🗽 Away Rangers 5-5-0 before this game
2–1
Final / OT
🐻 Home Bruins 7-3-0 before this game
Scoring 1st2nd3rdOTF
NYR 01012
BOS 00101

Rangers at Bruins

Rangers beat Bruins 2–1 in overtime at TD Garden on October 27, 2001.

🗓 Sat, Oct 27, 2001 · 18:00 CDT 📍 TD Garden, Boston 🏒 2001-02 🔁 Rangers lead the season series 1–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🗽 NYR
Theo Fleury
1 G
2 shots · 20:13 TOI · +1
2nd star 🗽 NYR
Andreas Johansson
1 G
1 shots · 14:46 TOI · +1
3rd star 🗽 NYR
Eric Lindros
1 A
4 shots · 26:52 TOI · +2
4rd star 🗽 NYR
Mike Richter
45 saves
0.978 SV% · 1 GA

🚨 Scoring

3 goals · in order
2nd period
🗽 Andreas Johansson Go-ahead 2nd · 03:28
Assists: Mark Messier · beat Byron Dafoe
1–0
3rd period
🐻 Sergei Samsonov PP Tying 3rd · 15:01
Assists: Brian Rolston, Joe Thornton · beat Mike Richter
1–1
Overtime
🗽 Theo Fleury Go-ahead OT · 04:35
Assists: Brian Leetch, Eric Lindros · beat Byron Dafoe
2–1

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🗽NYR BOS🐻
28 Shots on goal 46
0/6 Power play (goals / chances) 1/4
17 Hits 24
20 Blocked shots 9
8 Takeaways 8
7 Giveaways 12
10 Penalty minutes 14
NYR shooting 7.1% (2/28) BOS shooting 2.2% (1/46)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🗽Rangers
Mike Richter
45/46
.978 SV% · 1 GA · 64:35 TOI
🐻Bruins
Byron Dafoe
26/28
.929 SV% · 2 GA · 64:35 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Rangers
Rangers — tied after 1st: 5-5 (50% win rate, 10 games)
Bruins
Bruins — tied after 1st: 7-3 (70% win rate, 10 games)
After 2nd — 1–0
Rangers
Rangers: no games found in this situation this year.
Bruins
Bruins: no games found in this situation this year.

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🗽Rangers
L1 Lindros · Nedved · Dvorak 23:30
L2 Ciger · Messier · Fleury 19:19
L3 York · Johansson · McCarthy 14:46
L4 Malhotra · Scott 5:24
D1 Leetch · Malakhov 26:10
D2 Berard · Ulanov 22:19
D3 Kloucek · Van Impe 11:10
D4 Purinton 7:18
🐻Bruins
L1 Stumpel · Thornton · Lapointe 22:47
L2 Samsonov · Guerin · Murray 20:46
L3 Pellerin · Rolston · Knuble 11:21
L4 Axelsson · Nazarov · Emmons 3:08
D1 Gill · O'Donnell 25:36
D2 Sweeney · Boynton 20:29
D3 Rivers · Kultanen 14:00

⚔️ Last meetings

Rangers lead the season series 1–0 Full head-to-head →
Mar 25, 2001
🐻BOS @ 🗽NYR
3–2 · Bruins won
Jan 13, 2001
🗽NYR @ 🐻BOS
1–4 · Bruins won
Dec 9, 2000
🗽NYR @ 🐻BOS
4–6 · Bruins won
Oct 29, 2000
🐻BOS @ 🗽NYR
1–5 · Rangers won
Apr 1, 2000
🗽NYR @ 🐻BOS
2–2 (OT) · Rangers won

❓ NYR vs BOS, answered

Who won Rangers vs Bruins on October 27, 2001?

Rangers won 2–1 in overtime.

What was the final score of Rangers vs Bruins?

The final score was Rangers 2, Bruins 1, in overtime.

Who scored for Rangers?

Andreas Johansson, Theo Fleury.

Who scored for Bruins?

Sergei Samsonov.

How did the Rangers goalie play?

Mike Richter made 45 saves on 46 shots (.978 save percentage).

How did the Bruins goalie play?

Byron Dafoe made 26 saves on 28 shots (.929 save percentage).

Where is Rangers vs Bruins played?

At TD Garden in Boston, the Bruins home rink.

What is the Rangers vs Bruins 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 25
🗽NYR @ 🎵STL
1–5 · STL won
Next game · Oct 29
⭐DAL @ 🗽NYR
2–4 · NYR won
🐻Bruins
Previous game · Oct 25
🍁TOR @ 🐻BOS
1–2 · BOS won
Next game · Oct 28
🐻BOS @ 🪶CHI
3–3 · BOS won
Also on October 27, 2001
🏔️COL @ 🌵PHX
0–1 final
🐧PIT @ 🍁TOR
0–4 final
🔔PHI @ 🇨🇦MTL
5–1 final
🎵STL @ 🏛️OTT
1–4 final
⚡TBL @ 🐦ATL
3–4 final
⚔️BUF @ 😈NJD
1–3 final
🐙DET @ 🐯NSH
1–0 final
🌲MIN @ 🔥CGY
2–4 final
Rangers season page Bruins season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule