Chicago Blackhawks vs New York Rangers
Regular season · Wednesday, December 11, 2002 · Madison Square Garden
Game summary
The Chicago Blackhawks beat the New York Rangers 4-3 on Wednesday, December 11, 2002 at Madison Square Garden. The Rangers outshot the Blackhawks 49-26.
Eric Daze scored a hat trick. Theo Fleury, Mikael Samuelsson, Petr Nedved and Rico Fata also scored.
Jocelyn Thibault made 46 saves on 49 shots for the win; Johan Holmqvist stopped 16 of 18.
Scoring
1st period
Theo Fleury (3)Sergei Berezin (9), Nathan Dempsey (6)1–013:36 CHI
Eric Daze (5)Steve Sullivan (12), Nathan Dempsey (7)2–017:02 CHI
2nd period
Mikael Samuelsson (6)Tom Poti (19), Bobby Holik (3)2–101:37 NYR · PPG- Eric Daze (6)Phil Housley (13), Nathan Dempsey (8)3–107:22 CHI
3rd period
- Eric Daze (7)Nathan Dempsey (9)4–111:59 CHI
Petr Nedved (11)Eric Lindros (9), Tom Poti (20)4–215:13 NYR · PPG
Rico Fata (1)Sandy McCarthy (4), Tom Poti (21)4–317:07 NYR
Team stats
CHINYR
26Shots on goal49
31%Faceoff %69%
0/2Power play2/6
14Penalty minutes6
0Hits2
0Blocked shots0
0Giveaways0
0Takeaways0
Penalties
- 1st 02:53
Mark Bell · boarding2 min - 1st 09:31
Eric Lindros · hooking obstruction2 min - 2nd 01:31Steve Thomas · hooking2 min
- 2nd 03:11Nathan Dempsey · interference2 min
- 2nd 11:21Mark Bell · hooking2 min
- 3rd 02:09Chris Simon · high sticking2 min
- 3rd 06:15Dale Purinton · high sticking2 min
- 3rd 10:50Igor Korolev · diving2 min
- 3rd 10:50Petr Nedved · hooking2 min
- 3rd 14:17Lyle Odelein · closing hand on puck2 min
Chicago Blackhawks
| 43Nathan DempseyD | 0 | 4 | 4 | +4 | 1 | 20:29 |
| 55Eric DazeL | 3 | 0 | 3 | +2 | 6 | 15:07 |
| 14Theo FleuryR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 14:17 |
| 26Steve SullivanL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 4 | 18:31 |
| 94Sergei BerezinL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 15:11 |
| 6Phil HousleyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 1 | 17:29 |
| 13Alexei ZhamnovC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 19:45 |
| 17Chris SimonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:59 |
| 19Kyle CalderL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13:32 |
| 22Igor KorolevC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:49 |
| 28Mark BellC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:40 |
| 32Steve ThomasR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:49 |
| 39Tyler ArnasonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 14:21 |
| 53Brett McLeanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:29 |
| 5Steve McCarthyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:37 |
| 7Lyle OdeleinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:48 |
| 8Steve PoapstD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 25:39 |
| 42Jon KlemmD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23:41 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Craig AndersonG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 41Jocelyn ThibaultG | W | 49 | 46 | 3 | .939 | 60:00 |
New York Rangers
| 3Tom PotiD | 0 | 3 | 3 | -1 | 1 | 26:10 |
| 10Sandy McCarthyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 10:20 |
| 16Bobby HolikC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 10 | 21:03 |
| 27Rico FataL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 06:07 |
| 37Mikael SamuelssonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 6 | 17:47 |
| 88Eric LindrosC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 23:57 |
| 93Petr NedvedC | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 6 | 22:52 |
| 8Ted DonatoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:14 |
| 12Dixon WardL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:13 |
| 17Rem MurrayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 15:16 |
| 20Radek DvorakR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 5 | 15:45 |
| 38Ronald PetrovickyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 14:48 |
| 5Dale PurintonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 17:22 |
| 6Darius KasparaitisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 22:26 |
| 23Vladimir MalakhovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 21:34 |
| 24Sylvain LefebvreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:24 |
| 33Dave KarpaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:00 |
| 39Joel BouchardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 16:26 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Dan BlackburnG | 8 | 6 | 2 | .750 | 20:00 | |
| 40Johan HolmqvistG | L | 18 | 16 | 2 | .889 | 38:58 |