⚡ Away Lightning 10-13-2 before this game
0–1
Final
🗽 Home Rangers 18-9-1 before this game
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
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NYR 0011

Lightning at Rangers

Rangers beat Lightning 1–0 at Madison Square Garden on December 2, 2001.

🗓 Sun, Dec 2, 2001 · 18:00 CST 📍 Madison Square Garden, New York 🏒 2001-02 🔁 Season series tied 1–1 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🗽 NYR
Brian Leetch
1 G
3 shots · 21:58 TOI · +1
2nd star 🗽 NYR
Mike York
1 A
5 shots · 17:56 TOI · +1

🚨 Scoring

1 goal · in order
3rd period
🗽 Brian Leetch Go-ahead 3rd · 07:03
Assists: Mike York · beat Nikolai Khabibulin
0–1

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
⚡TBL NYR🗽
20 Shots on goal 27
12 Hits 23
30 Blocked shots 16
7 Takeaways 8
4 Giveaways 11
12 Penalty minutes 10
TBL shooting 0.0% (0/20) NYR shooting 3.7% (1/27)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
⚡Lightning
Nikolai Khabibulin
26/27
.963 SV% · 1 GA · 59:30 TOI
🗽Rangers
Mike Richter Shutout
20/20
1.000 SV% · 0 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Lightning
Lightning — tied after 1st: 10-13-2 (40% win rate, 25 games)
Rangers
Rangers — tied after 1st: 18-9-1 (64% win rate, 28 games)
After 2nd — 0–0
Lightning
Lightning — tied after 2nd: 10-13-2 (40% win rate, 25 games)
Rangers
Rangers — tied after 2nd: 18-9-1 (64% win rate, 28 games)

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
⚡Lightning
L1 Lecavalier · Taylor · Clymer 19:26
L2 Olvestad · Richards · St. Louis 17:52
L3 Prospal · Ylonen · Barnaby 16:32
L4 Andreychuk · Dwyer 6:04
D1 Kubina · Neckar 23:06
D2 Pratt · Cullimore 19:20
D3 Ledyard · Sarich 15:28
D4 Goc 1:43
🗽Rangers
L1 Johansson · Nedved · Lindros 20:18
L2 Dvorak · Fleury · Samuelsson 18:49
L3 York · Ciger · Messier 17:56
L4 McKenna · McCarthy 3:00
D1 Leetch · Malakhov 21:22
D2 Berard · Van Impe 18:34
D3 Karpa · Kloucek 15:20
D4 Purinton 6:47

⚔️ Last meetings

Season series tied 1–1 Full head-to-head →
Oct 20, 2001
🗽NYR @ ⚡TBL
2–5 · Lightning won
Apr 5, 2001
🗽NYR @ ⚡TBL
4–3 (OT) · Rangers won
Feb 17, 2001
🗽NYR @ ⚡TBL
5–4 · Rangers won
Nov 1, 2000
⚡TBL @ 🗽NYR
1–6 · Rangers won
Oct 22, 2000
⚡TBL @ 🗽NYR
4–2 · Lightning won

❓ TBL vs NYR, answered

Who won Lightning vs Rangers on December 2, 2001?

Rangers won 1–0.

What was the final score of Lightning vs Rangers?

The final score was Lightning 0, Rangers 1.

Who scored for Rangers?

Brian Leetch.

How did the Lightning goalie play?

Nikolai Khabibulin made 26 saves on 27 shots (.963 save percentage).

How did the Rangers goalie play?

Mike Richter made 20 saves on 20 shots (1.000 save percentage) for a shutout.

Where is Lightning vs Rangers played?

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

What is the Lightning vs Rangers season series?

Season series tied 1–1 after 2 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
⚡Lightning
Previous game · Dec 1
⚡TBL @ 🔔PHI
0–2 · PHI won
Next game · Dec 4
⚡TBL @ 😈NJD
1–1 · TBL won
🗽Rangers
Previous game · Dec 1
🗽NYR @ 🇨🇦MTL
3–1 · NYR won
Next game · Dec 4
🗽NYR @ 🦅WSH
2–5 · WSH won
Also on December 2, 2001
🦅WSH @ 🌪️CAR
4–3 final
🎵STL @ 🌲MIN
4–4 final
🐯NSH @ 🦆ANA
2–4 final
⭐DAL @ 🐋VAN
4–2 final
Lightning season page Rangers season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule