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12.12.2001


Buffalo Sabres 3 , Boston Bruins 2
Shots: 29 - 21
PP: 1 of 2 (4 shots), Passing:70/78=89 %, Challenges:35/56=61 %
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:58/76=76 %, Challenges:34/43=77 %
Attendance: 17465 of 18595 (HSBC Arena)
Ticket income: 822601 Match televised: Yes


BOXSCORE OF THE GAME
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06:54 1-0 Alexei Zhitnik [6])PP
13:39 1-1 Bill Guerin [11] (Sergei Samsonov, Joe Thornton)
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29:01 2-1 Curtis Brown [10] (Tim Connolly, Sheldon Souray)
32:36 3-1 Curtis Brown [11] (Jason Woolley, Sheldon Souray)
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58:31 3-2 Joe Thornton [9] (Bill Guerin, Sergei Samsonov)
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Penalty summary:
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00:11 Kyle McLaren (2 min for roughing)
00:11 Alexei Zhitnik (2 min for roughing)
05:31 Lee Goren (2 min for boarding)
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44:34 Martin Lapointe (2 min for tripping)
59:26 Chris Gratton (5 min for fighting)
59:26 Bill Guerin (5 min for fighting)
59:46 Maxim Afinogenov (5 min for fighting)
59:46 Martin Lapointe (5 min for fighting)
59:46 Maxim Afinogenov (10 min game misconduct)
59:46 Martin Lapointe (10 min game misconduct)
59:46 Erik Rasmussen (5 min for fighting)
59:46 Jozef Stumpel (5 min for fighting)
59:46 Erik Rasmussen (10 min game misconduct)
59:46 Jozef Stumpel (10 min game misconduct)
59:46 Brenden Morrow (5 min for fighting)
59:46 Rob Zamuner (5 min for fighting)
59:46 Brenden Morrow (10 min game misconduct)
59:46 Rob Zamuner (10 min game misconduct)
59:46 Richard Smehlik (5 min for fighting)
59:46 Don Sweeney (5 min for fighting)
59:46 Richard Smehlik (10 min game misconduct)
59:46 Don Sweeney (10 min game misconduct)
59:46 Rhett Warrener (2 min for roughing)
59:46 Hal Gill (2 min for roughing)
59:46 Byron Dafoe (2 min for goalie leaving crease)
59:46 Martin Biron (2 min for goalie leaving crease)
59:46 Martin Biron (5 min for fighting)
59:46 Byron Dafoe (5 min for fighting)
59:46 Martin Biron (10 min game misconduct)
59:46 Byron Dafoe (10 min game misconduct)
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Buffalo Sabres scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Vaclav Varada 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8.50 6
R Maxim Afinogenov 0 0 1 0 0 0 15 0 12.50 6
R Tim Connolly 0 1 2 3 4 1 0 2 17.40 7
R Nils Ekman 0 0 4 0 2 0 0 -2 19.40 7
C Erik Rasmussen 0 0 0 1 1 1 15 0 9.10 6
C Chris Gratton 0 0 1 0 1 0 5 0 11.20 6
C Curtis Brown 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 20.00 8
C Stu Barnes 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 -1 19.30 6
L Eric Boulton 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 9.20 6
L Brenden Morrow 0 0 2 1 2 1 15 0 12.20 6
L Slava Kozlov 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 1 20.00 7
L Miroslav Satan 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 -1 19.50 7
D Richard Smehlik 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0 13.10 6
D Sheldon Souray 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 20.30 7
D Jay McKee 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 -1 26.20 6
D Rhett Warrener 0 0 0 5 2 3 2 0 11.40 8
D Jason Woolley 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 1 20.40 7
D Alexei Zhitnik 1 0 2 0 4 1 2 -1 27.10 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Martin Biron 2 0 19 17 0 59.50 8
G Mika Noronen 0 0 0 0 0 0.10 5

Boston Bruins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Lee Goren 0 0 1 1 0 1 2 0 7.50 5
R Martin Lapointe 0 0 2 3 4 4 17 0 16.00 6
R Brian Rolston 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 -1 14.40 7
R Bill Guerin 1 1 5 8 0 5 5 1 19.20 10
C Nikolai Antropov 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8.10 5
C Andy Hilbert 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 13.20 4
C Jozef Stumpel 0 0 2 1 0 0 15 -1 17.00 5
C Joe Thornton 1 1 3 1 0 0 0 1 19.20 8
L Benoit Hogue 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 8.10 5
L Per-Johan Axelsson 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 15.30 7
L Rob Zamuner 0 0 0 1 0 0 15 -2 18.40 6
L Sergei Samsonov 0 2 4 0 1 0 0 2 18.40 8
D Shaone Morrisonn 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 13.20 6
D Don Sweeney 0 0 0 0 1 0 15 -1 20.40 5
D Nick Boynton 0 0 1 3 0 2 0 1 25.00 8
D Jamie Rivers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14.10 6
D Hal Gill 0 0 0 3 0 2 2 -1 21.30 7
D Kyle McLaren 0 0 2 1 1 1 2 1 25.20 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Byron Dafoe 3 0 26 17 0 59.00 7
G John Grahame 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 7

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Curtis Brown
2nd star: Bill Guerin
3rd star: Joe Thornton

Notes for Buffalo Sabres:
-Curtis Brown scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Nils Ekman had his 6 game point streak snapped.
-Sheldon Souray ended his 5 game point drought.

Notes for Boston Bruins:
-Joe Thornton ended his 7 game goal drought.

Other notes:
-Bill Guerin beat Chris Gratton in a fight.
-Martin Lapointe beat Maxim Afinogenov in a fight.
-Erik Rasmussen beat Jozef Stumpel in a fight.
-Brenden Morrow beat Rob Zamuner in a fight.
-Don Sweeney beat Richard Smehlik in a fight.
-Martin Biron beat Byron Dafoe in a fight.

Farm game result:
Rochester Americans 2( 16) , Providence Bruins 5( 28)
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0-1 PRO Eric Manlow (Jay Henderson)
0-2 PRO Jon Coleman (Mike Hall)
0-3 PRO Jon Coleman (Jonathan Girard, Eric Manlow)
1-3 ROC Ales Kotalik (Jean-Francois Jomphe)
1-4 PRO Tony Tuzzolino (John Emmons, Greg Crozier)
1-5 PRO Mattias Karlin (Jay Henderson)
2-5 ROC Christian Matte (Quinn Hancock )

Goalies: Ryan Miller - Andrew Raycroft




12.12.2001


Pittsburgh Penguins 3 , Washington Capitals 4
Shots: 34 - 23
PP: 0 of 1 (6 shots), Passing:61/79=77 %, Challenges:42/46=89 %
PP: 0 of 1 (2 shots), Passing:65/75=86 %, Challenges:35/46=74 %
Attendance: 16958 of 16958 (Mellon Arena)
Ticket income: 769893 Match televised: Yes


BOXSCORE OF THE GAME
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02:25 1-0 Alexei Kovalev [16] (Robert Lang, Mario Lemieux)
13:15 1-1 Jaromir Jagr [17] (Steve Konowalchuk, Frantisek Kucera)
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29:52 1-2 Sergei Gonchar [4] (Calle Johansson, Adam Oates)
32:25 1-3 Jeff Halpern [3] (Ken Klee, Brendan Witt)
39:28 2-3 Mario Lemieux [15] (Aleksey Morozov, Martin Straka)
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48:09 2-4 Jeff Halpern [4] (Steve Konowalchuk, Stephen Peat)
50:48 3-4 Mario Lemieux [16] (Aleksey Morozov, Darius Kasparaitis)
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Penalty summary:
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09:17 Wayne Primeau (5 min for fighting)
09:17 Stephen Peat (5 min for fighting)
15:14 Ryan Malone (2 min for tripping)
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51:54 Stephen Peat (2 min for cross-checking)
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Pittsburgh Penguins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Toby Petersen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9.50 6
R Tom Kostopoulos 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -2 14.30 7
R Alexei Kovalev 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 -1 16.40 8
R Aleksey Morozov 0 2 1 2 1 0 0 2 19.00 6
C Wayne Primeau 0 0 1 1 0 1 5 0 6.50 6
L Jason Blake 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 -2 16.30 7
C Robert Lang 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 -1 16.20 8
C Mario Lemieux 2 1 9 0 0 0 0 2 20.20 10
L Krzysztof Oliwa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7.50 6
L Ryan Malone 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 -2 14.30 6
L Kris Beech 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1 15.00 6
L Martin Straka 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 2 20.40 8
D Josef Melichar 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 -2 17.30 6
D Ian Moran 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 -1 15.10 6
D Darius Kasparaitis 0 1 2 5 0 5 0 2 24.50 9
D Michal Roszival 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 -2 20.00 5
D Brooks Orpik 0 0 2 3 0 1 0 -1 18.30 7
D Andrew Ference 0 0 1 2 1 2 0 2 24.00 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Johan Hedberg 4 0 19 0 0 58.00 5
G Jean-Sebastien Aubin 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Washington Capitals scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Joe Sacco 0 0 2 2 2 2 0 0 5.40 6
R Stephen Peat 0 1 2 0 0 0 7 2 15.00 7
R Ulf Dahlen 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 -3 19.10 4
R Jaromir Jagr 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 2 18.00 10
C Glen Metropolit 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 5.40 6
C Jeff Halpern 2 0 3 0 1 0 0 3 17.50 8
C Andrei Nikolishin 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 -3 18.30 5
C Adam Oates 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 18.00 7
L Chris Simon 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5.40 5
L Steve Konowalchuk 0 2 1 2 1 1 0 3 17.50 8
R Dmitri Khristich 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -3 18.30 6
L Peter Bondra 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 1 18.00 8
D Ken Klee 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 3 16.30 7
D Brendan Witt 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 -3 20.10 6
D Calle Johansson 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 23.30 8
D Frantisek Kucera 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 3 16.30 7
D Sylvain Cote 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -3 21.20 6
D Sergei Gonchar 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 1 22.00 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Olaf Kolzig 3 0 31 0 0 60.00 9
G Craig Billington 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Jeff Halpern
2nd star: Mario Lemieux
3rd star: Jaromir Jagr

Notes for Pittsburgh Penguins:
-Mario Lemieux scored his 15th goal of the season.

Notes for Washington Capitals:
-Frantisek Kucera notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Adam Oates scored the 1300th point of his career.
-Jeff Halpern finally ended his 14 game goal drought.
-Brendan Witt ended his 6 game point drought.
-Sergei Gonchar finally ended his 11 game goal drought.

Other notes:
-Stephen Peat beat Wayne Primeau in a fight.

Farm game result:
Wilkes-Barre Penguins 6( 34) , Portland Pirates 0( 12)
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1-0 WIL Jan Fadrny (Shane Endicott)
2-0 WIL Randy Robitaille (Ross Lupaschuk, Alexander Zevakhin)
3-0 WIL Tomas Surovy (Milan Kraft)
4-0 WIL Milan Kraft (Robert Dome)
5-0 WIL Robert Scuderi
6-0 WIL Tomas Surovy (Milan Kraft)

Goalies: Robbie Tallas - Corey Hirsch




12.12.2001


St. Louis Blues 1 , Philadelphia Flyers 3
Shots: 22 - 17
PP: 0 of 2 (5 shots), Passing:69/85=81 %, Challenges:30/48=61 %
PP: 0 of 1 (0 shots), Passing:71/84=84 %, Challenges:23/45=50 %
Attendance: 19260 of 19260 (Kiel Center)
Ticket income: 889812 Match televised: Yes


BOXSCORE OF THE GAME
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no scoring
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27:21 0-1 John LeClair [15] (Mark Recchi)
32:53 1-1 Scott Mellanby [1] (Daniel Corso, Cory Stillman)
39:33 1-2 Jeremy Roenick [15] (John LeClair, Eric Desjardins)
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58:51 1-3 Rick Tocchet [5] (Justin Williams) EN
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Penalty summary:
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10:38 Marc Bergevin (2 min for holding the stick)
19:55 Yves Sarault (2 min for high-sticking)
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23:39 Jamal Mayers (5 min for fighting)
23:39 Luke Richardson (5 min for fighting)
31:08 Donald Brashear (5 min for fighting)
31:08 Tyson Nash (5 min for fighting)
34:23 Luke Richardson (2 min for roughing)
34:23 Chris Pronger (2 min for roughing)
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52:36 Yves Sarault (2 min for slashing)
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St. Louis Blues scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Eric Nickulas 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 10.40 6
R Scott Mellanby 1 0 2 1 2 2 0 1 12.50 8
R Scott Young 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 -2 16.10 6
R Pavol Demitra 0 0 5 0 2 0 0 -1 20.20 6
C Mike Eastwood 0 0 1 3 0 3 0 0 9.20 7
C Daniel Corso 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 12.10 6
C Cory Stillman 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 -1 15.20 6
C Doug Weight 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 -2 21.10 6
L Tyson Nash 0 0 1 0 2 0 5 0 10.30 5
L Jamal Mayers 0 0 3 3 3 3 5 1 12.00 7
L Shayne Corson 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 -1 16.50 6
L Keith Tkachuk 0 0 5 1 2 1 0 -2 20.40 7
D Marc Bergevin 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 15.50 6
D Alexander Khavanov 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -1 15.00 5
D Al MacInnis 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 -2 29.10 6
D Rich Pilon 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 15.20 6
D Bryce Salvador 0 0 0 3 1 1 0 -1 15.50 7
D Chris Pronger 0 0 0 8 0 7 2 -2 28.50 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Tom Barrasso 3 0 14 0 0 59.00 5
G Brent Johnson 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Philadelphia Flyers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Kent Manderville 0 0 0 1 3 1 0 0 6.50 5
R Yves Sarault 0 0 1 0 3 0 4 0 14.00 4
R Rick Tocchet 1 0 1 6 0 3 0 0 17.20 10
R Mark Recchi 0 1 2 1 5 0 0 2 17.40 6
C Marty Murray 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 6.50 6
C Jiri Dopita 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 14.00 7
C Keith Primeau 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 20.30 7
C Jeremy Roenick 1 0 5 0 2 0 0 2 20.50 7
L Donald Brashear 0 0 0 1 0 1 5 0 7.30 6
L Paul Ranheim 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 13.40 6
L Justin Williams 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 17.50 6
L John LeClair 1 1 4 1 1 0 0 2 18.50 8
D Kim Johnsson 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 14.00 5
D Chris Therien 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 21.50 6
D Dan McGillis 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 24.10 7
D Luke Richardson 0 0 0 1 2 1 7 0 17.10 6
D Eric Weinrich 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 20.10 7
D Eric Desjardins 0 1 1 3 0 3 0 2 22.40 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Roman Cechmanek 1 0 21 0 0 60.00 9
G Brian Boucher 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Rick Tocchet
2nd star: John LeClair
3rd star: Roman Cechmanek

Notes for St. Louis Blues:
-Scott Mellanby finally ended his 30 game goal drought.

Notes for Philadelphia Flyers:
-John LeClair scored his 15th goal of the season.
-Mark Recchi notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Jeremy Roenick scored his 15th goal of the season.

Other notes:
-Luke Richardson beat Jamal Mayers in a fight.
-Donald Brashear beat Tyson Nash in a fight.

Farm game result:
Worcester Icecats 3( 39) , Philadelphia Phantoms 0( 11)
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1-0 WOR Mike Van Ryn (Eric Boguniecki, Greg Davis)
2-0 WOR Mark Rycroft (Justin Papineau)
3-0 WOR Greg Davis (Mike Van Ryn, Eric Boguniecki)

Goalies: Fred Brathwaite - Maxime Ouellet




12.12.2001


Los Angeles Kings 1 , New York Rangers 3
Shots: 24 - 25
PP: 0 of 1 (2 shots), Passing:63/83=75 %, Challenges:44/58=74 %
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:67/78=85 %, Challenges:26/44=57 %
Attendance: 9743 of 18500 (Staples Center)
Ticket income: 485202 Match televised: No


BOXSCORE OF THE GAME
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no scoring
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26:49 0-1 Mike York [7] (Radek Dvorak, Igor Ulanov)
36:03 0-2 Radek Dvorak [5] (Theoren Fleury, Bryan Berard)
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47:41 0-3 Mike York [8] (Radek Dvorak, Igor Ulanov)
56:12 1-3 Vladimir Tsyplakov [8] (Derian Hatcher, Jaroslav Modry)
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Penalty summary:
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01:08 Theoren Fleury (2 min for high-sticking)
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Los Angeles Kings scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Kelly Buchberger 0 0 2 4 1 4 0 0 11.20 8
R Rob Valicevic 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 12.50 7
R Nelson Emerson 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -1 16.00 6
R Zigmund Palffy 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 -1 19.30 7
C Steve Kelly 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 10.20 6
C Eric Belanger 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 -1 12.50 5
C Jason Allison 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 15.20 7
C Bryan Smolinski 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 -2 20.30 4
L Ken Belanger 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 12.20 7
L Sandy Moger 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 -1 12.50 5
L Vladimir Tsyplakov 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 16.20 7
L Adam Deadmarsh 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 -1 19.30 7
D Mattias Norstrom 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 -1 13.10 6
D Derian Hatcher 0 1 1 3 0 3 0 1 18.50 8
D Mathieu Schneider 0 0 1 4 1 1 0 -1 28.20 7
D Lubomir Visnovsky 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 -1 12.50 6
D Jaroslav Modry 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 17.50 8
D Garry Galley 0 0 3 2 0 2 0 -1 29.20 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Stephane Fiset 3 0 22 0 0 60.00 6
G Jamie Storr 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

New York Rangers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Arron Asham 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 -1 12.40 5
R Oleg Petrov 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 12.10 6
R Radek Dvorak 1 2 3 1 2 0 0 3 14.10 9
R Theoren Fleury 0 1 3 2 0 0 2 0 19.10 8
C Trent Whitfield 0 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 11.20 6
C Doug Gilmour 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -1 12.30 5
C Mike York 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 17.40 8
C Eric Lindros 0 0 2 3 0 3 0 0 18.30 8
L Matthew Barnaby 0 0 1 3 3 3 0 0 11.20 6
L Manny Malhotra 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 -1 14.40 6
L Michal Grosek 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 3 15.50 7
L Petr Nedved 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 17.10 5
D Sylvain Lefebvre 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 -1 12.30 5
D Igor Ulanov 0 2 1 2 2 1 0 3 20.50 7
D Bryan Berard 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 26.40 8
D Mike Mottau 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 13.40 4
D Vladimir Malakhov 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 3 21.10 7
D Brian Leetch 0 0 1 3 2 1 0 0 25.10 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Mike Richter 1 0 23 0 0 60.00 9
G Dan Blackburn 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Radek Dvorak
2nd star: Mike York
3rd star: Mike Richter

Notes for Los Angeles Kings:
-Derian Hatcher ended his 5 game point drought.

Notes for New York Rangers:
-Radek Dvorak notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Mike York finally ended his 14 game goal drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Manchester Monarchs 3( 14) , Hartford Wolfpack 0( 16)
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1-0 Josef Marha (Rich Brennan, Mikko Eloranta)
2-0 Cody Bowtell (Dan Riva)
3-0 Tomas Zizka (Jaroslav Bednar)

Goalies: Christobal Huet - Johan Holmqvist