🏝️ Away Islanders 18-9-6 before this game
2–1
Final
🗽 Home Rangers 21-13-3 before this game
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Islanders at Rangers

Islanders beat Rangers 2–1 at Madison Square Garden on December 21, 2001.

🗓 Fri, Dec 21, 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 🏝️ NYI
Mats Lindgren
1 G
2 shots · 11:41 TOI · +1
2nd star 🏝️ NYI
Michael Peca
1 G
2 shots · 18:30 TOI
3rd star 🏝️ NYI
Adrian Aucoin
1 A
4 shots · 28:44 TOI

🚨 Scoring

3 goals · in order
1st period
🏝️ Mats Lindgren Go-ahead 1st · 01:12
Assists: Dave Scatchard, Dick Tarnstrom · beat Mike Richter
1–0
🗽 Eric Lindros PP Tying 1st · 02:32
Assists: Brian Leetch, Theo Fleury · beat Chris Osgood
1–1
🏝️ Michael Peca PP Go-ahead 1st · 15:58
Assists: Adrian Aucoin, Mariusz Czerkawski · beat Mike Richter
2–1

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🏝️NYI NYR🗽
30 Shots on goal 29
1/2 Power play (goals / chances) 1/3
21 Hits 29
22 Blocked shots 20
6 Takeaways 8
6 Giveaways 12
13 Penalty minutes 11
NYI shooting 6.7% (2/30) NYR shooting 3.4% (1/29)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🏝️Islanders
Chris Osgood
28/29
.966 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI
🗽Rangers
Mike Richter
28/30
.933 SV% · 2 GA · 58:46 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 2–1
Islanders
Islanders: no games found in this situation this year.
Rangers
Rangers: no games found in this situation this year.
After 2nd — 2–1
Islanders
Islanders: no games found in this situation this year.
Rangers
Rangers: no games found in this situation this year.

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🏝️Islanders
L1 Peca · Bates · Yashin 18:25
L2 Isbister · Parrish · Czerkawski 16:10
L3 Blake · Kvasha · Scatchard 13:02
L4 Lapointe · Lindgren · Webb 11:41
D1 Aucoin · Jonsson 27:40
D2 Hamrlik · Kiprusoff 22:50
D3 Tarnstrom · Cairns 9:26
🗽Rangers
L1 York · Nedved · Fleury 21:19
L2 Lindros · Dvorak · Barnaby 18:53
L3 Johansson · Toms · Samuelsson 15:19
L4 McKenna · Malhotra · McCarthy 5:21
D1 Leetch · Malakhov 24:32
D2 Berard · Lefebvre 17:48
D3 Karpa · Ulanov 15:44

⚔️ Last meetings

Season series tied 1–1 Full head-to-head →
Nov 8, 2001
🗽NYR @ 🏝️NYI
6–2 · Rangers won
Mar 29, 2001
🗽NYR @ 🏝️NYI
6–4 · Rangers won
Mar 28, 2001
🏝️NYI @ 🗽NYR
2–4 · Rangers won
Mar 5, 2001
🏝️NYI @ 🗽NYR
5–2 · Islanders won
Jan 26, 2001
🏝️NYI @ 🗽NYR
3–2 · Islanders won

❓ NYI vs NYR, answered

Who won Islanders vs Rangers on December 21, 2001?

Islanders won 2–1.

What was the final score of Islanders vs Rangers?

The final score was Islanders 2, Rangers 1.

Who scored for Islanders?

Mats Lindgren, Michael Peca.

Who scored for Rangers?

Eric Lindros.

How did the Islanders goalie play?

Chris Osgood made 28 saves on 29 shots (.966 save percentage).

How did the Rangers goalie play?

Mike Richter made 28 saves on 30 shots (.933 save percentage).

Where is Islanders vs Rangers played?

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

What is the Islanders 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
🏝️Islanders
Previous game · Dec 18
🛢️EDM @ 🏝️NYI
1–4 · NYI won
Next game · Dec 22
🐻BOS @ 🏝️NYI
4–2 · BOS won
🗽Rangers
Previous game · Dec 19
😈NJD @ 🗽NYR
2–2 · NJD won
Next game · Dec 23
🏛️OTT @ 🗽NYR
2–3 · NYR won
Also on December 21, 2001
🍁TOR @ ⚔️BUF
3–3 final
🐦ATL @ 🌪️CAR
4–5 final
🦅WSH @ 🐧PIT
3–4 final
🎵STL @ ⚡TBL
3–4 final
🦈SJS @ 🐙DET
0–3 final
🛢️EDM @ 🪶CHI
1–5 final
🔥CGY @ 🏔️COL
2–2 final
🌵PHX @ 🦆ANA
1–2 final
Islanders season page Rangers season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule