Columbus Blue Jackets vs New York Rangers
Regular season · Tuesday, December 3, 2002 · Madison Square Garden
Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 5–3 on Tuesday, December 3, 2002 at Madison Square Garden. The Rangers outshot the Blue Jackets 35–31.
Pavel Bure scored a hat trick. Dale Purinton, David Vyborny, Matt Davidson, Andrew Cassels and Eric Lindros also scored.
Dan Blackburn made 28 saves on 31 shots for the win; Marc Denis stopped 30 of 35.
Scoring
1st period
Dale Purinton (3)Radek Dvorak (9), Mikael Samuelsson (9)0–106:10 NYR
David Vyborny (6)Tomi Kallio (3), Luke Richardson (5)1–106:43 CBJ
Pavel Bure (12)Ronald Petrovicky (5), Petr Nedved (10)1–209:17 NYR- Pavel Bure (13)Ronald Petrovicky (6), Petr Nedved (11)1–319:37 NYR
2nd period
Matt Davidson (3)Ray Whitney (15), Luke Richardson (6)2–303:08 CBJ
3rd period
Andrew Cassels (7)Jaroslav Spacek (11), Geoff Sanderson (9)3–303:27 CBJ · 
Eric Lindros (6)Pavel Bure (7)3–410:47 NYR- Pavel Bure (14)Petr Nedved (12), Vladimir Malakhov (6)3–518:06 NYR
Team stats
CBJNYR
3135
34%66%
1/40/4
2010
13
00
00
00
Penalties
- 11:27 into the first period
Rostislav Klesla · holding2 min - 1:07 into the second periodTomi Kallio · hooking obstruction2 min
- 4:23 into the second periodGeoff Sanderson · hooking2 min
- 5:37 into the second period
Eric Lindros · hooking2 min - 8:02 into the second periodAndrew Cassels · hooking2 min
- 8:18 into the second periodTom Poti · holding2 min
- 11:35 into the second periodJody Shelley · interference2 min
- 11:35 into the second periodJody Shelley · misconduct10 min
- 11:35 into the second periodRonald Petrovicky · roughing2 min
- 17:11 into the second periodEric Lindros · holding2 min
- 2:11 into the third periodMikael Samuelsson · hooking2 min
Season series
Columbus Blue Jackets
| 22Luke RichardsonD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 22:44 |
| 8Geoff SandersonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 5 | 17:15 |
| 9David VybornyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 17:32 |
| 14Ray WhitneyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | 20:28 |
| 17Tomi KallioR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 15:07 |
| 25Andrew CasselsC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −3 | 1 | 18:59 |
| 41Matt DavidsonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 09:06 |
| 3Jaroslav SpacekD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 26:42 |
| 16Mike SillingerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | 17:34 |
| 20Lasse PirjetaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 13:43 |
| 24Hannes HyvonenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:35 |
| 29Grant MarshallR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 17:34 |
| 45Jody ShelleyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 02:57 |
| 61Rick NashL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 16:37 |
| 7Scott LachanceD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 20:51 |
| 23Derrick WalserD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 15:53 |
| 42Duvie WestcottD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 18:01 |
| 44Rostislav KleslaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 0 | 12:26 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Marc DenisG | L | 35 | 5 | .857 |
| 35Jean-Francois LabbeG | 0 | 0 | – |
New York Rangers
| 9Pavel BureR | 3 | 1 | 4 | +4 | 9 | 19:32 |
| 93Petr NedvedC | 0 | 3 | 3 | +3 | 2 | 24:07 |
| 38Ronald PetrovickyR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 3 | 15:42 |
| 20Radek DvorakR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 16:23 |
| 37Mikael SamuelssonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 19:14 |
| 88Eric LindrosC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 18:30 |
| 5Dale PurintonD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 21:51 |
| 23Vladimir MalakhovD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +5 | 3 | 28:50 |
| 8Ted DonatoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 02:44 |
| 10Sandy McCarthyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 11:00 |
| 11Mark MessierC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 21:52 |
| 17Rem MurrayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:29 |
| 27Rico FataL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 02:51 |
| 36Matthew BarnabyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 03:15 |
| 2Brian LeetchD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 04:17 |
| 3Tom PotiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 29:27 |
| 24Sylvain LefebvreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 19:58 |
| 33Dave KarpaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 15:48 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Dan BlackburnG | W | 31 | 3 | .903 |
| 34Jason LaBarberaG | 0 | 0 | – |