New York Rangers vs Boston Bruins
Regular season · Saturday, March 29, 2003 · FleetCenter
Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the Boston Bruins 3-1 on Saturday, March 29, 2003 at FleetCenter. The Bruins outshot the Rangers 32-24.
Alex Kovalev scored twice. Joe Thornton and Brian Leetch also scored.
Mike Dunham made 31 saves on 32 shots for the win; Steve Shields stopped 21 of 24.
Scoring
1st period
Alex Kovalev (34)Matthew Barnaby (18), Boris Mironov (10)1–019:00 NYR
2nd period
- Alex Kovalev (35)Petr Nedved (28), Matthew Barnaby (19)2–010:26 NYR
Joe Thornton (35)Glen Murray (46), Mike Knuble (29)2–111:37 BOS
3rd period
Brian Leetch (11)Unassisted3–102:28 NYR · PPG
Team stats
NYRBOS
24Shots on goal32
53%Faceoff %47%
1/4Power play0/3
12Penalty minutes24
9Hits11
4Blocked shots1
3Giveaways2
2Takeaways1
Penalties
- 1st 01:38
Darius Kasparaitis · holding2 min - 1st 08:13
Sean O'Donnell · tripping2 min - 1st 14:10Tom Poti · hooking2 min
- 2nd 07:12Bryan Berard · interference2 min
- 2nd 07:12Eric Lindros · high sticking2 min
- 2nd 13:39Anson Carter · interference goalkeeper2 min
- 2nd 16:54Michal Grosek · roughing2 min
- 3rd 01:09Martin Lapointe · holding2 min
- 3rd 04:07Jozef Stumpel · slashing2 min
- 3rd 16:06Joe Thornton · slashing2 min
- 3rd 16:06Bobby Holik · slashing2 min
- 3rd 20:00Nick Boynton · roughing2 min
- 3rd 20:00Nick Boynton · gross misconduct10 min
- 3rd 20:00Eric Lindros · roughing2 min
Season series
New York Rangers
| 27Alex KovalevR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 3 | 22:00 |
| 36Matthew BarnabyR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | 16:01 |
| 93Petr NedvedC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 20:27 |
| 2Brian LeetchD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 24:32 |
| 29Boris MironovD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 20:54 |
| 8Ted DonatoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 04:59 |
| 10Sandy McCarthyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 06:55 |
| 11Mark MessierC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:47 |
| 16Bobby HolikC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17:35 |
| 22Anson CarterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 15:56 |
| 26Jamie LundmarkC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 00:51 |
| 38Ronald PetrovickyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:42 |
| 39Dan LacoutureL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:56 |
| 88Eric LindrosC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17:12 |
| 3Tom PotiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 23:57 |
| 5Dale PurintonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 14:14 |
| 6Darius KasparaitisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21:22 |
| 24Sylvain LefebvreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 15:00 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Mike DunhamG | W | 32 | 31 | 1 | .969 | 60:00 |
| 31Dan BlackburnG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Boston Bruins
| 19Joe ThorntonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 21:29 |
| 26Mike KnubleR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 21:33 |
| 27Glen MurrayR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 22:00 |
| 10Marty McinnisL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 08:43 |
| 11P.J. AxelssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:56 |
| 12Brian RolstonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 21:17 |
| 16Jozef StumpelL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 16:13 |
| 17Rob ZamunerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 15:43 |
| 20Martin LapointeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:07 |
| 22Michal GrosekL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 08:32 |
| 33Krzysztof OliwaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 42P.J. StockC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 02:28 |
| 6Dan McgillisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 21:12 |
| 21Sean O'DonnellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 17:48 |
| 23Sean BrownD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:11 |
| 25Hal GillD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19:03 |
| 34Bryan BerardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20:11 |
| 44Nick BoyntonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 23:53 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Steve ShieldsG | L | 24 | 21 | 3 | .875 | 59:47 |
| 70Tim ThomasG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |