |
| 5Janne LaukkanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19:32 |
| 6Rick BerryD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20:44 |
| 8Hans JonssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:07 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Johan HedbergG | L | 21 | 18 | 3 | .857 | 58:40 |
| 30Jean-Sebastien AubinG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
New York Rangers
| 9Pavel BureR | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 23:44 |
| 19Martin RucinskyL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 21:39 |
| 88Eric LindrosC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 23:20 |
| 2Brian LeetchD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 22:48 |
| 3Tom PotiD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22:20 |
| 23Vladimir MalakhovD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 22:56 |
| 10Sandy McCarthyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:40 |
| 14Theo FleuryR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 16:21 |
| 17Rem MurrayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:22 |
| 21Steve McKennaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 04:39 |
| 26Andreas JohanssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:29 |
| 29Roman LyashenkoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:21 |
| 36Matthew BarnabyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:24 |
| 37Mikael SamuelssonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:18 |
| 93Petr NedvedC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:05 |
| 5Dale PurintonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:20 |
| 33Dave KarpaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:53 |
| 34Bryan BerardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19:02 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Dan BlackburnG | W | 28 | 26 | 2 | .929 | 60:00 |
| 40Johan HolmqvistG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |