New York Rangers vs St. Louis Blues

Regular season · Thursday, January 1, 2004 · Savvis Center

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4–5

Final

SOG 43–22

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Game summary

The St. Louis Blues beat the New York Rangers 5-4 on Thursday, January 1, 2004 at Savvis Center. The Rangers outshot the Blues 43-22.

Goals came from Eric Lindros, Chris Pronger, Michael Danton, Eric Boguniecki, Keith Tkachuk, Petr Nedved, Scott Mellanby, Martin Rucinsky and Brian Leetch.

Reinhard Divis made 39 saves on 43 shots for the win; Jussi Markkanen stopped 9 of 10.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
NYR	1	1	2	4	43
STL	2	2	1	5	22

Scoring

1st period

Eric Lindros (6)Matthew Barnaby (12), Chris Simon (8)1–002:29 NYR
Chris Pronger (7)Doug Weight (25)1–111:33 STL · PPG
Michael Danton (4)Ryan Johnson (4), Jeff Finley (1)1–219:59 STL · SHG

2nd period

Eric Boguniecki (1)Keith Tkachuk (17), Alexander Khavanov (5)1–303:28 STL · PPG
Keith Tkachuk (19)Doug Weight (26), Chris Pronger (21)1–405:02 STL · PPG
Petr Nedved (10)Brian Leetch (8)2–406:47 NYR · PPG

3rd period

Scott Mellanby (6)Doug Weight (27), Keith Tkachuk (18)2–501:32 STL · PPG
Martin Rucinsky (10)Petr Nedved (10), Vladimir Malakhov (10)3–517:40 NYR · SHG
Brian Leetch (7)Anson Carter (4), Martin Rucinsky (15)4–519:43 NYR

Team stats

NYRSTL

43Shots on goal22

50%Faceoff %50%

1/7Power play4/8

16Penalty minutes14

16Hits18

9Blocked shots14

14Giveaways13

5Takeaways5

Penalties

1st 07:49Martin Rucinsky · hooking2 min
1st 11:25Dale Purinton · roughing2 min
1st 13:13Vladimir Malakhov · tripping2 min
1st 15:35Christian Laflamme · interference2 min
1st 18:19Eric Nickulas · high sticking2 min
2nd 01:31Alex Kovalev · high sticking2 min
2nd 01:31Alex Kovalev · high sticking2 min
2nd 05:39Jeff Finley · holding2 min
2nd 06:29Chris Pronger · hooking2 min
2nd 07:49Murray Baron · cross checking2 min
2nd 12:17Dale Purinton · interference2 min
3rd 00:58Chris Simon · high sticking2 min
3rd 08:53Steve Martins · holding2 min
3rd 12:13Steve Martins · slashing2 min
3rd 15:41Tom Poti · hooking2 min

New York Rangers

New York Rangers skaters

26Martin RucinskyL	1	1	2	+1	3	1	0	2	–	16:06
93Petr NedvedC	1	1	2	+1	7	1	0	0	42	19:20
2Brian LeetchD	1	1	2	+2	4	0	0	0	–	28:44
17Chris SimonL	0	1	1	+1	1	0	1	2	–	13:29
22Anson CarterR	0	1	1	+1	3	1	0	0	–	15:42
36Matthew BarnabyR	0	1	1	+1	3	0	0	0	–	13:25
88Eric LindrosC	1	0	1	+2	2	3	0	0	61	18:16
23Vladimir MalakhovD	0	1	1	-1	0	0	1	2	–	19:36
11Mark MessierC	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	47	15:56
16Bobby HolikC	0	0	0	0	4	3	0	0	55	18:00
20Pascal RheaumeC	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	50	11:53
27Alex KovalevR	0	0	0	-1	2	2	0	4	–	16:35
39Dan LacoutureL	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	–	07:41
41Jed OrtmeyerR	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	–	09:18
3Tom PotiD	0	0	0	+1	3	0	2	2	–	22:13
4Greg De VriesD	0	0	0	+1	1	0	2	0	–	14:46
5Dale PurintonD	0	0	0	+1	1	0	0	4	–	07:21
29Boris MironovD	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	–	20:41

New York Rangers goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30Mike DunhamG		12	8	4	.667	25:02
40Jussi MarkkanenG	L	10	9	1	.900	33:35

St. Louis Blues

St. Louis Blues skaters

7Keith TkachukL	1	2	3	-1	2	0	0	0	36	16:42
39Doug WeightC	0	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	53	21:52
44Chris ProngerD	1	1	2	0	2	1	0	2	–	26:32
17Ryan JohnsonC	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	50	12:48
19Scott MellanbyR	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	–	10:31
22Michael DantonC	1	0	1	0	3	4	3	0	–	12:27
33Eric BogunieckiC	1	0	1	0	1	3	2	0	–	14:11
29Alexander KhavanovD	0	1	1	-1	3	1	2	0	–	23:49
37Jeff FinleyD	0	1	1	-1	0	1	1	2	–	21:23
9Jeff HeeremaR	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	–	09:41
10Dallas DrakeR	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	63	16:24
12Steve MartinsC	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	4	40	13:05
20Eric NickulasR	0	0	0	-1	1	2	0	2	–	14:56
21Jamal MayersR	0	0	0	-1	3	1	1	0	56	16:11
42Mark RycroftR	0	0	0	-1	1	1	1	0	–	15:38
23Murray BaronD	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	2	–	18:37
27Bryce SalvadorD	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	–	09:30
46Christian LaflammeD	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	–	12:00

St. Louis Blues goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
35Brent JohnsonG		0	0	0	–	–
50Reinhard DivisG	W	43	39	4	.907	59:51