New York Rangers vs New York Islanders
Regular season · Thursday, February 26, 2004 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the New York Islanders 6–3 on Thursday, February 26, 2004 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Islanders outshot the Rangers 28–25.
Jaromir Jagr scored twice and Chris Simon scored twice. Brian Leetch, Bobby Holik, Janne Niinimaa, Mariusz Czerkawski and Sven Butenschon also scored.
Mike Dunham made 25 saves on 28 shots for the win; Rick DiPietro stopped 4 of 7.
Scoring
1st period
Brian Leetch (12)Greg De Vries (10), Bobby Holik (28)1–002:39 NYR
Jaromir Jagr (24)Martin Rucinsky (28), Dale Purinton (1)2–004:35 NYR
Bobby Holik (18)Jaromir Jagr (38), Brian Leetch (22)3–010:05 NYR ·
2nd period
- Jaromir Jagr (25)Brian Leetch (23), Martin Rucinsky (29)4–000:35 NYR ·
Chris Simon (10)Unassisted5–002:11 NYR- Chris Simon (11)Matthew Barnaby (18), Vladimir Malakhov (14)6–006:49 NYR
Janne Niinimaa (6)Trent Hunter (22), Mark Parrish (8)6–112:00 NYI
Mariusz Czerkawski (22)Cliff Ronning (4), Oleg Kvasha (28)6–217:46 NYI
3rd period
Sven Butenschon (1)Unassisted6–301:53 NYI
Team stats
NYRNYI
2528
46%54%
2/60/5
2247
1127
1410
177
59
Penalties
- 1:44 into the first period
Tom Poti · high sticking2 min - 2:22 into the first period
Jason Blake · interference goalkeeper2 min - 9:13 into the first periodEric Cairns · instigator2 min
- 9:13 into the first periodEric Cairns · fighting5 min
- 9:13 into the first periodEric Cairns · misconduct10 min
- 9:13 into the first periodEric Cairns · game misconduct10 min
- 9:13 into the first periodArron Asham · roughing2 min
- 9:13 into the first periodEric Godard · hooking obstruction2 min
- 9:13 into the first periodEric Godard · fighting5 min
- 9:13 into the first periodChris Simon · fighting5 min
- 9:13 into the first periodMatthew Barnaby · roughing2 min
- 15:12 into the first periodMark Messier · hooking2 min
- 16:10 into the first periodBobby Holik · boarding2 min
- 19:00 into the first periodJanne Niinimaa · high sticking2 min
- 2:18 into the second periodEric Godard · fighting5 min
- 2:18 into the second periodDan Lacouture · fighting5 min
- 3:54 into the second periodMartin Rucinsky · hooking obstruction2 min
- 13:25 into the second periodDan Lacouture · hooking2 min
- 14:15 into the third periodJanne Niinimaa · tripping2 min
Season series
New York Rangers
| 68Jaromir JagrR | 2 | 1 | 3 | +1 | 3 | 17:23 |
| 2Brian LeetchD | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 3 | 24:45 |
| 16Bobby HolikC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 5 | 18:18 |
| 17Chris SimonL | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 11:30 |
| 26Martin RucinskyL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 18:58 |
| 36Matthew BarnabyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10:08 |
| 4Greg De VriesD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 23:28 |
| 5Dale PurintonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 15:57 |
| 23Vladimir MalakhovD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | 16:53 |
| 11Mark MessierC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 17:21 |
| 21Jamie LundmarkC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:14 |
| 27Alex KovalevR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 15:44 |
| 37Jan HlavacL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 11:17 |
| 39Dan LacoutureL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 07:36 |
| 41Jed OrtmeyerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:38 |
| 93Petr NedvedC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 17:50 |
| 3Tom PotiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 20:45 |
| 51Fedor TyutinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 16:54 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Mike DunhamG | W | 28 | 3 | .893 |
| 40Jussi MarkkanenG | 0 | 0 | – |
New York Islanders
| 7Trent HunterR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12:52 |
| 12Oleg KvashaC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 21:16 |
| 21Mariusz CzerkawskiR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 15:11 |
| 37Mark ParrishR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 18:52 |
| 77Cliff RonningC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 14:20 |
| 44Janne NiinimaaD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 24:26 |
| 52Sven ButenschonD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 15:43 |
| 17Shawn BatesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | 16:18 |
| 20Eric ManlowC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:26 |
| 27Michael PecaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 03:21 |
| 38Dave ScatchardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 11:54 |
| 45Arron AshamR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 14:07 |
| 49Eric GodardR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:45 |
| 55Jason BlakeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | 17:08 |
| 3Adrian AucoinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 26:46 |
| 4Roman HamrlikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 25:23 |
| 29Kenny JonssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 24:16 |
| 33Eric CairnsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 01:15 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Garth SnowG | 18 | 3 | .833 | |
| 39Rick DiPietroG | L | 7 | 3 | .571 |