Wednesday, October 9, 2002 · RBC Center
Rangers 4 at Hurricanes 1
Final
Three Stars
By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.
Scoring
1st Period
No scoring
2nd Period
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7:24
Mark Messier (1) Tom Poti (1), Brian Leetch (1) · Tip-in NYR 1 – 0 CAR
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10:25
Mark Messier (2) PPG Eric Lindros (1), Tom Poti (2) · Wrist NYR 2 – 0 CAR
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16:46
Petr Nedved (1) Sandy McCarthy (1), Brian Leetch (2) · Slap NYR 3 – 0 CAR
3rd Period
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5:42
Petr Nedved (2) Eric Lindros (2) · Snap NYR 4 – 0 CAR
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16:19
Rod Brind'Amour (1) Bates Battaglia (1) · Tip-in NYR 4 – 1 CAR
New York Rangers
| Player | G | A | SOG | HIT | +/- | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Petr Nedved C | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +2 | 22:07 | 1.95 |
| Brian Leetch D | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | +1 | 27:37 | 1.85 |
| Mark Messier C | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +1 | 20:15 | 1.73 |
| Tom Poti D | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 26:32 | 1.48 |
| Eric Lindros C | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22:21 | 1.10 |
| Sandy McCarthy R | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 6:41 | 0.70 |
| Rem Murray L | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +1 | 11:24 | 0.38 |
| Radek Dvorak R | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 15:04 | 0.22 |
| Mikael Samuelsson R | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9:41 | 0.22 |
| Vladimir Malakhov D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 24:11 | 0.22 |
| Dixon Ward L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 7:40 | 0.15 |
| Bobby Holik C | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 19:51 | 0.15 |
| Jamie Lundmark C | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12:41 | 0.08 |
| Krzysztof Oliwa L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2:50 | 0.00 |
| Darius Kasparaitis D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 22:45 | 0.00 |
| Dale Purinton D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9:37 | -0.30 |
| Sylvain Lefebvre D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10:10 | -0.30 |
| Matthew Barnaby R | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 8:17 | -1.28 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Richter | W | 21 | 20 | 1 | .952 | 60:00 | 1.25 |
Carolina Hurricanes
| Player | G | A | SOG | HIT | +/- | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bates Battaglia L | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | +1 | 15:09 | 0.78 |
| Rod Brind'Amour C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 22:44 | 0.60 |
| Tommy Vestlund L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 8:45 | 0.15 |
| Kevyn Adams C | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6:00 | 0.08 |
| Sami Kapanen R | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | -2 | 19:22 | 0.08 |
| David Tanabe D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18:35 | 0.08 |
| Niclas Wallin D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 15:04 | 0.00 |
| Sean Hill D | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -1 | 21:01 | 0.00 |
| Jeff Daniels L | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 10:36 | -0.08 |
| Erik Cole L | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 14:36 | -0.08 |
| Aaron Ward D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 20:24 | -0.08 |
| Jaroslav Svoboda L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 13:50 | -0.15 |
| Glen Wesley D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 12:27 | -0.22 |
| Ron Francis C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 19:32 | -0.30 |
| Josef Vasicek C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 14:46 | -0.30 |
| Jeff O'Neill C | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -2 | 19:59 | -0.30 |
| Bret Hedican D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 24:05 | -0.30 |
| Darren Langdon L | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5:29 | -0.37 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arturs Irbe | L | 28 | 24 | 4 | .857 | 59:36 | -0.60 |