New York Rangers vs Los Angeles Kings
Regular season · Tuesday, December 30, 2003 · STAPLES Center
Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the Los Angeles Kings 3–2 in overtime on Tuesday, December 30, 2003 at STAPLES Center. The Kings outshot the Rangers 30–25.
Goals came from Greg De Vries, Martin Straka, Jozef Stumpel, Mark Messier and Tom Poti.
Jussi Markkanen made 28 saves on 30 shots for the win; Cristobal Huet stopped 22 of 25.
Scoring
1st period
Greg De Vries (3)Alex Kovalev (21), Bobby Holik (14)1–002:33 NYR
Martin Straka (9)Ziggy Palffy (25), Mattias Norstrom (8)1–104:05 LAK
Jozef Stumpel (3)Joe Corvo (8), Luc Robitaille (17)1–219:07 LAK ·
3rd period
Mark Messier (13)Eric Lindros (17), Matthew Barnaby (11)2–208:47 NYR
Overtime
Tom Poti (6)Alex Kovalev (22), Bobby Holik (15)3–200:39 NYR
Team stats
NYRLAK
2530
42%58%
0/41/6
1915
2214
1315
1313
33
Penalties
- 0:28 into the first period
Mark Messier · slashing2 min - 3:03 into the first period
Sean Avery · roughing2 min - 3:03 into the first periodMatthew Barnaby · roughing2 min
- 6:56 into the first periodTrent Klatt · holding2 min
- 11:57 into the first periodChris Simon · tripping2 min
- 14:03 into the first periodBryan Muir · holding stick obstruction2 min
- 17:14 into the first periodEric Lindros · hooking2 min
- 1:18 into the second periodJohn Tripp · fighting5 min
- 1:18 into the second periodDan Lacouture · fighting5 min
- 4:35 into the second periodJason Holland · holding stick obstruction2 min
- 16:11 into the second periodJan Hlavac · holding2 min
- 5:07 into the third periodCristobal Huet · delaying game2 min
- 10:09 into the third periodMark Messier · high sticking2 min
- 13:59 into the third periodEric Lindros · hooking obstruction2 min
New York Rangers
| 16Bobby HolikC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 16:48 |
| 27Alex KovalevR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | 21:58 |
| 11Mark MessierC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 16:26 |
| 36Matthew BarnabyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 12:34 |
| 88Eric LindrosC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 14:53 |
| 3Tom PotiD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 20:48 |
| 4Greg De VriesD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 14:07 |
| 17Chris SimonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 14:01 |
| 20Pascal RheaumeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:04 |
| 26Martin RucinskyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 20:12 |
| 37Jan HlavacL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:51 |
| 39Dan LacoutureL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:34 |
| 41Jed OrtmeyerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:54 |
| 93Petr NedvedC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 15:45 |
| 2Brian LeetchD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 26:40 |
| 23Vladimir MalakhovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:20 |
| 29Boris MironovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20:14 |
| 74Joel BouchardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 12:37 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Mike DunhamG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 40Jussi MarkkanenG | W | 30 | 2 | .933 |
Los Angeles Kings
| 15Jozef StumpelL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 20:44 |
| 20Luc RobitailleL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 16:38 |
| 33Ziggy PalffyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 23:33 |
| 82Martin StrakaC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 16:03 |
| 14Mattias NorstromD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 0 | 24:53 |
| 27Joe CorvoD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 20:29 |
| 13Michael CammalleriL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10:05 |
| 19Sean AveryL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 11:13 |
| 21John TrippR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 04:42 |
| 24Alex FrolovL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 18:03 |
| 25Eric BelangerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 17:27 |
| 26Trent KlattR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 16:16 |
| 29Brad ChartrandR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 09:34 |
| 43Jon SimL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 10:21 |
| 2Bryan MuirD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:25 |
| 42Tim GleasonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 13:49 |
| 44Jaroslav ModryD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | 25:08 |
| 53Jason HollandD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 19:11 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Milan HnilickaG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Cristobal HuetG | L | 25 | 3 | .880 |