Toronto Maple Leafs vs New York Rangers

Regular season · Friday, December 26, 2003 · Madison Square Garden

TorontoMaple LeafsAway

6–5

Final/OT

SOG 25–35

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Game summary

The Toronto Maple Leafs beat the New York Rangers 6-5 in overtime on Friday, December 26, 2003 at Madison Square Garden. The Rangers outshot the Maple Leafs 35-25.

Goals came from Chris Simon, Gary Roberts, Darcy Tucker, Ken Klee, Ric Jackman, Greg De Vries, Joe Nieuwendyk, Alex Kovalev, Martin Rucinsky, Matthew Barnaby and Mats Sundin.

Ed Belfour made 7 saves on 8 shots for the win; Jussi Markkanen stopped 11 of 12.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	T	SOG
TOR	1	4	0	1	6	25
NYR	1	3	1	0	5	35

Scoring

1st period

Chris Simon (6)Matthew Barnaby (10), Eric Lindros (13)0–102:11 NYR
Gary Roberts (14)Mats Sundin (22), Joe Nieuwendyk (12)1–105:11 TOR · PPG

2nd period

Darcy Tucker (12)Robert Reichel (12), Owen Nolan (17)2–106:46 TOR · PPG
Ken Klee (3)Wade Belak (1), Matt Stajan (7)3–110:36 TOR
Ric Jackman (2)Alexei Ponikarovsky (2), Nik Antropov (4)4–115:06 TOR
Greg De Vries (2)Petr Nedved (9), Jan Hlavac (11)4–215:23 NYR
Joe Nieuwendyk (9)Alexei Ponikarovsky (3), Nik Antropov (5)5–218:06 TOR
Alex Kovalev (6)Greg De Vries (8), Bobby Holik (12)5–318:49 NYR
Martin Rucinsky (9)Alex Kovalev (20), Bobby Holik (13)5–419:21 NYR

3rd period

Matthew Barnaby (5)Eric Lindros (14), Chris Simon (7)5–508:37 NYR

OT period

Mats Sundin (15)Ken Klee (17), Aki Berg (5)6–503:35 TOR

Team stats

TORNYR

25Shots on goal35

56%Faceoff %44%

2/6Power play0/4

10Penalty minutes14

20Hits26

12Blocked shots13

7Giveaways19

8Takeaways11

Penalties

1st 03:15Martin Rucinsky · tripping2 min
1st 10:40Boris Mironov · holding2 min
1st 12:05Petr Nedved · high sticking2 min
1st 12:48Gary Roberts · high sticking2 min
1st 16:54Vladimir Malakhov · high sticking2 min
1st 18:38Nik Antropov · high sticking2 min
2nd 05:12Martin Rucinsky · interference2 min
2nd 06:46Darius Kasparaitis · roughing2 min
2nd 06:46Owen Nolan · roughing2 min
2nd 06:46Bryan McCabe · roughing2 min
2nd 12:18Vladimir Malakhov · holding2 min
2nd 15:23Wade Belak · roughing2 min

Season series

Toronto Maple Leafs

Toronto Maple Leafs skaters

13Mats SundinC	1	1	2	-1	5	1	2	0	55	22:30
23Alexei PonikarovskyL	0	2	2	+2	0	2	0	0	–	11:47
25Joe NieuwendykC	1	1	2	+1	1	0	0	0	71	17:36
80Nik AntropovC	0	2	2	+2	1	3	0	2	–	12:35
22Ken KleeD	1	1	2	-1	3	0	2	0	–	22:51
2Wade BelakR	0	1	1	-1	0	0	0	2	–	04:27
7Gary RobertsL	1	0	1	-1	2	1	0	2	–	20:08
11Owen NolanR	0	1	1	-2	1	1	0	2	33	16:58
14Matt StajanC	0	1	1	-2	1	1	0	0	50	09:28
16Darcy TuckerR	1	0	1	-1	6	1	2	0	67	22:37
21Robert ReichelC	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	53	16:28
8Aki BergD	0	1	1	-1	0	1	1	0	–	18:17
55Ric JackmanD	1	0	1	0	1	2	1	0	–	18:58
12Tom FitzgeraldR	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0	0	–	14:03
28Tie DomiR	0	0	0	+1	1	1	1	0	–	10:53
24Bryan McCabeD	0	0	0	0	2	5	1	2	–	29:01
27Bryan MarchmentD	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	–	16:50
29Karel PilarD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	20:34

Toronto Maple Leafs goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
20Ed BelfourG	W	8	7	1	.875	23:35
37Trevor KiddG		27	23	4	.852	39:48

New York Rangers

New York Rangers skaters

16Bobby HolikC	0	2	2	+2	5	0	1	0	53	20:16
17Chris SimonL	1	1	2	0	4	0	0	0	–	10:13
27Alex KovalevR	1	1	2	+2	3	1	1	0	–	17:59
36Matthew BarnabyR	1	1	2	0	1	3	0	0	–	09:54
88Eric LindrosC	0	2	2	-1	2	0	0	0	55	15:06
4Greg De VriesD	1	1	2	+4	3	2	1	0	–	20:07
26Martin RucinskyL	1	0	1	+1	4	1	0	4	–	20:14
37Jan HlavacL	0	1	1	+1	0	1	1	0	–	13:28
93Petr NedvedC	0	1	1	+1	2	2	0	2	41	19:47
11Mark MessierC	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	29	13:13
20Pascal RheaumeC	0	0	0	+1	1	2	0	0	50	13:08
39Dan LacoutureL	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	–	11:19
41Jed OrtmeyerR	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	50	10:34
2Brian LeetchD	0	0	0	-1	4	1	4	0	–	25:39
3Tom PotiD	0	0	0	-1	2	1	0	0	–	24:12
6Darius KasparaitisD	0	0	0	+5	2	5	3	2	–	19:19
23Vladimir MalakhovD	0	0	0	-2	2	1	0	4	–	19:49
29Boris MironovD	0	0	0	-3	0	3	2	2	–	18:18

New York Rangers goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30Mike DunhamG		13	8	5	.615	40:00
40Jussi MarkkanenG	L	12	11	1	.917	23:35