St. Louis Blues vs New York Rangers
Regular season · Sunday, November 3, 2002 · Madison Square Garden
Game summary
The St. Louis Blues beat the New York Rangers 3-2 on Sunday, November 3, 2002 at Madison Square Garden. The Rangers outshot the Blues 25-22.
Goals came from Mark Messier, Barret Jackman, Martin Rucinsky, Brian Leetch and Scott Mellanby.
Fred Brathwaite made 23 saves on 25 shots for the win; Mike Richter stopped 19 of 22.
Scoring
1st period
Mark Messier (6)Dale Purinton (3)0–108:17 NYR
Barret Jackman (1)Dallas Drake (2), Doug Weight (10)1–114:22 STL
Martin Rucinsky (2)Scott Mellanby (3), Doug Weight (11)2–117:40 STL · PPG
2nd period
Brian Leetch (1)Ronald Petrovicky (1), Radek Dvorak (2)2–217:21 NYR · PPG
3rd period
Scott Mellanby (3)Unassisted3–206:03 STL · PPG
Team stats
STLNYR
22Shots on goal25
48%Faceoff %52%
2/6Power play1/7
19Penalty minutes17
0Hits4
0Blocked shots0
0Giveaways0
0Takeaways0
Penalties
- 1st 01:39
Dale Purinton · holding obstruction2 min - 1st 04:52
Barret Jackman · holding obstruction2 min - 1st 05:59Brian Leetch · hooking2 min
- 1st 08:29Dale Purinton · fighting5 min
- 1st 08:29Reed Low · fighting5 min
- 1st 08:34Petr Cajanek · holding the stick2 min
- 1st 11:55Scott Mellanby · holding2 min
- 1st 15:59Petr Nedved · tripping2 min
- 1st 16:57Darius Kasparaitis · hooking2 min
- 1st 19:05Dallas Drake · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 2nd 04:01Alexander Khavanov · holding the stick2 min
- 2nd 06:18Dale Purinton · roughing2 min
- 2nd 16:38Jamal Mayers · roughing2 min
- 3rd 05:52Eric Lindros · high sticking2 min
- 3rd 07:54Scott Mellanby · interference2 min
Season series
St. Louis Blues
| 19Scott MellanbyR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 17:07 |
| 39Doug WeightC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | 16:26 |
| 10Dallas DrakeR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 15:06 |
| 22Martin RucinskyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 16:44 |
| 5Barret JackmanD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 22:27 |
| 21Jamal MayersR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:15 |
| 25Shjon PodeinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:07 |
| 26Petr CajanekC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:08 |
| 32Mike EastwoodC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:55 |
| 33Eric BogunieckiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 14:25 |
| 34Reed LowR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:00 |
| 38Pavol DemitraR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 18:47 |
| 61Cory StillmanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:49 |
| 2Al MacInnisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 29:23 |
| 6Tom KoivistoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 12:42 |
| 27Bryce SalvadorD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:28 |
| 29Alexander KhavanovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:13 |
| 43Mike Van RynD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 13:51 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40Fred BrathwaiteG | W | 25 | 23 | 2 | .920 | 60:00 |
| 45Cody RudkowskyG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
New York Rangers
| 11Mark MessierC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 22:17 |
| 20Radek DvorakR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 18:25 |
| 38Ronald PetrovickyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18:39 |
| 2Brian LeetchD | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 30:14 |
| 5Dale PurintonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 13:31 |
| 9Pavel BureR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18:28 |
| 10Sandy McCarthyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 03:14 |
| 17Rem MurrayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 15:15 |
| 26Jamie LundmarkC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:26 |
| 27Rico FataL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 03:46 |
| 36Matthew BarnabyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 12:45 |
| 37Mikael SamuelssonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 16:06 |
| 88Eric LindrosC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 08:31 |
| 93Petr NedvedC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21:29 |
| 3Tom PotiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 27:18 |
| 6Darius KasparaitisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:17 |
| 23Vladimir MalakhovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 20:20 |
| 24Sylvain LefebvreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:39 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Dan BlackburnG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 35Mike RichterG | L | 22 | 19 | 3 | .864 | 58:37 |