🏝️ Away Islanders 21-40-4 before this game

5–2

Final

Scoring	1st	2nd	3rd	F
NYI	1	3	1	5
NYR	0	1	1	2

Islanders at Rangers

Islanders beat Rangers 5–2 at Madison Square Garden on March 5, 2001.

🗓 Mon, Mar 5, 2001 · 18:00 CST 📍 Madison Square Garden, New York 🏒 2000-01 🔁 Islanders lead the season series 2–1 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🏝️ NYI

Mariusz Czerkawski

1 G, 2 A

7 shots · 15:31 TOI · +1

2nd star 🏝️ NYI

Jason Blake

1 G, 1 A

5 shots · 17:16 TOI · +2

3rd star 🏝️ NYI

Kenny Jonsson

1 G, 1 A

3 shots · 25:06 TOI

4rd star 🏝️ NYI

John Vanbiesbrouck

40 saves

0.952 SV% · 2 GA

🚨 Scoring

7 goals · in order

1st period

🏝️ Mariusz Czerkawski PP Go-ahead 1st · 11:52

Assists: Kenny Jonsson, Tim Connolly · beat Vitali Yeremeyev

1–0

2nd period

🏝️ Jason Blake SH 2nd · 05:17

Assists: Claude Lapointe · beat Vitali Yeremeyev

2–0

🏝️ Bill Muckalt 2nd · 06:27

Assists: Dave Scatchard, Jason Blake · beat Vitali Yeremeyev

3–0

🏝️ Juraj Kolnik 2nd · 06:42

Assists: Mariusz Czerkawski · beat Vitali Yeremeyev

4–0

🗽 Brian Leetch PP 2nd · 19:13

Assists: Petr Nedved, Valeri Kamensky · beat John Vanbiesbrouck

4–1

3rd period

🗽 Sandy McCarthy 3rd · 05:42

Assists: Mike York, Colin Forbes · beat John Vanbiesbrouck

4–2

🏝️ Kenny Jonsson 3rd · 18:56

Assists: Mariusz Czerkawski, Claude Lapointe · beat Vitali Yeremeyev

5–2

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🏝️NYI NYR🗽

34 Shots on goal 42

1/5 Power play (goals / chances) 1/8

15 Hits 21

21 Blocked shots 8

16 Takeaways 17

3 Giveaways 25

16 Penalty minutes 10

NYI shooting 14.7% (5/34) NYR shooting 4.8% (2/42)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🏝️Islanders

John Vanbiesbrouck

40/42

.952 SV% · 2 GA · 60:00 TOI

🗽Rangers

Vitali Yeremeyev

29/34

.853 SV% · 5 GA · 59:58 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 1–0

Islanders

Islanders: no games found in this situation this year.

Rangers

Rangers: no games found in this situation this year.

After 2nd — 4–1

Islanders

Islanders: no games found in this situation this year.

Rangers

Rangers: no games found in this situation this year.

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

🏝️Islanders

L1 Lapointe · Connolly · Scatchard 19:55

L2 Blake · Martins · Czerkawski 15:31

L3 Pyatt · Muckalt · Lawrence 11:44

L4 Berube · Kvasha · Kolnik 6:54

D1 Hamrlik · Jonsson 26:30

D2 Chara · Cairns 21:11

D3 Mezei · Biron 12:44

🗽Rangers

L1 York · Nedved · Messier 21:46

L2 Hlavac · Graves · Dvorak 20:16

L3 Kamensky · Forbes · McCarthy 13:23

L4 Toms · Malhotra · Ulmer 6:41

D1 Leetch · Johnsson 25:37

D2 Kloucek · Pilon 16:23

D3 Lefebvre · Purinton 12:00

⚔️ Last meetings

Islanders lead the season series 2–1 Full head-to-head →

4–3 (OT) · Rangers won

❓ NYI vs NYR, answered

Who won Islanders vs Rangers on March 5, 2001?

Islanders won 5–2.

What was the final score of Islanders vs Rangers?

The final score was Islanders 5, Rangers 2.

Who scored for Islanders?

Bill Muckalt, Jason Blake, Juraj Kolnik, Kenny Jonsson, Mariusz Czerkawski.

Who scored for Rangers?

Brian Leetch, Sandy McCarthy.

How did the Islanders goalie play?

John Vanbiesbrouck made 40 saves on 42 shots (.952 save percentage).

How did the Rangers goalie play?

Vitali Yeremeyev made 29 saves on 34 shots (.853 save percentage).

Where is Islanders vs Rangers played?

At Madison Square Garden in New York, the Rangers home rink.

What is the Islanders vs Rangers season series?

Islanders lead the season series 2–1 after 3 games.

Have a different question? Ask the Oracle — it answers from this season's box scores.

🧭 Around this game

Each team's schedule either side of it

🏝️Islanders

Previous game · Mar 3

🗽Rangers

Previous game · Mar 4

Also on March 5, 2001

🐻BOS @ 🔔PHI

4–6 final

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