New York Rangers at San Jose Sharks

Tuesday, December 12, 2000, 7:30 PM ET San Jose Arena, San Jose Regular Season Final

Final score

The San Jose Sharks beat the New York Rangers 3–2 on Tuesday, December 12, 2000 at home.

Final score, New York Rangers at San Jose Sharks
Team	Goals	2000-2001 record
New York Rangers	2	33-43-5-1
at San Jose Sharks	3	40-27-12-3

Goals by period, New York Rangers at San Jose Sharks
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Total
New York Rangers	0	1	1	2
San Jose Sharks	1	0	2	3

Shots on goal by period, New York Rangers at San Jose Sharks
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Total
New York Rangers	9	15	9	33
San Jose Sharks	10	10	14	34

Scoring summary

Every goal, New York Rangers at San Jose Sharks. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period	Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Type	Score
1st	01:13	San Jose Sharks	Owen Nolan (8)	Jeff Friesen (13)	Shorthanded	NYR 0, SJS 1
2nd	03:12	New York Rangers	Sandy McCarthy (2)	Kim Johnsson (9), Mike York (7)	Even strength	NYR 1, SJS 1
3rd	02:29	San Jose Sharks	Marcus Ragnarsson (3)	Owen Nolan (7), Vincent Damphousse (24)	Power play	NYR 1, SJS 2
3rd	06:42	San Jose Sharks	Patrick Marleau (14)	Scott Thornton (9), Todd Harvey (5)	Even strength	NYR 1, SJS 3
3rd	19:27	New York Rangers	Mark Messier (14)	Brian Leetch (33), Theo Fleury (24)	Even strength	NYR 2, SJS 3

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

New York Rangers skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 6 M. Malhotra	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	5	0	42.9%	07:17
Number 8 M. Grosek	L	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0		10:53
Number 9 A. Graves	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0		16:02
Number 10 S. McCarthy	R	1	0	1	+1	2	3	3	0		11:55
Number 11 M. Messier	C	1	0	1	0	0	2	1	1	50%	19:05
Number 13 V. Kamensky	L	0	0	0	0	2	3	2	0		18:34
Number 14 T. Fleury	R	0	1	1	+1	4	3	2	0	25%	22:47
Number 18 M. York	L	0	1	1	+1	0	3	2	0	33.3%	19:13
Number 20 R. Dvorak	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	31.3%	18:32
Number 26 T. Taylor	C	0	0	0	-1	0	3	3	2	50%	10:42
Number 27 J. Hlavac	L	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	2		16:52
Number 29 J. Witehall	L	0	0	0	-1	0	5	3	0		07:23
Number 2 B. Leetch	D	0	1	1	-1	0	0	0	3		31:37
Number 3 K. Johnsson	D	0	1	1	+1	0	1	2	0		19:31
Number 4 B. Brown	D	0	0	0	-1	2	1	2	0		15:10
Number 5 D. Purinton	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	1		09:21
Number 24 S. Lefebvre	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	1		17:50
Number 47 R. Pilon	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	2	2		18:00

New York Rangers goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 35 M. Richter	34	31	3	.912	59:12	Loss

San Jose Sharks skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Power-play goals	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 9 T. Harvey	R	0	1	1	+1	0	2	2	0	0		13:01
Number 11 O. Nolan	R	1	1	2	0	0	7	4	0	0	66.7%	20:18
Number 14 P. Marleau	C	1	0	1	+1	0	4	2	0	0	47.1%	15:33
Number 16 M. Smith	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	0	75%	06:44
Number 17 S. Thornton	L	0	1	1	+1	4	1	1	0	0		14:15
Number 18 M. Ricci	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	73.7%	14:32
Number 19 M. Sturm	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	100%	11:51
Number 21 T. Granato	R	0	0	0	-2	2	2	3	0	0		09:46
Number 24 N. Sundstrom	R	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	1	0		12:54
Number 25 V. Damphousse	C	0	1	1	0	2	4	0	0	0	50%	18:30
Number 32 S. Matteau	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0		09:08
Number 39 J. Friesen	L	0	1	1	+1	0	2	0	0	0		19:06
Number 7 B. Stuart	D	0	0	0	+1	2	1	5	1	0		21:43
Number 10 M. Ragnarsson	D	1	0	1	-1	2	3	2	0	1		21:16
Number 20 G. Suter	D	0	0	0	+1	0	3	1	1	0		23:52
Number 22 S. Hannan	D	0	0	0	0	2	2	3	1	0		14:52
Number 27 B. Marchment	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		15:26
Number 40 M. Rathje	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	0		22:56

San Jose Sharks goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 35 E. Nabokov	33	31	2	.939	60:00	Win

Penalties, New York Rangers at San Jose Sharks
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Minutes
1st	00:17	San Jose Sharks	Marcus Ragnarsson	Tripping	2
1st	06:56	San Jose Sharks	Scott Thornton	Roughing	2
1st	08:23	New York Rangers	Theo Fleury	Tripping	2
1st	10:59	New York Rangers	Brad Brown	Roughing	2
1st	10:59	San Jose Sharks	Scott Thornton	Roughing	2
1st	14:23	New York Rangers	Valeri Kamensky	High sticking	2
1st	15:45	San Jose Sharks	Brad Stuart	Slashing	2
2nd	15:52	San Jose Sharks	Vincent Damphousse	Tripping	2
3rd	00:42	New York Rangers	Sandy McCarthy	Hooking	2
3rd	13:18	San Jose Sharks	Scott Hannan	Holding the stick	2
3rd	17:10	New York Rangers	Theo Fleury	High sticking	2
3rd	17:10	San Jose Sharks	Tony Granato	Roughing	2

New York Rangers head coach: Ron Low
San Jose Sharks head coach: Darryl Sutter
Referees: Mike Leggo, Stephen Walkom
Linesmen: Wayne Bonney, Mike Cvik
New York Rangers scratches: John MacLean, Petr Nedved, Eric Lacroix, Vladimir Malakhov, David Wilkie, Drew Bannister, Derek Armstrong, Bert Robertsson, Jason Doig, Johan Holmqvist, Mike Mottau, Jason LaBarbera, Tomas Kloucek, Jeff Ulmer
San Jose Sharks scratches: Bobby Dollas, Paul Kruse, Jim Montgomery, Alexander Korolyuk, Miikka Kiprusoff, Shawn Heins, Matt Bradley

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