New York Rangers at Boston Bruins

Saturday, April 6, 2002, 1:00 PM ET FleetCenter, Boston Regular Season Final

Final score

The New York Rangers beat the Boston Bruins 6–4 on Saturday, April 6, 2002 on the road.

Final score, New York Rangers at Boston Bruins
Team	Goals	2001-2002 record
New York Rangers	6	36-38-4-4
at Boston Bruins	4	43-24-6-9

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

Shots on goal by period, New York Rangers at Boston Bruins
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Total
New York Rangers	11	7	7	25
Boston Bruins	14	15	9	38

Scoring summary

Every goal, New York Rangers at Boston Bruins. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period	Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Type	Score
1st	01:53	New York Rangers	Petr Nedved (19)	Sandy McCarthy (13), Matthew Barnaby (12)	Even strength	NYR 1, BOS 0
1st	11:58	New York Rangers	Petr Nedved (20)	Matthew Barnaby (13), Bryan Berard (20)	Even strength	NYR 2, BOS 0
1st	13:53	New York Rangers	Sandy McCarthy (10)	Dale Purinton (4), Bryan Berard (21)	Even strength	NYR 3, BOS 0
1st	16:32	Boston Bruins	Brian Rolston (30)	Glen Murray (30), Sergei Samsonov (38)	Power play	NYR 3, BOS 1
2nd	07:30	New York Rangers	Eric Lindros (35)	Martin Rucinsky (24), Pavel Bure (33)	Even strength	NYR 4, BOS 1
2nd	16:44	Boston Bruins	Glen Murray (37)	Bill Guerin (25), Joe Thornton (41)	Power play	NYR 4, BOS 2
3rd	03:18	New York Rangers	Martin Rucinsky (11)	Pavel Bure (34), Eric Lindros (36)	Even strength	NYR 5, BOS 2
3rd	04:02	Boston Bruins	Bill Guerin (38)	Rob Zamuner (13), Joe Thornton (42)	Even strength	NYR 5, BOS 3
3rd	15:24	Boston Bruins	Sergei Samsonov (29)	Jozef Stumpel (47), Martin Lapointe (22)	Even strength	NYR 5, BOS 4
3rd	19:20	New York Rangers	Matthew Barnaby (8)	Brian Leetch (43)	Even strength, Empty net	NYR 6, BOS 4

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 9 P. Bure	R	0	2	2	+3	0	3	0	1		21:06
Number 10 S. McCarthy	R	1	1	2	+3	0	1	2	3		15:13
Number 14 T. Fleury	R	0	0	0	-1	2	1	0	1		14:23
Number 17 R. Murray	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	1	53.8%	14:07
Number 19 M. Rucinsky	L	1	1	2	+2	0	1	2	0		18:29
Number 21 S. McKenna	L	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0		02:57
Number 26 A. Johansson	L	0	0	0	-2	0	1	2	1		15:33
Number 29 R. Lyashenko	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	50%	05:58
Number 36 M. Barnaby	R	1	2	3	+4	7	6	0	0		15:12
Number 37 M. Samuelsson	R	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	0		06:55
Number 88 E. Lindros	C	1	1	2	+3	4	2	2	1	74.3%	20:08
Number 93 P. Nedved	C	2	0	2	+3	0	3	0	1	45.8%	19:55
Number 2 B. Leetch	D	0	1	1	+1	0	1	2	4		24:57
Number 3 T. Poti	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0		21:20
Number 5 D. Purinton	D	0	1	1	+4	0	0	2	1		11:46
Number 23 V. Malakhov	D	0	0	0	+1	2	1	1	2		23:01
Number 33 D. Karpa	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	2		22:03
Number 34 B. Berard	D	0	2	2	+4	0	0	0	1		15:54

New York Rangers goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 31 D. Blackburn	38	34	4	.895	60:00	Win

Boston Bruins 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 10 M. Mcinnis	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0	0		13:08
Number 11 P. Axelsson	L	0	0	0	-3	0	1	1	0	0		15:38
Number 12 B. Rolston	R	1	0	1	-3	0	6	0	0	1	45%	21:04
Number 13 B. Guerin	R	1	1	2	-1	0	7	1	1	0	100%	22:16
Number 14 S. Samsonov	L	1	1	2	0	0	3	0	0	0		19:03
Number 16 J. Stumpel	L	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	52.2%	18:10
Number 17 R. Zamuner	L	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	66.7%	10:07
Number 19 J. Thornton	C	0	2	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	39.1%	20:59
Number 20 M. Lapointe	R	0	1	1	-2	4	0	3	0	0	50%	16:41
Number 27 G. Murray	R	1	1	2	-1	0	3	2	0	1		19:11
Number 42 P. Stock	C	0	0	0	-1	5	0	0	0	0		02:02
Number 18 K. McLaren	D	0	0	0	-3	0	2	1	3	0		18:31
Number 21 S. O'Donnell	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0	0		22:25
Number 23 S. Brown	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	2	0		15:41
Number 25 H. Gill	D	0	0	0	-2	0	2	1	1	0		21:42
Number 31 J. Rivers	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	2	0		02:56
Number 32 D. Sweeney	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0		13:47
Number 44 N. Boynton	D	0	0	0	-1	7	4	2	1	0		20:24

