3–1

Final

🇨🇦 Home Canadiens 13-8-3 before this game

Scoring	1st	2nd	3rd	F
NYR	1	1	1	3
MTL	0	1	0	1

Rangers at Canadiens

Rangers beat Canadiens 3–1 at Bell Centre on December 1, 2001.

🗓 Sat, Dec 1, 2001 · 18:00 CST 📍 Bell Centre, Montréal 🏒 2001-02 🔁 Rangers lead the season series 3–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🗽 NYR

Mike York

2 G

5 shots · 22:40 TOI · +2

2nd star 🗽 NYR

Zdeno Ciger

1 G

2 shots · 11:42 TOI · +1

3rd star 🗽 NYR

Theo Fleury

1 A

4 shots · 25:44 TOI · +2

4rd star 🗽 NYR

Dan Blackburn

45 saves

0.978 SV% · 1 GA

🚨 Scoring

4 goals · in order

1st period

🗽 Zdeno Ciger Go-ahead 1st · 05:04

Assists: Radek Dvorak, Petr Nedved · beat Jose Theodore

1–0

2nd period

🇨🇦 Yanic Perreault PP Tying 2nd · 12:43

Assists: Donald Audette, Brian Savage · beat Dan Blackburn

1–1

🗽 Mike York Go-ahead 2nd · 13:51

Assists: Eric Lindros, Theo Fleury · beat Jose Theodore

2–1

3rd period

🗽 Mike York Empty net 3rd · 19:29

Assists: Vladimir Malakhov

3–1

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🗽NYR MTL🇨🇦

28 Shots on goal 46

0/2 Power play (goals / chances) 1/4

15 Hits 14

27 Blocked shots 10

17 Takeaways 10

32 Giveaways 18

21 Penalty minutes 4

NYR shooting 10.7% (3/28) MTL shooting 2.2% (1/46)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🗽Rangers

Dan Blackburn

45/46

.978 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI

🇨🇦Canadiens

Jose Theodore

25/27

.926 SV% · 2 GA · 59:23 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 1–0

Rangers

Rangers: no games found in this situation this year.

Canadiens

Canadiens: no games found in this situation this year.

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 · Fleury 22:40

L2 Messier · Nedved · Samuelsson 17:20

L3 Johansson · Ciger · Dvorak 15:24

L4 Toms · McKenna · McCarthy 1:44

D1 Leetch · Malakhov 24:30

D2 Berard · Karpa 22:12

D3 Van Impe · Kloucek 12:22

🇨🇦Canadiens

L1 Savage · Perreault · Dackell 21:54

L2 Kilger · Petrov · Audette 18:50

L3 Gilmour · Van Allen · Zednik 14:55

L4 Poulin · Bulis 5:48

D1 Brisebois · Dykhuis 21:42

D2 Robidas · Markov 17:24

D3 Souray · Rivet 15:54

D4 Quintal 9:38

⚔️ Last meetings

Rangers lead the season series 3–0 Full head-to-head →

Nov 11, 2001

🇨🇦MTL @ 🗽NYR

2–3 (OT) · Rangers won

2–2 (OT) · Rangers won

Nov 4, 2000

🗽NYR @ 🇨🇦MTL

5–2 · Rangers won

❓ NYR vs MTL, answered

Who won Rangers vs Canadiens on December 1, 2001?

Rangers won 3–1.

What was the final score of Rangers vs Canadiens?

The final score was Rangers 3, Canadiens 1.

Who scored for Rangers?

Mike York (2), Zdeno Ciger.

Who scored for Canadiens?

Yanic Perreault.

How did the Rangers goalie play?

Dan Blackburn made 45 saves on 46 shots (.978 save percentage).

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Jose Theodore made 25 saves on 27 shots (.926 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 3–0 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

🗽Rangers

Previous game · Nov 29

🇨🇦Canadiens

Previous game · Nov 29

Also on December 1, 2001

Rangers season page Canadiens season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule