New York Rangers vs Detroit Red Wings
Regular season · Saturday, December 21, 2002 · Joe Louis Arena
Game summary
The Detroit Red Wings beat the New York Rangers 3–2 on Saturday, December 21, 2002 at Joe Louis Arena. The Red Wings outshot the Rangers 32–31.
Vladimir Malakhov scored twice. Igor Larionov, Nicklas Lidstrom and Brendan Shanahan also scored.
Manny Legace made 29 saves on 31 shots for the win; Mike Dunham stopped 29 of 32.
Scoring
1st period
Igor Larionov (3)Nicklas Lidstrom (16), Brett Hull (14)0–104:21 DET · 
Nicklas Lidstrom (9)Sergei Fedorov (13)0–206:27 DET
2nd period
Vladimir Malakhov (1)Unassisted1–201:25 NYR
3rd period
Brendan Shanahan (12)Igor Larionov (11), Nicklas Lidstrom (17)1–303:30 DET · - Vladimir Malakhov (2)Mark Messier (4), Tom Poti (23)2–313:29 NYR ·
Team stats
NYRDET
3132
56%44%
1/52/7
2016
92
00
00
00
Penalties
- 3:42 into the first period
Tom Poti · high sticking2 min - 8:35 into the first periodDarius Kasparaitis · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 10:00 into the first period
Igor Larionov · hooking obstruction2 min - 14:33 into the first periodKirk Maltby · holding obstruction2 min
- 17:26 into the first periodBilly Tibbetts · hooking obstruction2 min
- 7:25 into the second periodVladimir Malakhov · interference2 min
- 10:50 into the second periodDave Karpa · boarding2 min
- 19:02 into the second periodLuc Robitaille · hooking obstruction2 min
- 2:37 into the third periodTom Poti · holding2 min
- 4:13 into the third periodSean Avery · roughing2 min
- 4:13 into the third periodBilly Tibbetts · roughing2 min
- 6:32 into the third periodEric Lindros · holding2 min
- 8:44 into the third periodDarren McCarty · roughing2 min
- 8:44 into the third periodDave Karpa · roughing2 min
- 12:26 into the third periodJason Woolley · roughing2 min
- 16:08 into the third periodDmitri Bykov · tripping2 min
- 18:22 into the third periodDarren McCarty · roughing2 min
- 18:22 into the third periodMatthew Barnaby · roughing2 min
New York Rangers
| 23Vladimir MalakhovD | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 25:28 |
| 11Mark MessierC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17:25 |
| 3Tom PotiD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 5 | 29:30 |
| 10Sandy McCarthyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:46 |
| 16Bobby HolikC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:56 |
| 20Radek DvorakR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:44 |
| 26Jamie LundmarkC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 09:51 |
| 32Gordie DwyerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:12 |
| 36Matthew BarnabyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:27 |
| 37Mikael SamuelssonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:12 |
| 38Ronald PetrovickyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:28 |
| 44Billy TibbettsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 07:38 |
| 88Eric LindrosC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 21:22 |
| 93Petr NedvedC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 23:32 |
| 6Darius KasparaitisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:02 |
| 21Richard LintnerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 13:35 |
| 33Dave KarpaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:15 |
| 39Joel BouchardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 15:41 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Mike DunhamG | L | 32 | 3 | .906 |
| 31Dan BlackburnG | 0 | 0 | – |
Detroit Red Wings
| 5Nicklas LidstromD | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 3 | 16:21 |
| 8Igor LarionovC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 14:18 |
| 14Brendan ShanahanL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 14:21 |
| 17Brett HullR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | 18:16 |
| 91Sergei FedorovC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 23:37 |
| 18Kirk MaltbyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 18:14 |
| 20Luc RobitailleL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | 15:35 |
| 21Boyd DevereauxC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:49 |
| 25Darren McCartyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:12 |
| 33Kris DraperC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17:08 |
| 40Henrik ZetterbergC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 14:06 |
| 42Sean AveryL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 06:35 |
| 96Tomas HolmstromL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 10:04 |
| 15Jason WoolleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:00 |
| 24Chris CheliosD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 26:32 |
| 27Patrick BoileauD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 07:16 |
| 32Maxim KuznetsovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 14:22 |
| 55Dmitri BykovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 16:08 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Curtis JosephG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 34Manny LegaceG | W | 31 | 2 | .935 |