Atlanta Thrashers at New York Rangers

Friday, March 22, 2002, 7:00 PM ET Madison Square Garden, New York Regular Season Final

Final score

The Atlanta Thrashers beat the New York Rangers 5–2 on Friday, March 22, 2002 on the road.

Final score, Atlanta Thrashers at New York Rangers
Team	Goals	2001-2002 record
Atlanta Thrashers	5	19-47-11-5
at New York Rangers	2	36-38-4-4

Goals by period, Atlanta Thrashers at New York Rangers
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Total
Atlanta Thrashers	1	3	1	5
New York Rangers	0	0	2	2

Shots on goal by period, Atlanta Thrashers at New York Rangers
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Total
Atlanta Thrashers	10	12	11	33
New York Rangers	5	16	14	35

Scoring summary

Every goal, Atlanta Thrashers at New York Rangers. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period	Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Type	Score
1st	16:28	Atlanta Thrashers	Tomi Kallio (6)	Pascal Rheaume (11), Jeff Odgers (3)	Even strength	ATL 1, NYR 0
2nd	03:36	Atlanta Thrashers	Tony Hrkac (15)	Yannick Tremblay (14), Lubos Bartecko (9)	Power play	ATL 2, NYR 0
2nd	05:34	Atlanta Thrashers	Jeff Cowan (4)	Per Svartvadet (9), Dan Snyder (1)	Even strength	ATL 3, NYR 0
2nd	17:06	Atlanta Thrashers	Dan Snyder (1)	Per Svartvadet (10), Daniel Tjarnqvist (13)	Even strength	ATL 4, NYR 0
3rd	00:47	New York Rangers	Eric Lindros (30)	Theo Fleury (39), Pavel Bure (29)	Even strength	ATL 4, NYR 1
3rd	01:22	Atlanta Thrashers	Tony Hrkac (16)	Lubos Bartecko (10), Dany Heatley (36)	Even strength	ATL 5, NYR 1
3rd	14:18	New York Rangers	Pavel Bure (25)	Tom Poti (18), Eric Lindros (31)	Even strength	ATL 5, NYR 2

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

Atlanta Thrashers 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 12 A. Hrkac	C	2	0	2	+1	0	3	0	0	1	33.3%	15:12
Number 13 P. Stefan	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	54.5%	17:09
Number 14 T. Kallio	R	1	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	0		14:55
Number 15 D. Heatley	L	0	1	1	+1	0	6	0	0	0		18:39
Number 16 J. Cowan	L	1	0	1	+1	9	2	0	0	0		11:46
Number 18 L. Bartecko	L	0	2	2	+1	0	4	0	0	0		15:27
Number 20 J. Odgers	R	0	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0		09:36
Number 22 K. Piros	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	40%	14:04
Number 26 P. Rheaume	C	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	2	0	52.4%	14:03
Number 37 D. Snyder	C	1	1	2	+1	4	2	1	1	0	58.8%	13:32
Number 39 P. Svartvadet	C	0	2	2	+1	0	1	2	0	0		15:09
Number 47 J. Vigier	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0		15:48
Number 3 B. Pothier	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	3	3	0		22:30
Number 4 C. Tamer	D	0	0	0	-1	5	1	0	0	0		19:07
Number 25 A. Sutton	D	0	0	0	+3	2	2	1	2	0		18:30
Number 28 T. Reirden	D	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	2	0		15:49
Number 36 D. Tjarnqvist	D	0	1	1	+3	0	0	1	4	0		20:32
Number 38 Y. Tremblay	D	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0		19:36

Atlanta Thrashers goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 35 F. Cassivi	35	33	2	.943	60:00	Win

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 8 M. Grosek	L	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0		08:50
Number 9 P. Bure	R	1	1	2	+1	0	4	0	1		26:02
Number 10 S. McCarthy	R	0	0	0	-3	5	3	0	0		11:16
Number 14 T. Fleury	R	0	1	1	+1	2	5	3	0		24:02
Number 17 R. Murray	L	0	0	0	-3	0	4	0	0	43.8%	16:18
Number 19 M. Rucinsky	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		09:56
Number 26 A. Johansson	L	0	0	0	-2	0	3	0	1	75%	16:16
Number 29 R. Lyashenko	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	33.3%	05:40
Number 36 M. Barnaby	R	0	0	0	-1	6	0	0	0		07:35
Number 37 M. Samuelsson	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		08:21
Number 88 E. Lindros	C	1	1	2	+1	4	3	1	0	53.1%	22:53
Number 93 P. Nedved	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	58.8%	11:38
Number 2 B. Leetch	D	0	0	0	-1	0	8	4	0		24:20
Number 3 T. Poti	D	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0		23:16
Number 23 V. Malakhov	D	0	0	0	-1	5	0	1	2		16:32
Number 24 S. Lefebvre	D	0	0	0	-1	2	1	2	2		16:33
Number 33 D. Karpa	D	0	0	0	-1	2	0	1	3		17:25
Number 34 B. Berard	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		21:00

New York Rangers goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 31 D. Blackburn	31	26	5	.839	57:36	Loss
Number 35 M. Richter	2	2	0	1.000	02:20

Penalties, Atlanta Thrashers at New York Rangers
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Minutes
1st	07:06	Atlanta Thrashers	Jeff Cowan	Roughing	2
1st	07:06	New York Rangers	Matthew Barnaby	Unsportsmanlike conduct	2
1st	12:21	New York Rangers	Sylvain Lefebvre	Interference	2
1st	12:55	New York Rangers	Dave Karpa	High sticking	2
1st	18:45	Atlanta Thrashers	Todd Reirden	Holding	2
2nd	00:27	Atlanta Thrashers	Andy Sutton	Elbowing	2
2nd	01:43	New York Rangers	Theo Fleury	Holding	2
2nd	05:34	Atlanta Thrashers	Jeff Cowan	Roughing	2
2nd	05:34	Atlanta Thrashers	Jeff Cowan	Fighting (major)	5
2nd	05:34	Atlanta Thrashers	Dan Snyder	Roughing	2
2nd	05:34	Atlanta Thrashers	Dan Snyder	Slashing	2
2nd	05:34	New York Rangers	Vladimir Malakhov	Fighting (major)	5
2nd	05:34	New York Rangers	Eric Lindros	Cross checking	2
2nd	05:34	New York Rangers	Matthew Barnaby	Roughing	2
2nd	05:34	New York Rangers	Matthew Barnaby	Roughing	2
2nd	08:42	Atlanta Thrashers	Bench	Too many men on the ice (bench minor)	2
2nd	10:37	Atlanta Thrashers	Chris Tamer	Fighting (major)	5
2nd	10:37	New York Rangers	Sandy McCarthy	Fighting (major)	5
3rd	09:50	New York Rangers	Michal Grosek	Tripping	2
3rd	14:24	New York Rangers	Eric Lindros	High sticking	2

Atlanta Thrashers head coach: Curt Fraser
New York Rangers head coach: Ron Low
Referees: Chris Lee, Dan Marouelli
Linesmen: Pierre Champoux, Tony Sericolo
Atlanta Thrashers scratches: David Harlock, Damian Rhodes, Milan Hnilicka, Norm Maracle, Andreas Karlsson, Brett Clark, Yuri Butsayev, Francis Lessard, Benjamin Simon, Luke Sellars, Frantisek Kaberle, Derek MacKenzie, Brad Tapper, Mike Weaver, Ilya Kovalchuk, Pasi Nurminen
New York Rangers scratches: Mark Messier, Jason Dawe, Radek Dvorak, Dale Purinton, Steve McKenna, Trent Whitfield, Johan Holmqvist, Mike Mottau, Rico Fata, Tomas Kloucek, Peter Smrek, Richard Scott

Every Atlanta Thrashers and New York Rangers game in the 2001-2002 season
Matchup	Status	Details
New York Rangers 4 at Atlanta Thrashers 3	Final	Game page: New York Rangers at Atlanta Thrashers, Fri, Oct 19, 2001
Atlanta Thrashers 2 at New York Rangers 6	Final	Game page: Atlanta Thrashers at New York Rangers, Sun, Nov 18, 2001
New York Rangers 2 at Atlanta Thrashers 1	Final	Game page: New York Rangers at Atlanta Thrashers, Fri, Feb 8, 2002
Atlanta Thrashers 5 at New York Rangers 2	Final	Game page: Atlanta Thrashers at New York Rangers, Fri, Mar 22, 2002

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Phoenix Coyotes 3 at Dallas Stars 4	Final	Game page: Phoenix Coyotes at Dallas Stars, Fri, Mar 22, 2002