🗽 Away Rangers 2-2-0 before this game
2–1
Final
🇨🇦 Home Canadiens 4-0-1 before this game
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
NYR 1102
MTL 1001

Rangers at Canadiens

Rangers beat Canadiens 2–1 at Bell Centre on October 15, 2001.

🗓 Mon, Oct 15, 2001 · 18:30 CDT 📍 Bell Centre, Montréal 🏒 2001-02 🔁 Rangers lead the season series 1–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🗽 NYR
Radek Dvorak
1 G
5 shots · 20:55 TOI · +1
2nd star 🗽 NYR
Theo Fleury
1 G
3 shots · 18:54 TOI · +1
3rd star 🗽 NYR
Mike York
1 A
4 shots · 23:38 TOI · +1

🚨 Scoring

3 goals · in order
1st period
🇨🇦 Sheldon Souray PP Go-ahead 1st · 10:30
Assists: Brian Savage, Patrice Brisebois · beat Dan Blackburn
0–1
🗽 Theo Fleury Tying 1st · 16:08
Assists: Mike York, Brian Leetch · beat Jose Theodore
1–1
2nd period
🗽 Radek Dvorak Go-ahead 2nd · 04:57
Assists: Petr Nedved, Zdeno Ciger · beat Jose Theodore
2–1

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🗽NYR MTL🇨🇦
29 Shots on goal 23
0/6 Power play (goals / chances) 1/7
23 Hits 15
14 Blocked shots 13
14 Takeaways 8
19 Giveaways 12
14 Penalty minutes 12
NYR shooting 6.9% (2/29) MTL shooting 4.3% (1/23)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🗽Rangers
Dan Blackburn
22/23
.957 SV% · 1 GA · 59:55 TOI
🇨🇦Canadiens
Jose Theodore
27/29
.931 SV% · 2 GA · 59:16 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–1
Rangers
Rangers — tied after 1st: 2-2 (50% win rate, 4 games)
Canadiens
Canadiens — tied after 1st: 4-0-1 (80% win rate, 5 games)
After 2nd — 2–1
Rangers
Rangers: no games found in this situation this year.
Canadiens
Canadiens: no games found in this situation this year.

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🗽Rangers
L1 York · Lindros · Dvorak 20:55
L2 Ciger · Nedved · Fleury 18:54
L3 Johansson · Heisten · McCarthy 10:48
L4 Fata · Grosek · Malhotra 4:41
D1 Malakhov · Leetch 25:58
D2 Berard · Van Impe 20:24
D3 Karpa · Smrek 13:49
🇨🇦Canadiens
L1 Juneau · Perreault · Dackell 17:59
L2 Savage · Rucinsky · Zednik 16:38
L3 Brunet · Bulis · Petrov 15:58
L4 Kilger · Poulin · Odjick 4:21
D1 Brisebois · Souray 24:51
D2 Robidas · Rivet 18:28
D3 Dykhuis · Quintal 16:08

⚔️ Last meetings

Rangers lead the season series 1–0 Full head-to-head →
Jan 31, 2001
🇨🇦MTL @ 🗽NYR
2–4 · Rangers won
Jan 20, 2001
🗽NYR @ 🇨🇦MTL
2–2 (OT) · Rangers won
Nov 4, 2000
🗽NYR @ 🇨🇦MTL
5–2 · Rangers won
Oct 11, 2000
🇨🇦MTL @ 🗽NYR
1–3 · Rangers won
Apr 5, 2000
🇨🇦MTL @ 🗽NYR
3–0 · Canadiens won

❓ NYR vs MTL, answered

Who won Rangers vs Canadiens on October 15, 2001?

Rangers won 2–1.

What was the final score of Rangers vs Canadiens?

The final score was Rangers 2, Canadiens 1.

Who scored for Rangers?

Radek Dvorak, Theo Fleury.

Who scored for Canadiens?

Sheldon Souray.

How did the Rangers goalie play?

Dan Blackburn made 22 saves on 23 shots (.957 save percentage).

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Jose Theodore made 27 saves on 29 shots (.931 save percentage).

Where is Rangers vs Canadiens played?

At Bell Centre in Montréal, the Canadiens home rink.

What is the Rangers vs Canadiens season series?

Rangers lead the season series 1–0 after 1 game.

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
🗽Rangers
Previous game · Oct 13
🗽NYR @ 🏛️OTT
2–2 · NYR won
Next game · Oct 17
😈NJD @ 🗽NYR
3–4 · NYR won
🇨🇦Canadiens
Previous game · Oct 13
😈NJD @ 🇨🇦MTL
1–3 · MTL won
Next game · Oct 19
🇨🇦MTL @ 🦅WSH
1–4 · WSH won
Rangers season page Canadiens season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule