🗽 Away Rangers 4-2-0 before this game
4–3
Final
🐦 Home Thrashers 1-1-2 before this game
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
NYR 1124
ATL 1113

Rangers at Thrashers

Rangers beat Thrashers 4–3 on October 19, 2001.

🗓 Fri, Oct 19, 2001 · 18:30 CDT 🏒 2001-02 🔁 Rangers lead the season series 1–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🗽 NYR
Petr Nedved
1 G
5 shots · 19:35 TOI · -1
2nd star 🗽 NYR
Mark Messier
1 G
3 shots · 14:42 TOI
3rd star 🗽 NYR
Mike York
1 G
3 shots · 18:25 TOI · +2
4rd star 🗽 NYR
Dan Blackburn
32 saves
0.914 SV% · 3 GA

🚨 Scoring

7 goals · in order
1st period
🐦 Ilya Kovalchuk Go-ahead 1st · 10:44
Assists: Daniel Tjarnqvist · beat Dan Blackburn
0–1
🗽 Mark Messier Tying 1st · 16:08
Assists: Sandy McCarthy, Bryan Berard · beat Damian Rhodes
1–1
2nd period
🐦 Ray Ferraro Go-ahead 2nd · 07:04
Assists: Brian Pothier, Tomi Kallio · beat Dan Blackburn
1–2
🗽 Eric Lindros Tying 2nd · 13:00
Assists: Dave Karpa · beat Damian Rhodes
2–2
3rd period
🗽 Petr Nedved Go-ahead 3rd · 02:29
Assists: Peter Smrek · beat Damian Rhodes
3–2
🗽 Mike York 3rd · 06:17
Assists: Theo Fleury, Vladimir Malakhov · beat Damian Rhodes
4–2
🐦 Dany Heatley 3rd · 11:23
Unassisted · beat Dan Blackburn
4–3

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🗽NYR ATL🐦
43 Shots on goal 35
15 Hits 15
9 Blocked shots 14
7 Takeaways 5
7 Giveaways 11
10 Penalty minutes 8
NYR shooting 9.3% (4/43) ATL shooting 8.6% (3/35)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🗽Rangers
Dan Blackburn
32/35
.914 SV% · 3 GA · 60:00 TOI
🐦Thrashers
Damian Rhodes
39/43
.907 SV% · 4 GA · 58:37 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–1
Rangers
Rangers — tied after 1st: 4-2 (67% win rate, 6 games)
Thrashers
Thrashers — tied after 1st: 1-1-2 (25% win rate, 4 games)
After 2nd — 2–2
Rangers
Rangers — tied after 2nd: 4-2 (67% win rate, 6 games)
Thrashers
Thrashers — tied after 2nd: 1-1-2 (25% win rate, 4 games)

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🗽Rangers
L1 Lindros · Fleury · Dvorak 23:18
L2 York · Ciger · Nedved 18:25
L3 Johansson · Messier · McCarthy 13:04
L4 Heisten · Malhotra 6:04
D1 Leetch · Malakhov 23:43
D2 Berard · Karpa 18:55
D3 Van Impe · Smrek 14:09
D4 Kloucek 6:19
🐦Thrashers
L1 Kovalchuk · Heatley · Hrkac 18:52
L2 Domenichelli · Corkum · Ferraro 16:50
L3 Svartvadet · Kallio · Piros 14:16
L4 Karlsson · Donovan · Odgers 9:51
D1 Slegr · Pothier 24:09
D2 Kaberle · Tremblay 21:18
D3 Tjarnqvist · Tamer 13:25

⚔️ Last meetings

Rangers lead the season series 1–0 Full head-to-head →
Apr 1, 2001
🗽NYR @ 🐦ATL
4–2 · Rangers won
Jan 29, 2001
🐦ATL @ 🗽NYR
7–2 · Thrashers won
Dec 28, 2000
🐦ATL @ 🗽NYR
4–1 · Thrashers won
Oct 7, 2000
🗽NYR @ 🐦ATL
2–1 · Rangers won
Feb 3, 2000
🗽NYR @ 🐦ATL
6–3 · Rangers won

❓ NYR vs ATL, answered

Who won Rangers vs Thrashers on October 19, 2001?

Rangers won 4–3.

What was the final score of Rangers vs Thrashers?

The final score was Rangers 4, Thrashers 3.

Who scored for Rangers?

Eric Lindros, Mark Messier, Mike York, Petr Nedved.

Who scored for Thrashers?

Dany Heatley, Ilya Kovalchuk, Ray Ferraro.

How did the Rangers goalie play?

Dan Blackburn made 32 saves on 35 shots (.914 save percentage).

How did the Thrashers goalie play?

Damian Rhodes made 39 saves on 43 shots (.907 save percentage).

What is the Rangers vs Thrashers 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 17
😈NJD @ 🗽NYR
3–4 · NYR won
Next game · Oct 20
🗽NYR @ ⚡TBL
2–5 · TBL won
🐦Thrashers
Previous game · Oct 16
🔔PHI @ 🐦ATL
3–3 · PHI won
Next game · Oct 20
🐦ATL @ 🌪️CAR
1–2 · CAR won
Also on October 19, 2001
🧥CBJ @ ⚔️BUF
3–1 final
🇨🇦MTL @ 🦅WSH
1–4 final
🎵STL @ 🌲MIN
3–2 final
Rangers season page Thrashers season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule