Philadelphia Flyers vs New York Rangers
Regular season · Thursday, January 22, 2004 · Madison Square Garden
Game summary
The Philadelphia Flyers beat the New York Rangers 4–2 on Thursday, January 22, 2004 at Madison Square Garden. The Flyers outshot the Rangers 27–25.
Goals came from Anson Carter, Sami Kapanen, Mark Recchi, Brian Leetch, Simon Gagne and John LeClair.
Robert Esche made 23 saves on 25 shots for the win; Mike Dunham stopped 17 of 20.
Scoring
1st period
Anson Carter (10)Vladimir Malakhov (13)0–106:34 NYR
Sami Kapanen (8)Keith Primeau (11), Simon Gagne (15)1–117:10 PHI
2nd period
Mark Recchi (17)Kim Johnsson (14), Michal Handzus (19)2–105:58 PHI · 
Brian Leetch (9)Anson Carter (7), Martin Rucinsky (22)2–216:48 NYR · 
Simon Gagne (10)Sami Kapanen (15), Keith Primeau (12)3–217:32 PHI
3rd period
John LeClair (12)Kim Johnsson (15), Michal Handzus (20)4–200:34 PHI ·
Team stats
PHINYR
2725
43%57%
2/41/3
68
2327
1112
27
86
Penalties
- 5:19 into the second period
Martin Rucinsky · elbowing2 min - 7:32 into the second period
Mattias Timander · hooking2 min - 16:17 into the second periodJohn LeClair · interference goalkeeper2 min
- 19:03 into the second periodMartin Rucinsky · high sticking2 min
- 19:03 into the second periodMartin Rucinsky · high sticking2 min
- 12:11 into the third periodAlex Kovalev · holding2 min
- 16:46 into the third periodDanny Markov · slashing2 min
Season series
Philadelphia Flyers
| 12Simon GagneL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 14:27 |
| 24Sami KapanenR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 4 | 17:43 |
| 25Keith PrimeauC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 17:33 |
| 26Michal HandzusC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16:27 |
| 5Kim JohnssonD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 25:16 |
| 8Mark RecchiR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 14:43 |
| 10John LeClairL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15:00 |
| 11Tony AmonteR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 11:53 |
| 29Todd FedorukL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 07:54 |
| 32Patrick SharpL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 07:52 |
| 87Donald BrashearL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:57 |
| 89Mike ComrieC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17:08 |
| 97Jeremy RoenickC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19:28 |
| 2Eric WeinrichD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17:57 |
| 3Mattias TimanderD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 17:16 |
| 6Chris TherienD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:35 |
| 44Joni PitkanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17:35 |
| 55Danny MarkovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 21:36 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Antero NiittymakiG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 42Robert EscheG | W | 25 | 2 | .920 |
New York Rangers
| 22Anson CarterR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 17:13 |
| 26Martin RucinskyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17:41 |
| 2Brian LeetchD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | 22:12 |
| 23Vladimir MalakhovD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 22:50 |
| 11Mark MessierC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 14:31 |
| 16Bobby HolikC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:47 |
| 17Chris SimonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 12:50 |
| 20Pascal RheaumeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:48 |
| 27Alex KovalevR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:50 |
| 36Matthew BarnabyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 10:14 |
| 37Jan HlavacL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14:30 |
| 39Dan LacoutureL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:47 |
| 41Jed OrtmeyerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:55 |
| 93Petr NedvedC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:29 |
| 5Dale PurintonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:03 |
| 28Lawrence NycholatD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:37 |
| 29Boris MironovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 23:12 |
| 74Joel BouchardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 16:21 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Mike DunhamG | L | 20 | 3 | .850 |
| 40Jussi MarkkanenG | 7 | 1 | .857 |