New York Rangers at Boston Bruins

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Final score

The Boston Bruins beat the New York Rangers 6–4 on Saturday, December 9, 2000 at home.

Final score, New York Rangers at Boston Bruins
Team Goals 2000-2001 record
New York Rangers 4 33-43-5-1
at Boston Bruins 6 36-30-8-8

Goals by period

Goals by period, New York Rangers at Boston Bruins
Team 1st period 2nd period 3rd period Total
New York Rangers 1 2 1 4
Boston Bruins 2 0 4 6

Shots on goal by period

Shots on goal by period, New York Rangers at Boston Bruins
Team 1st period 2nd period 3rd period Total
New York Rangers 2 12 8 22
Boston Bruins 12 10 12 34

Scoring summary

Every goal, New York Rangers at Boston Bruins. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
1st 07:24 Boston Bruins Mike Knuble (3) Jonathan Girard (4), Patrick Traverse (3) Even strength NYR 0, BOS 1
1st 11:11 Boston Bruins Bill Guerin (19) Jason Allison (23), Patrick Traverse (4) Power play NYR 0, BOS 2
1st 18:30 New York Rangers Brian Leetch (8) Adam Graves (7), Mark Messier (20) Power play NYR 1, BOS 2
2nd 10:16 New York Rangers Valeri Kamensky (10) Sandy McCarthy (5), Mark Messier (21) Even strength NYR 2, BOS 2
2nd 16:13 New York Rangers Mark Messier (13) Brian Leetch (31), Theo Fleury (23) Power play NYR 3, BOS 2
3rd 01:56 Boston Bruins Jason Allison (16) Andrei Kovalenko (4), Bill Guerin (16) Power play NYR 3, BOS 3
3rd 15:31 Boston Bruins Bill Guerin (20) Jason Allison (24) Even strength NYR 3, BOS 4
3rd 15:57 Boston Bruins Brian Rolston (4) Jonathan Girard (5), Joe Thornton (10) Even strength NYR 3, BOS 5
3rd 16:12 New York Rangers Theo Fleury (20) Brian Leetch (32), Sandy McCarthy (6) Even strength NYR 4, BOS 5
3rd 16:36 Boston Bruins Jonathan Girard (1) P.J. Axelsson (5), Patrick Traverse (5) Even strength NYR 4, BOS 6

Numbers in brackets are the player's season totals after the goal.

Team stats

Team stats, New York Rangers at Boston Bruins
Stat New York Rangers Boston Bruins
Shots on goal 22 34
Power play 2 of 6 2 of 6
Penalty minutes 18 18
Hits 21 25
Blocked shots 16 6
Giveaways 0 4
Takeaways 3 5
Faceoffs won 38/65 (58.5%) 27/65 (41.5%)

Box score

New York Rangers

New York Rangers skaters
Player Position GoalsAssistsPointsPlus/minusPenalty minutesShots on goalHitsBlocked shotsPower-play goalsFaceoff percentageTime on ice
Number 8 M. Grosek L 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 11:31
Number 9 A. Graves L 0 1 1 -1 2 3 2 0 0 15:42
Number 10 S. McCarthy R 0 2 2 +1 2 0 2 2 0 11:11
Number 11 M. Messier C 1 2 3 0 0 1 1 0 1 65.2% 20:12
Number 13 V. Kamensky L 1 0 1 -1 0 2 0 0 0 14:51
Number 14 T. Fleury R 1 1 2 -2 0 3 0 0 0 75% 21:45
Number 18 M. York L 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 69.2% 14:36
Number 20 R. Dvorak R 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 1 0 16:29
Number 26 T. Taylor C 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 55.6% 07:37
Number 27 J. Hlavac L 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 0 0 14:37
Number 29 J. Witehall L 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 09:31
Number 93 P. Nedved C 0 0 0 -1 2 4 2 0 0 37.5% 18:29
Number 2 B. Leetch D 1 2 3 -1 0 4 0 3 1 17:27
Number 3 K. Johnsson D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 2 0 15:58
Number 4 B. Brown D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 2 3 0 15:00
Number 5 D. Purinton D 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 05:47
Number 24 S. Lefebvre D 0 0 0 -1 2 0 1 1 0 19:23
Number 47 R. Pilon D 0 0 0 -1 2 0 5 3 0 22:57
New York Rangers goalies
Goalie Shots againstSavesGoals againstSave percentageTime on iceDecision
Number 35 M. Richter 34 28 6 .824 59:07 Loss

Boston Bruins

Boston Bruins skaters
Player Position GoalsAssistsPointsPlus/minusPenalty minutesShots on goalHitsBlocked shotsPower-play goalsFaceoff percentageTime on ice
Number 11 P. Axelsson L 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 12:04
Number 12 B. Rolston R 1 0 1 +1 0 2 0 0 0 100% 19:20
Number 13 B. Guerin R 2 1 3 +1 2 3 1 2 1 22:55
Number 14 S. Samsonov L 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 0 0 16:08
Number 17 S. Bates C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 0 0 23.1% 12:20
Number 19 J. Thornton C 0 1 1 +1 4 2 3 0 0 61.1% 16:39
Number 22 M. Eloranta L 0 0 0 +1 2 1 0 0 0 20% 06:30
Number 26 M. Knuble R 1 0 1 +1 0 1 1 0 0 06:30
Number 29 D. Ward L 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 50% 13:31
Number 41 J. Allison C 1 2 3 +1 0 6 2 1 1 37.5% 23:18
Number 51 A. Kovalenko R 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 13:55
Number 62 A. Nazarov L 0 0 0 +1 0 2 2 1 0 07:57
Number 25 H. Gill D 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 19:41
Number 32 D. Sweeney D 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 06:54
Number 39 Z. Kutlak D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 06:50
Number 55 J. Girard D 1 2 3 +3 0 3 3 1 0 31:38
Number 63 P. Traverse D 0 3 3 +4 2 3 3 0 0 29:26
Number 64 J. Kultanen D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 0 0 23:18
Boston Bruins goalies
Goalie Shots againstSavesGoals againstSave percentageTime on iceDecision
Number 35 P. Skudra 22 18 4 .818 60:00 Win

Penalties

Penalties, New York Rangers at Boston Bruins
Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 10:49 New York Rangers Dale Purinton Boarding 2
1st 12:13 Boston Bruins Andrei Kovalenko Tripping 2
1st 12:38 New York Rangers Adam Graves Tripping 2
1st 17:44 Boston Bruins Joe Thornton High sticking 2
1st 17:44 Boston Bruins Joe Thornton Roughing 2
1st 17:44 New York Rangers Petr Nedved High sticking 2
1st 18:52 Boston Bruins Mikko Eloranta Elbowing 2
1st 18:52 New York Rangers Sylvain Lefebvre Roughing 2
2nd 07:59 New York Rangers Sandy McCarthy Tripping 2
2nd 12:15 Boston Bruins Hal Gill Hooking 2
2nd 13:17 Boston Bruins Don Sweeney Slashing 2
2nd 16:00 Boston Bruins Dixon Ward High sticking 2
3rd 00:27 New York Rangers Rich Pilon Cross checking 2
3rd 10:25 New York Rangers Johan Witehall Holding 2
3rd 13:27 Boston Bruins Patrick Traverse Holding 2
3rd 19:45 New York Rangers Bench Too many men on the ice (bench minor) 2
3rd 20:00 Boston Bruins Bill Guerin Roughing 2
3rd 20:00 New York Rangers Tim Taylor Roughing 2

Game information

New York Rangers head coach
Ron Low
Boston Bruins head coach
Mike Keenan
Referees
Lance Roberts, Paul Stewart
Linesmen
Pierre Champoux, Tony Sericolo
New York Rangers scratches
John MacLean, Eric Lacroix, Vladimir Malakhov, David Wilkie, Drew Bannister, Derek Armstrong, Bert Robertsson, Jason Doig, Johan Holmqvist, Mike Mottau, Manny Malhotra, Jason LaBarbera, Tomas Kloucek, Jeff Ulmer
Boston Bruins scratches
Paul Coffey, Kay Whitmore, Byron Dafoe, Peter Popovic, Joe Hulbig, Ken Belanger, Darren Van Impe, Brandon Smith, Eric Manlow, Marquis Mathieu, Eric Nickulas, Kyle McLaren, Cameron Mann, Nick Boynton, Lee Goren, Jay Henderson, Andre Savage, Pavel Kolarik

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