Boston Bruins goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 34 B. Dafoe	24	19	5	.792	59:01	Loss

Penalties, New York Rangers at Boston Bruins
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Minutes
1st	13:20	Boston Bruins	P.J. Stock	Fighting (major)	5
1st	13:20	New York Rangers	Steve McKenna	Fighting (major)	5
1st	15:01	New York Rangers	Eric Lindros	Holding the stick	2
1st	19:47	New York Rangers	Matthew Barnaby	Interference goalkeeper	2
2nd	15:11	New York Rangers	Vladimir Malakhov	Tripping	2
2nd	19:04	Boston Bruins	Martin Lapointe	Interference goalkeeper	2
3rd	06:54	Boston Bruins	Nick Boynton	Roughing	2
3rd	06:54	New York Rangers	Eric Lindros	Roughing	2
3rd	13:06	Boston Bruins	Martin Lapointe	Roughing	2
3rd	13:06	New York Rangers	Theo Fleury	Roughing	2
3rd	19:43	Boston Bruins	Nick Boynton	Fighting (major)	5
3rd	19:43	New York Rangers	Matthew Barnaby	Fighting (major)	5

New York Rangers head coach: Ron Low
Boston Bruins head coach: Robbie Ftorek
Referees: Don Koharski, Dennis LaRue
Linesmen: Brian Murphy, Tony Sericolo
New York Rangers scratches: Sylvain Lefebvre, Mark Messier, Mike Richter, Jason Dawe, Michal Grosek, Radek Dvorak, Trent Whitfield, Mike Mottau, Rico Fata, Tomas Kloucek, Barrett Heisten, Richard Scott, Scott Meyer
Boston Bruins scratches: Gord Murphy, Jeff Norton, Mike Knuble, Eric Manlow, John Emmons, Chris Kelleher, Dennis Bonvie, Tony Tuzzolino, Ric Jackman, Jonathan Girard, Andrew Raycroft, Andy Hilbert, Ivan Huml, Jarno Kultanen, Pavel Kolarik

Every New York Rangers and Boston Bruins game in the 2001-2002 season
Matchup	Status	Details
New York Rangers 2 at Boston Bruins 1	Final/OT	Game page: New York Rangers at Boston Bruins, Sat, Oct 27, 2001
Boston Bruins 4 at New York Rangers 8	Final	Game page: Boston Bruins at New York Rangers, Wed, Jan 23, 2002
Boston Bruins 3 at New York Rangers 1	Final	Game page: Boston Bruins at New York Rangers, Wed, Mar 13, 2002
New York Rangers 6 at Boston Bruins 4	Final	Game page: New York Rangers at Boston Bruins, Sat, Apr 6, 2002

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Matchup	Status	Details
Florida Panthers 2 at Toronto Maple Leafs 2	Final/OT	Game page: Florida Panthers at Toronto Maple Leafs, Sat, Apr 6, 2002
Columbus Blue Jackets 1 at Montreal Canadiens 4	Final	Game page: Columbus Blue Jackets at Montreal Canadiens, Sat, Apr 6, 2002
Washington Capitals 4 at New York Islanders 5	Final	Game page: Washington Capitals at New York Islanders, Sat, Apr 6, 2002
Pittsburgh Penguins 1 at Philadelphia Flyers 3	Final	Game page: Pittsburgh Penguins at Philadelphia Flyers, Sat, Apr 6, 2002
Calgary Flames 1 at Nashville Predators 3	Final	Game page: Calgary Flames at Nashville Predators, Sat, Apr 6, 2002
Edmonton Oilers 3 at Los Angeles Kings 4	Final/OT	Game page: Edmonton Oilers at Los Angeles Kings, Sat, Apr 6, 2002
Detroit Red Wings 3 at San Jose Sharks 6	Final	Game page: Detroit Red Wings at San Jose Sharks, Sat, Apr 6, 2002