Montréal Canadiens vs New York Rangers
Regular season · Thursday, December 19, 2002 · Madison Square Garden
Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the New York Rangers 3-1 on Thursday, December 19, 2002 at Madison Square Garden. The Rangers outshot the Canadiens 42-23.
Yanic Perreault scored twice. Richard Zednik and Eric Lindros also scored.
Jose Theodore made 41 saves on 42 shots for the win; Mike Dunham stopped 20 of 23.
Scoring
1st period
Richard Zednik (15)Patrice Brisebois (12), Saku Koivu (17)1–010:27 MTL · PPG
2nd period
Yanic Perreault (15)Doug Gilmour (13), Randy Mckay (7)2–015:18 MTL
3rd period
- Yanic Perreault (16)Doug Gilmour (14), Andrei Markov (15)3–002:13 MTL · PPG
Eric Lindros (10)Tom Poti (22), Bobby Holik (5)3–111:04 NYR
Team stats
MTLNYR
23Shots on goal42
55%Faceoff %45%
2/4Power play0/3
11Penalty minutes13
2Hits2
0Blocked shots0
0Giveaways0
0Takeaways0
Penalties
- 1st 03:01
Sylvain Blouin · roughing2 min - 1st 09:29
Darius Kasparaitis · tripping2 min - 1st 15:06Sylvain Blouin · fighting5 min
- 1st 15:06Gordie Dwyer · fighting5 min
- 2nd 18:23Jan Bulis · elbowing2 min
- 3rd 00:30Mark Messier · holding2 min
- 3rd 12:00Randy Mckay · holding2 min
- 3rd 17:19Tom Poti · interference2 min
- 3rd 19:31Bench · too many men on the ice2 min
Season series
Montréal Canadiens
| 93Doug GilmourC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 18:55 |
| 94Yanic PerreaultC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 17:35 |
| 11Saku KoivuC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 17:12 |
| 20Richard ZednikR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18:20 |
| 21Randy MckayR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 19:03 |
| 43Patrice BriseboisD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 20:53 |
| 79Andrei MarkovD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24:08 |
| 24Andreas DackellR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 17:04 |
| 25Chad KilgerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 12:03 |
| 26Sylvain BlouinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 03:48 |
| 38Jan BulisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 15:42 |
| 71Mike RibeiroC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 05:35 |
| 82Donald AudetteR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:31 |
| 90Joe JuneauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 15:16 |
| 5Stephane QuintalD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 18:23 |
| 28Karl DykhuisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 11:07 |
| 52Craig RivetD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21:28 |
| 54Patrick TraverseD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 23:53 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Jeff HackettG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 60Jose TheodoreG | W | 42 | 41 | 1 | .976 | 60:00 |
New York Rangers
| 16Bobby HolikC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 6 | 19:55 |
| 88Eric LindrosC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 9 | 21:37 |
| 3Tom PotiD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 24:26 |
| 10Sandy McCarthyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 08:26 |
| 11Mark MessierC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 15:04 |
| 20Radek DvorakR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 18:58 |
| 22Josh GreenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 08:04 |
| 32Gordie DwyerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 05:50 |
| 36Matthew BarnabyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 14:08 |
| 37Mikael SamuelssonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 12:18 |
| 38Ronald PetrovickyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:37 |
| 44Billy TibbettsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10:10 |
| 93Petr NedvedC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 22:33 |
| 6Darius KasparaitisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 20:44 |
| 21Richard LintnerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18:48 |
| 23Vladimir MalakhovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 26:09 |
| 33Dave KarpaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:51 |
| 39Joel BouchardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 14:01 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Mike DunhamG | L | 23 | 20 | 3 | .870 | 59:37 |
| 31Dan BlackburnG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |