New York Rangers vs Tampa Bay Lightning
Regular season · Sunday, December 29, 2002 · St. Pete Times Forum
Game summary
The Tampa Bay Lightning beat the New York Rangers 5–3 on Sunday, December 29, 2002 at St. Pete Times Forum. The Lightning outshot the Rangers 43–31.
Dave Andreychuk scored twice. Bobby Holik, Martin St. Louis, Ruslan Fedotenko, Joel Bouchard, Freddy Modin and Eric Lindros also scored.
Nikolai Khabibulin made 28 saves on 31 shots for the win; Mike Dunham stopped 38 of 43.
Scoring
1st period
Bobby Holik (3)Matthew Barnaby (7), Eric Lindros (12)1–008:38 NYR
Martin St. Louis (19)Brad Richards (29), Dave Andreychuk (5)1–118:12 TBL ·
2nd period
Ruslan Fedotenko (8)Brad Richards (30)1–216:29 TBL · 
Dave Andreychuk (10)Dan Boyle (22), Vincent Lecavalier (19)1–319:49 TBL ·
3rd period
Joel Bouchard (2)Mark Messier (6), Radek Dvorak (11)2–305:17 NYR · 
Freddy Modin (10)Martin St. Louis (19), Nolan Pratt (5)2–409:48 TBL- Dave Andreychuk (11)Freddy Modin (13)2–512:09 TBL ·
Eric Lindros (11)Tom Poti (24), Mark Messier (7)3–515:02 NYR ·
Team stats
NYRTBL
3143
46%54%
2/74/13
3521
03
00
00
00
Penalties
- 4:02 into the first period
Dave Karpa · roughing2 min - 4:02 into the first periodMatthew Barnaby · roughing2 min
- 4:02 into the first period
Ben Clymer · roughing2 min - 13:44 into the first periodTom Poti · interference obstruction2 min
- 14:56 into the first periodDave Andreychuk · interference2 min
- 17:26 into the first periodDave Karpa · holding2 min
- 12:57 into the second periodVladimir Malakhov · high sticking2 min
- 15:55 into the second periodMikael Samuelsson · holding obstruction2 min
- 18:50 into the second periodBobby Holik · holding2 min
- 19:31 into the second periodTom Poti · slashing2 min
- 19:31 into the second periodRonald Petrovicky · high sticking2 min
- 3:30 into the third periodFreddy Modin · hooking2 min
- 6:30 into the third periodBobby Holik · tripping2 min
- 10:03 into the third periodDave Andreychuk · high sticking2 min
- 10:40 into the third periodPetr Nedved · high sticking2 min
- 10:40 into the third periodPetr Nedved · high sticking2 min
- 12:17 into the third periodRuslan Fedotenko · high sticking2 min
- 14:38 into the third periodChris Dingman · roughing2 min
- 14:38 into the third periodChris Dingman · roughing2 min
- 14:38 into the third periodBen Clymer · hooking2 min
- 16:07 into the third periodBobby Holik · interference2 min
- 18:48 into the third periodBobby Holik · interference obstruction2 min
- 18:48 into the third periodSandy McCarthy · fighting5 min
- 18:48 into the third periodChris Dingman · fighting5 min
- 19:54 into the third periodDave Karpa · cross checking2 min
Season series
New York Rangers
| 11Mark MessierC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 18:01 |
| 88Eric LindrosC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 20:12 |
| 16Bobby HolikC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 18:44 |
| 20Radek DvorakR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13:24 |
| 36Matthew BarnabyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 11:39 |
| 3Tom PotiD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 23:46 |
| 39Joel BouchardD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 17:08 |
| 10Sandy McCarthyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:36 |
| 27Rico FataL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10:40 |
| 32Gordie DwyerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 04:59 |
| 37Mikael SamuelssonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:04 |
| 38Ronald PetrovickyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:19 |
| 44Billy TibbettsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:46 |
| 93Petr NedvedC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18:47 |
| 6Darius KasparaitisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 21:31 |
| 18Cory CrossD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:56 |
| 23Vladimir MalakhovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 24:24 |
| 33Dave KarpaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:12 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Mike DunhamG | L | 43 | 5 | .884 |
| 31Dan BlackburnG | 0 | 0 | – |
Tampa Bay Lightning
| 25Dave AndreychukL | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 13:55 |
| 19Brad RichardsC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 8 | 21:47 |
| 26Martin St. LouisR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 18:20 |
| 33Freddy ModinL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 19:06 |
| 4Vincent LecavalierC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 23:06 |
| 17Ruslan FedotenkoL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 15:10 |
| 22Dan BoyleD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 26:51 |
| 44Nolan PrattD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 15:40 |
| 7Ben ClymerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 10:56 |
| 11Chris DingmanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 09:32 |
| 18Jimmie OlvestadL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 07:11 |
| 20Vinny ProspalL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21:16 |
| 27Tim TaylorC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 12:35 |
| 28Sheldon KeefeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 04:44 |
| 2Stan NeckarD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 14:57 |
| 13Pavel KubinaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21:19 |
| 21Cory SarichD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 15:45 |
| 37Brad LukowichD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:55 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Kevin HodsonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Nikolai KhabibulinG | W | 31 | 3 | .903 |