🗽 Away Rangers 24-16-3 before this game
2–3
Final / OT
🏔️ Home Avalanche 25-15-2 before this game
Scoring 1st2nd3rdOTF
NYR 00202
COL 11013

Rangers at Avalanche

Avalanche beat Rangers 3–2 in overtime at Ball Arena on January 3, 2002.

🗓 Thu, Jan 3, 2002 · 21:00 CST 📍 Ball Arena, Denver 🏒 2001-02 🔁 Season series tied 1–1 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🏔️ COL
Rob Blake
1 G, 2 A
3 shots · 28:54 TOI
2nd star 🏔️ COL
Milan Hejduk
1 G, 1 A
5 shots · 18:41 TOI
3rd star 🗽 NYR
Mike York
1 G, 1 A
4 shots · 21:10 TOI · +1
4rd star 🏔️ COL
David Aebischer
35 saves
0.946 SV% · 2 GA

🚨 Scoring

5 goals · in order
1st period
🏔️ Milan Hejduk PP Go-ahead 1st · 04:47
Assists: Joe Sakic, Rob Blake · beat Mike Richter
0–1
2nd period
🏔️ Chris Drury 2nd · 05:03
Assists: Rob Blake · beat Mike Richter
0–2
3rd period
🗽 Andreas Johansson 3rd · 14:02
Assists: Mikael Samuelsson, Mike York · beat David Aebischer
1–2
🗽 Mike York Tying 3rd · 15:47
Assists: Mikael Samuelsson, Bryan Berard · beat David Aebischer
2–2
Overtime
🏔️ Rob Blake PP Go-ahead OT · 01:41
Assists: Milan Hejduk, Martin Skoula · beat Mike Richter
2–3

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🗽NYR COL🏔️
37 Shots on goal 32
0/3 Power play (goals / chances) 2/3
34 Hits 32
20 Blocked shots 23
16 Takeaways 17
9 Giveaways 5
6 Penalty minutes 6
NYR shooting 5.4% (2/37) COL shooting 9.4% (3/32)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🗽Rangers
Mike Richter
29/32
.906 SV% · 3 GA · 61:40 TOI
🏔️Avalanche
David Aebischer
35/37
.946 SV% · 2 GA · 61:36 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–1
Rangers
Rangers: no games found in this situation this year.
Avalanche
Avalanche: no games found in this situation this year.
After 2nd — 0–2
Rangers
Rangers: no games found in this situation this year.
Avalanche
Avalanche: no games found in this situation this year.

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🗽Rangers
L1 York · Nedved · Fleury 22:16
L2 Johansson · Dvorak · Samuelsson 18:12
L3 Toms · Barnaby · McCarthy 12:07
L4 McKenna · Malhotra 9:04
D1 Leetch · Malakhov 26:38
D2 Berard · Lefebvre 19:45
D3 Karpa · Kloucek 15:18
D4 Purinton 3:42
🏔️Avalanche
L1 Sakic · Reinprecht · Hejduk 18:41
L2 Messier · Hinote · Willsie 17:10
L3 Nieminen · Yelle · Drury 15:07
L4 Nedorost · Moore · Parker 6:39
D1 Blake · De Vries 27:02
D2 Skoula · Trepanier 21:27
D3 Gill · Berry 12:43

⚔️ Last meetings

Season series tied 1–1 Full head-to-head →
Nov 20, 2001
🏔️COL @ 🗽NYR
3–5 · Rangers won
Dec 3, 2000
🏔️COL @ 🗽NYR
6–3 · Avalanche won
Feb 18, 2000
🏔️COL @ 🗽NYR
4–2 · Avalanche won
Nov 5, 1999
🗽NYR @ 🏔️COL
1–4 · Avalanche won
Dec 31, 1998
🗽NYR @ 🏔️COL
6–3 · Rangers won

❓ NYR vs COL, answered

Who won Rangers vs Avalanche on January 3, 2002?

Avalanche won 3–2 in overtime.

What was the final score of Rangers vs Avalanche?

The final score was Rangers 2, Avalanche 3, in overtime.

Who scored for Rangers?

Andreas Johansson, Mike York.

Who scored for Avalanche?

Chris Drury, Milan Hejduk, Rob Blake.

How did the Rangers goalie play?

Mike Richter made 29 saves on 32 shots (.906 save percentage).

How did the Avalanche goalie play?

David Aebischer made 35 saves on 37 shots (.946 save percentage).

Where is Rangers vs Avalanche played?

At Ball Arena in Denver, the Avalanche home rink.

What is the Rangers vs Avalanche 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
🗽Rangers
Previous game · Jan 2
🗽NYR @ 🛢️EDM
1–4 · EDM won
Next game · Jan 5
🗽NYR @ 🐧PIT
1–4 · PIT won
🏔️Avalanche
Previous game · Jan 1
🏔️COL @ 🐯NSH
4–4 · COL won
Next game · Jan 5
🏔️COL @ 🐙DET
1–3 · DET won
Also on January 3, 2002
🍁TOR @ 🐻BOS
2–1 final
🦅WSH @ 🏛️OTT
1–4 final
🐯NSH @ 😈NJD
4–3 final
🐧PIT @ 🏝️NYI
2–4 final
🧥CBJ @ 🎵STL
2–4 final
⚔️BUF @ 🔥CGY
1–3 final
🐦ATL @ 🌵PHX
1–2 final
🇨🇦MTL @ 🐋VAN
2–5 final
Rangers season page Avalanche season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule