🐦 Away Thrashers 18-42-11 before this game
5–2
Final
🗽 Home Rangers 33-33-6 before this game
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
ATL 1315
NYR 0022

Thrashers at Rangers

Thrashers beat Rangers 5–2 at Madison Square Garden on March 22, 2002.

🗓 Fri, Mar 22, 2002 · 18:00 CST 📍 Madison Square Garden, New York 🏒 2001-02 🔁 Rangers lead the season series 3–1 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🐦 ATL
Tony Hrkac
2 G
3 shots · 15:12 TOI · +1
2nd star 🐦 ATL
Dan Snyder
1 G, 1 A
2 shots · 13:32 TOI · +1
3rd star 🐦 ATL
Lubos Bartecko
2 A
4 shots · 15:27 TOI · +1
4rd star 🐦 ATL
Frederic Cassivi
33 saves
0.943 SV% · 2 GA

🚨 Scoring

7 goals · in order
1st period
🐦 Tomi Kallio Go-ahead 1st · 16:28
Assists: Pascal Rheaume, Jeff Odgers · beat Dan Blackburn
1–0
2nd period
🐦 Tony Hrkac PP 2nd · 03:36
Assists: Yannick Tremblay, Lubos Bartecko · beat Dan Blackburn
2–0
🐦 Jeff Cowan 2nd · 05:34
Assists: Per Svartvadet, Dan Snyder · beat Dan Blackburn
3–0
🐦 Dan Snyder 2nd · 17:06
Assists: Per Svartvadet, Daniel Tjarnqvist · beat Dan Blackburn
4–0
3rd period
🗽 Eric Lindros 3rd · 00:47
Assists: Theo Fleury, Pavel Bure · beat Frederic Cassivi
4–1
🐦 Tony Hrkac 3rd · 01:22
Assists: Lubos Bartecko, Dany Heatley · beat Dan Blackburn
5–1
🗽 Pavel Bure 3rd · 14:18
Assists: Tom Poti, Eric Lindros · beat Frederic Cassivi
5–2

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🐦ATL NYR🗽
33 Shots on goal 35
1/5 Power play (goals / chances) 0/3
11 Hits 14
15 Blocked shots 11
8 Takeaways 9
9 Giveaways 22
24 Penalty minutes 28
ATL shooting 15.2% (5/33) NYR shooting 5.7% (2/35)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐦Thrashers
Frederic Cassivi
33/35
.943 SV% · 2 GA · 60:00 TOI
🗽Rangers
Dan Blackburn
26/31
.839 SV% · 5 GA · 57:36 TOI
Mike Richter Shutout
2/2
1.000 SV% · 0 GA · 02:20 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–0
Thrashers
Thrashers: no games found in this situation this year.
Rangers
Rangers: no games found in this situation this year.
After 2nd — 4–0
Thrashers
Thrashers: no games found in this situation this year.
Rangers
Rangers: no games found in this situation this year.

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🐦Thrashers
L1 Heatley · Stefan · Vigier 17:09
L2 Bartecko · Hrkac · Svartvadet 15:12
L3 Rheaume · Kallio · Piros 14:04
L4 Cowan · Snyder · Odgers 11:46
D1 Pothier · Tjarnqvist 21:31
D2 Tremblay · Tamer 19:22
D3 Sutton · Reirden 17:10
🗽Rangers
L1 Lindros · Bure · Fleury 24:02
L2 Murray · Johansson · Nedved 16:16
L3 Rucinsky · Grosek · McCarthy 9:56
L4 Lyashenko · Samuelsson · Barnaby 7:35
D1 Leetch · Poti 23:48
D2 Berard · Karpa 19:12
D3 Lefebvre · Malakhov 16:32

⚔️ Last meetings

Rangers lead the season series 3–1 Full head-to-head →
Feb 8, 2002
🗽NYR @ 🐦ATL
2–1 · Rangers won
Nov 18, 2001
🐦ATL @ 🗽NYR
2–6 · Rangers won
Oct 19, 2001
🗽NYR @ 🐦ATL
4–3 · Rangers won
Apr 1, 2001
🗽NYR @ 🐦ATL
4–2 · Rangers won
Jan 29, 2001
🐦ATL @ 🗽NYR
7–2 · Thrashers won

❓ ATL vs NYR, answered

Who won Thrashers vs Rangers on March 22, 2002?

Thrashers won 5–2.

What was the final score of Thrashers vs Rangers?

The final score was Thrashers 5, Rangers 2.

Who scored for Thrashers?

Tony Hrkac (2), Dan Snyder, Jeff Cowan, Tomi Kallio.

Who scored for Rangers?

Eric Lindros, Pavel Bure.

How did the Thrashers goalie play?

Frederic Cassivi made 33 saves on 35 shots (.943 save percentage).

How did the Rangers goalie play?

Dan Blackburn made 26 saves on 31 shots (.839 save percentage).

Where is Thrashers vs Rangers played?

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

What is the Thrashers vs Rangers season series?

Rangers lead the season series 3–1 after 4 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
🐦Thrashers
Previous game · Mar 20
🐦ATL @ ⚡TBL
2–4 · TBL won
Next game · Mar 23
🐦ATL @ 🏛️OTT
3–2 · ATL won
🗽Rangers
Previous game · Mar 21
🗽NYR @ 🏛️OTT
5–2 · NYR won
Next game · Mar 25
🗽NYR @ 🏝️NYI
2–4 · NYI won
Also on March 22, 2002
🇨🇦MTL @ ⚡TBL
3–3 final
🦆ANA @ 🎵STL
2–3 final
🌵PHX @ ⭐DAL
3–4 final
Thrashers season page Rangers season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule