🐆 Away Panthers 11-17-3 before this game
2–4
Final
🗽 Home Rangers 20-13-2 before this game
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Panthers at Rangers

Rangers beat Panthers 4–2 at Madison Square Garden on December 17, 2001.

🗓 Mon, Dec 17, 2001 · 18:00 CST 📍 Madison Square Garden, New York 🏒 2001-02 🔁 Rangers lead the season series 2–1 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🗽 NYR
Petr Nedved
2 G
7 shots · 23:58 TOI
2nd star 🗽 NYR
Andreas Johansson
1 G, 1 A
3 shots · 25:07 TOI · +3
3rd star 🗽 NYR
Mark Messier
1 G, 1 A
2 shots · 22:50 TOI · +1

🚨 Scoring

6 goals · in order
1st period
🐆 Lance Ward Go-ahead 1st · 03:37
Assists: Bill Lindsay, Pavel Bure · beat Dan Blackburn
1–0
🐆 Denis Shvidki 1st · 05:02
Assists: Ivan Novoseltsev, Paul Laus · beat Dan Blackburn
2–0
2nd period
🗽 Andreas Johansson 2nd · 05:55
Assists: Mike York, Mark Messier · beat Roberto Luongo
2–1
🗽 Petr Nedved PP Tying 2nd · 08:55
Assists: Bryan Berard, Radek Dvorak · beat Roberto Luongo
2–2
3rd period
🗽 Mark Messier Go-ahead 3rd · 13:57
Assists: Andreas Johansson, Brian Leetch · beat Roberto Luongo
2–3
🗽 Petr Nedved 3rd · 15:33
Assists: Radek Dvorak, Bryan Berard · beat Roberto Luongo
2–4

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🐆FLA NYR🗽
16 Shots on goal 38
0/4 Power play (goals / chances) 1/10
28 Hits 26
20 Blocked shots 8
5 Takeaways 7
13 Giveaways 11
46 Penalty minutes 55
FLA shooting 12.5% (2/16) NYR shooting 10.5% (4/38)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐆Panthers
Roberto Luongo
34/38
.895 SV% · 4 GA · 60:00 TOI
🗽Rangers
Dan Blackburn
14/16
.875 SV% · 2 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 2–0
Panthers
Panthers: no games found in this situation this year.
Rangers
Rangers: no games found in this situation this year.
After 2nd — 2–2
Panthers
Panthers — tied after 2nd: 11-17-3 (35% win rate, 31 games)
Rangers
Rangers — tied after 2nd: 20-13-2 (57% win rate, 35 games)

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🐆Panthers
L1 Jokinen · Bure · Ward 24:16
L2 Nilson · Wiemer · Adams 16:19
L3 Worrell · Hagman · Novoseltsev 15:01
L4 Lindsay · Johnson · Shvidki 7:18
L5 Tetarenko 3:19
D1 Svehla · Hedican 27:24
D2 Ference · Laus 15:12
D3 Pitlick 7:46
🗽Rangers
L1 Johansson · Nedved · Messier 23:58
L2 York · Dvorak · Barnaby 19:37
L3 McKenna · Malhotra · Samuelsson 12:15
L4 Fleury · McCarthy 1:42
D1 Leetch · Malakhov 26:25
D2 Ulanov · Berard 18:52
D3 Karpa · Lefebvre 13:52
D4 Purinton 3:24

⚔️ Last meetings

Rangers lead the season series 2–1 Full head-to-head →
Nov 3, 2001
🗽NYR @ 🐆FLA
5–3 · Rangers won
Oct 31, 2001
🐆FLA @ 🗽NYR
3–1 · Panthers won
Apr 7, 2001
🗽NYR @ 🐆FLA
0–3 · Panthers won
Feb 28, 2001
🐆FLA @ 🗽NYR
2–4 · Rangers won
Feb 9, 2001
🗽NYR @ 🐆FLA
4–2 · Rangers won

❓ FLA vs NYR, answered

Who won Panthers vs Rangers on December 17, 2001?

Rangers won 4–2.

What was the final score of Panthers vs Rangers?

The final score was Panthers 2, Rangers 4.

Who scored for Panthers?

Denis Shvidki, Lance Ward.

Who scored for Rangers?

Petr Nedved (2), Andreas Johansson, Mark Messier.

How did the Panthers goalie play?

Roberto Luongo made 34 saves on 38 shots (.895 save percentage).

How did the Rangers goalie play?

Dan Blackburn made 14 saves on 16 shots (.875 save percentage).

Where is Panthers vs Rangers played?

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

What is the Panthers vs Rangers season series?

Rangers lead the season series 2–1 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
🐆Panthers
Previous game · Dec 15
🐆FLA @ 🏝️NYI
3–1 · FLA won
Next game · Dec 19
🦅WSH @ 🐆FLA
2–5 · FLA won
🗽Rangers
Previous game · Dec 15
⚔️BUF @ 🗽NYR
2–4 · NYR won
Next game · Dec 19
😈NJD @ 🗽NYR
2–2 · NJD won
Also on December 17, 2001
⚡TBL @ 🇨🇦MTL
4–3 final
🪶CHI @ 🐙DET
2–0 final
🦈SJS @ ⭐DAL
4–1 final
🧥CBJ @ 🌵PHX
1–4 final
Panthers season page Rangers season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule