New York Rangers vs Carolina Hurricanes

Regular season · Wednesday, October 9, 2002 · RBC Center

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4–1

28–21

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Game summary

The New York Rangers beat the Carolina Hurricanes 4–1 on Wednesday, October 9, 2002 at RBC Center. The Rangers outshot the Hurricanes 28–21.

Mark Messier scored twice and Petr Nedved scored twice. Rod Brind'Amour also scored.

Mike Richter made 20 saves on 21 shots for the win; Arturs Irbe stopped 24 of 28.

Goals
NYR	0	3	1	4	28
CAR	0	0	1	1	21

Scoring

2nd period

Mark Messier (1)Tom Poti (1), Brian Leetch (1)1–007:24 NYR
Mark Messier (2)Eric Lindros (1), Tom Poti (2)2–010:25 NYR ·
Petr Nedved (1)Sandy McCarthy (1), Brian Leetch (2)3–016:46 NYR

3rd period

Petr Nedved (2)Eric Lindros (2)4–005:42 NYR
Rod Brind'Amour (1)Bates Battaglia (1)4–116:19 CAR

Team stats

NYRCAR

2821

43%57%

1/90/9

3727

32

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Penalties

0:52 into the first periodMark Messier · holding2 min
1:37 into the first periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
13:12 into the first periodJeff O'Neill · interference2 min
18:40 into the first periodEric Lindros · hooking2 min
2:10 into the second periodDale Purinton · cross checking2 min
5:13 into the second periodDale Purinton · hooking2 min
7:52 into the second periodSylvain Lefebvre · cross checking2 min
9:24 into the second periodErik Cole · roughing2 min
10:57 into the second periodDarren Langdon · hooking2 min
17:14 into the second periodDarren Langdon · roughing2 min
17:14 into the second periodSandy McCarthy · roughing2 min
5:42 into the third periodRon Francis · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
7:08 into the third periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
9:40 into the third periodNiclas Wallin · elbowing2 min
12:52 into the third periodDarren Langdon · hooking obstruction2 min
13:20 into the third periodPetr Nedved · hooking2 min
13:52 into the third periodDarius Kasparaitis · interference2 min
16:19 into the third periodRod Brind'Amour · fighting5 min
16:19 into the third periodBates Battaglia · roughing2 min
16:19 into the third periodSylvain Lefebvre · roughing2 min
16:19 into the third periodMatthew Barnaby · instigator2 min
16:19 into the third periodMatthew Barnaby · fighting5 min
16:19 into the third periodMatthew Barnaby · misconduct10 min
18:32 into the third periodSami Kapanen · roughing2 min
19:24 into the third periodBret Hedican · slashing2 min

Season series

New York Rangers

New York Rangers skaters

11Mark MessierC	2	0	2	+1	3	0	0	2	50	20:15
88Eric LindrosC	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	14	22:21
93Petr NedvedC	2	0	2	+2	4	0	0	2	50	22:07
2Brian LeetchD	0	2	2	+1	6	0	0	0	–	27:37
3Tom PotiD	0	2	2	+1	1	0	0	0	–	26:32
10Sandy McCarthyR	0	1	1	+1	1	0	0	2	–	06:41
12Dixon WardL	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	–	07:40
16Bobby HolikC	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	58	19:51
17Rem MurrayL	0	0	0	+1	3	0	0	0	43	11:24
20Radek DvorakR	0	0	0	+1	1	0	0	0	–	15:04
26Jamie LundmarkC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	12:41
29Krzysztof OliwaL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	02:50
36Matthew BarnabyR	0	0	0	−1	2	0	0	17	–	08:17
37Mikael SamuelssonR	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	–	09:41
5Dale PurintonD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	–	09:37
6Darius KasparaitisD	0	0	0	+1	0	2	0	2	–	22:45
23Vladimir MalakhovD	0	0	0	+1	1	0	0	0	–	24:11
24Sylvain LefebvreD	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	–	10:10

New York Rangers goalies
Goalie
31Dan BlackburnG		0	0	0	–	00:00
35Mike RichterG	W	21	20	1	.952	60:00

Carolina Hurricanes

Carolina Hurricanes skaters

13Bates BattagliaL	0	1	1	+1	2	0	0	2	–	15:09
17Rod Brind'AmourC	1	0	1	+1	1	0	0	5	64	22:44
10Ron FrancisC	0	0	0	−1	0	0	0	2	56	19:32
11Jeff DanielsL	0	0	0	−1	1	0	0	0	33	10:36
14Kevyn AdamsC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	50	06:00
16Tommy VestlundL	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	50	08:45
20Darren LangdonL	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	6	–	05:29
24Sami KapanenR	0	0	0	−2	7	0	0	2	–	19:22
26Erik ColeL	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	50	14:36
62Jaroslav SvobodaL	0	0	0	−1	0	0	0	0	67	13:50
63Josef VasicekC	0	0	0	−2	0	0	0	0	63	14:46
92Jeff O'NeillC	0	0	0	−2	2	0	0	2	58	19:59
2Glen WesleyD	0	0	0	−2	1	0	0	0	–	12:27
4Aaron WardD	0	0	0	−1	1	0	0	0	–	20:24
6Bret HedicanD	0	0	0	−1	0	0	0	2	–	24:05
7Niclas WallinD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	2	–	15:04
21David TanabeD	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	18:35
22Sean HillD	0	0	0	−1	2	1	0	0	–	21:01

Carolina Hurricanes goalies
Goalie
1Arturs IrbeG	L	28	24	4	.857	59:36
80Kevin WeekesG		0	0	0	–	00:00