New York Rangers at Columbus Blue Jackets

Saturday, November 9, 2002, 7:00 PM ET Nationwide Arena, Columbus Regular Season Final

Final score

The Columbus Blue Jackets beat the New York Rangers 6–3 on Saturday, November 9, 2002 at home.

Final score, New York Rangers at Columbus Blue Jackets
Team	Goals	2002-2003 record
New York Rangers	3	32-36-10-4
at Columbus Blue Jackets	6	29-42-8-3

Goals by period

Goals by period, New York Rangers at Columbus Blue Jackets
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Total
New York Rangers	0	3	0	3
Columbus Blue Jackets	3	3	0	6

Shots on goal by period

Shots on goal by period, New York Rangers at Columbus Blue Jackets
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Total
New York Rangers	9	10	15	34
Columbus Blue Jackets	8	6	11	25

Scoring summary

Every goal, New York Rangers at Columbus Blue Jackets. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period	Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Type	Score
1st	02:31	Columbus Blue Jackets	Rick Nash (2)	David Vyborny (4), Derrick Walser (4)	Even strength	NYR 0, CBJ 1
1st	04:33	Columbus Blue Jackets	Hannes Hyvonen (3)	Andrew Cassels (11)	Even strength	NYR 0, CBJ 2
1st	09:14	Columbus Blue Jackets	Rick Nash (3)	David Vyborny (5)	Even strength	NYR 0, CBJ 3
2nd	05:45	Columbus Blue Jackets	Geoff Sanderson (7)	Andrew Cassels (12), Hannes Hyvonen (3)	Even strength	NYR 0, CBJ 4
2nd	06:29	New York Rangers	Rem Murray (4)	Unassisted	Even strength	NYR 1, CBJ 4
2nd	10:25	Columbus Blue Jackets	Sean Pronger (2)	Ray Whitney (11)	Even strength	NYR 1, CBJ 5
2nd	15:21	New York Rangers	Petr Nedved (6)	Unassisted	Even strength	NYR 2, CBJ 5
2nd	19:11	Columbus Blue Jackets	Tyler Wright (7)	Andrew Cassels (13)	Shorthanded	NYR 2, CBJ 6
2nd	19:59	New York Rangers	Radek Dvorak (2)	Petr Nedved (2), Vladimir Malakhov (2)	Even strength	NYR 3, CBJ 6

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

Team stats

Team stats, New York Rangers at Columbus Blue Jackets
Stat	New York Rangers	Columbus Blue Jackets
Shots on goal	34	25
Power play	0 of 6	0 of 4
Penalty minutes	86	66
Hits	0	2
Faceoffs won	44/72 (61.1%)	28/72 (38.9%)

Box score

New York Rangers

New York Rangers skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 8 T. Donato	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	50%	04:03
Number 9 P. Bure	R	0	0	0	-2	0	2		19:57
Number 10 S. McCarthy	R	0	0	0	0	27	1		07:59
Number 11 M. Messier	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	57.1%	21:03
Number 17 R. Murray	L	1	0	1	-2	0	5	80%	13:40
Number 20 R. Dvorak	R	1	0	1	0	0	1		18:54
Number 29 K. Oliwa	L	0	0	0	0	24	0		02:42
Number 36 M. Barnaby	R	0	0	0	-2	17	1		11:18
Number 37 M. Samuelsson	R	0	0	0	-1	2	3		15:37
Number 38 R. Petrovicky	R	0	0	0	0	2	1	66.7%	17:33
Number 88 E. Lindros	C	0	0	0	-1	0	5	69.6%	22:08
Number 93 P. Nedved	C	1	1	2	0	0	5	52.9%	21:44
Number 2 B. Leetch	D	0	0	0	-1	0	3		24:52
Number 3 T. Poti	D	0	0	0	-2	0	2		24:02
Number 5 D. Purinton	D	0	0	0	-2	2	0		15:41
Number 6 D. Kasparaitis	D	0	0	0	0	2	0		19:24
Number 23 V. Malakhov	D	0	1	1	0	10	3		18:10
Number 24 S. Lefebvre	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1		18:00

New York Rangers goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 31 D. Blackburn	25	19	6	.760	60:00	Loss

Columbus Blue Jackets

Columbus Blue Jackets skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 8 G. Sanderson	L	1	0	1	+1	0	3	0		16:31
Number 9 D. Vyborny	R	0	2	2	+2	0	1	0		13:12
Number 14 R. Whitney	L	0	1	1	0	2	1	0	100%	18:19
Number 16 M. Sillinger	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	44%	19:15
Number 19 S. Pronger	C	1	0	1	0	2	1	0	50%	11:44
Number 24 H. Hyvonen	R	1	1	2	+1	0	4	0		11:35
Number 25 A. Cassels	C	0	3	3	+2	0	1	0	42.1%	17:57
Number 28 T. Wright	C	1	0	1	+2	15	1	1	9.1%	16:23
Number 29 G. Marshall	R	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	100%	15:16
Number 41 M. Davidson	R	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0		12:13
Number 45 J. Shelley	L	0	0	0	0	17	0	0		05:11
Number 61 R. Nash	L	2	0	2	+2	0	3	0		13:03
Number 3 J. Spacek	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		01:08
Number 7 S. Lachance	D	0	0	0	+1	0	2	0		28:18
Number 22 L. Richardson	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		26:13
Number 23 D. Walser	D	0	1	1	0	10	1	0		15:26
Number 34 J. Grand-Pierre	D	0	0	0	+2	9	2	1		17:47
Number 44 R. Klesla	D	0	0	0	+3	2	4	0		27:55

Columbus Blue Jackets goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 30 M. Denis	34	31	3	.912	60:00	Win

Penalties

Penalties, New York Rangers at Columbus Blue Jackets
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Minutes
1st	02:43	Columbus Blue Jackets	Jody Shelley	Fighting (major)	5
1st	02:43	New York Rangers	Krzysztof Oliwa	Fighting (major)	5
1st	06:38	New York Rangers	Ronald Petrovicky	Interference	2
1st	13:54	Columbus Blue Jackets	Ray Whitney	Tripping	2
2nd	00:27	Columbus Blue Jackets	Rostislav Klesla	Slashing	2
2nd	10:53	Columbus Blue Jackets	Jean-Luc Grand-Pierre	Slashing	2
2nd	10:53	Columbus Blue Jackets	Jean-Luc Grand-Pierre	Fighting (major)	5
2nd	10:53	New York Rangers	Matthew Barnaby	Fighting (major)	5
2nd	17:56	Columbus Blue Jackets	Sean Pronger	Hooking	2
3rd	02:28	Columbus Blue Jackets	Jean-Luc Grand-Pierre	Roughing	2
3rd	02:28	New York Rangers	Matthew Barnaby	Unsportsmanlike conduct	2
3rd	02:28	New York Rangers	Mikael Samuelsson	Roughing	2
3rd	14:21	Columbus Blue Jackets	Luke Richardson	Tripping	2
3rd	15:54	Columbus Blue Jackets	Matt Davidson	Closing hand on puck	2
3rd	19:28	New York Rangers	Dale Purinton	Unsportsmanlike conduct	2
3rd	19:43	New York Rangers	Darius Kasparaitis	High sticking	2
3rd	19:57	Columbus Blue Jackets	Jody Shelley	Slashing	2
3rd	19:57	Columbus Blue Jackets	Jody Shelley	Misconduct (misconduct)	10
3rd	19:57	New York Rangers	Vladimir Malakhov	Misconduct (misconduct)	10
3rd	20:00	Columbus Blue Jackets	Tyler Wright	Fighting (major)	5
3rd	20:00	Columbus Blue Jackets	Tyler Wright	Misconduct (misconduct)	10
3rd	20:00	Columbus Blue Jackets	Grant Marshall	Fighting (major)	5
3rd	20:00	Columbus Blue Jackets	Derrick Walser	Misconduct (misconduct)	10
3rd	20:00	New York Rangers	Sandy McCarthy	Instigator	2
3rd	20:00	New York Rangers	Sandy McCarthy	Fighting (major)	5
3rd	20:00	New York Rangers	Sandy McCarthy	Misconduct (misconduct)	10
3rd	20:00	New York Rangers	Sandy McCarthy	Game misconduct (game misconduct)	10
3rd	20:00	New York Rangers	Matthew Barnaby	Misconduct (misconduct)	10
3rd	20:00	New York Rangers	Krzysztof Oliwa	Cross checking	2
3rd	20:00	New York Rangers	Krzysztof Oliwa	Instigator	2
3rd	20:00	New York Rangers	Krzysztof Oliwa	Fighting (major)	5
3rd	20:00	New York Rangers	Krzysztof Oliwa	Misconduct (misconduct)	10

Game information

New York Rangers head coach: Bryan Trottier
Columbus Blue Jackets head coach: Dave King
Referees: Kerry Fraser, Tim Peel
Linesmen: Ryan Galloway, Andy McElman
New York Rangers scratches: Bobby Holik, Dixon Ward, Dave Karpa, Gordie Dwyer, Richard Lintner, Roman Lyashenko, Mike Mottau, Rico Fata, Jason LaBarbera, Jamie Lundmark
Columbus Blue Jackets scratches: Kevin Dineen, Espen Knutsen, Jamie Allison, David Ling, Kent McDonell, Darrel Scoville, Paul Manning, Mathieu Darche, Blake Bellefeuille, Andrej Nedorost, Duvie Westcott, Lasse Pirjeta

2002-2003 season series

Every New York Rangers and Columbus Blue Jackets game in the 2002-2003 season
Matchup	Status	Details
New York Rangers 3 at Columbus Blue Jackets 6	Final	Game page: New York Rangers at Columbus Blue Jackets, Sat, Nov 9, 2002
Columbus Blue Jackets 3 at New York Rangers 5	Final	Game page: Columbus Blue Jackets at New York Rangers, Tue, Dec 3, 2002

Other NHL games on Nov 9

Other NHL games on Saturday, November 9, 2002
Matchup	Status	Details
Ottawa Senators 1 at Boston Bruins 7	Final	Game page: Ottawa Senators at Boston Bruins, Sat, Nov 9, 2002
Atlanta Thrashers 6 at Buffalo Sabres 4	Final	Game page: Atlanta Thrashers at Buffalo Sabres, Sat, Nov 9, 2002
Los Angeles Kings 1 at Montreal Canadiens 3	Final	Game page: Los Angeles Kings at Montreal Canadiens, Sat, Nov 9, 2002
Philadelphia Flyers 1 at Washington Capitals 4	Final	Game page: Philadelphia Flyers at Washington Capitals, Sat, Nov 9, 2002
Pittsburgh Penguins 2 at Carolina Hurricanes 3	Final	Game page: Pittsburgh Penguins at Carolina Hurricanes, Sat, Nov 9, 2002
Toronto Maple Leafs 3 at St. Louis Blues 6	Final	Game page: Toronto Maple Leafs at St. Louis Blues, Sat, Nov 9, 2002
Edmonton Oilers 6 at New Jersey Devils 3	Final	Game page: Edmonton Oilers at New Jersey Devils, Sat, Nov 9, 2002
Chicago Blackhawks 3 at Tampa Bay Lightning 2	Final/OT	Game page: Chicago Blackhawks at Tampa Bay Lightning, Sat, Nov 9, 2002
Calgary Flames 0 at Florida Panthers 3	Final	Game page: Calgary Flames at Florida Panthers, Sat, Nov 9, 2002
Vancouver Canucks 5 at Phoenix Coyotes 2	Final	Game page: Vancouver Canucks at Phoenix Coyotes, Sat, Nov 9, 2002
Minnesota Wild 4 at San Jose Sharks 2	Final	Game page: Minnesota Wild at San Jose Sharks, Sat, Nov 9, 2002