🇨🇦 Away Canadiens
4–1
Final
🗽 Home Rangers 1-0-0 before this game
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NYR 1001

Canadiens at Rangers

Canadiens beat Rangers 4–1 at Madison Square Garden on October 11, 2002.

🗓 Fri, Oct 11, 2002 · 18:00 CDT 📍 Madison Square Garden, New York 🏒 2002-03 🔁 Canadiens lead the season series 1–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🇨🇦 MTL
Yanic Perreault
1 G, 1 A
5 shots · 16:58 TOI
2nd star 🇨🇦 MTL
Oleg Petrov
2 A
1 shots · 14:05 TOI · +2
3rd star 🇨🇦 MTL
Richard Zednik
1 G
5 shots · 20:20 TOI · +1

🚨 Scoring

5 goals · in order
1st period
🗽 Mikael Samuelsson Go-ahead 1st · 08:56
Unassisted
0–1
2nd period
🇨🇦 Richard Zednik Tying 2nd · 01:45
Assists: Stephane Quintal, Oleg Petrov
1–1
🇨🇦 Joe Juneau Go-ahead 2nd · 09:07
Assists: Oleg Petrov, Yanic Perreault
2–1
🇨🇦 Yanic Perreault PP 2nd · 12:39
Assists: Andrei Markov, Patrice Brisebois
3–1
3rd period
🇨🇦 Mariusz Czerkawski Empty net 3rd · 19:56
Assists: Chad Kilger
4–1

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🇨🇦MTL NYR🗽
26 Shots on goal 21
1/7 Power play (goals / chances) 0/4
1 Hits 3
8 Penalty minutes 14
MTL shooting 15.4% (4/26) NYR shooting 4.8% (1/21)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🇨🇦Canadiens
Jose Theodore
20/21
.952 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI
🗽Rangers
Mike Richter
22/25
.880 SV% · 3 GA · 59:01 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–1
Canadiens
Canadiens: no games found in this situation this year.
Rangers
Rangers: no games found in this situation this year.
After 2nd — 3–1
Canadiens
Canadiens: no games found in this situation this year.
Rangers
Rangers: no games found in this situation this year.

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🇨🇦Canadiens
L1 Koivu · Zednik · Dackell 19:23
L2 Gilmour · Perreault · Audette 17:07
L3 Juneau · Czerkawski · Petrov 15:42
L4 Kilger · Lindsay · Bulis 5:26
D1 Rivet · Brisebois 23:05
D2 Quintal · Dykhuis 19:26
D3 Hainsey · Markov 17:06
🗽Rangers
L1 Messier · Lindros · Nedved 20:51
L2 Murray · Holik · Lundmark 17:00
L3 Samuelsson · Dvorak · Barnaby 14:54
L4 Ward · Oliwa · McCarthy 2:35
D1 Leetch · Poti 27:29
D2 Malakhov · Kasparaitis 22:41
D3 Lefebvre · Purinton 9:53

⚔️ Last meetings

Canadiens lead the season series 1–0 Full head-to-head →
Mar 11, 2002
🇨🇦MTL @ 🗽NYR
1–2 · Rangers won
Dec 1, 2001
🗽NYR @ 🇨🇦MTL
3–1 · Rangers won
Nov 11, 2001
🇨🇦MTL @ 🗽NYR
2–3 (OT) · Rangers won
Oct 15, 2001
🗽NYR @ 🇨🇦MTL
2–1 · Rangers won
Jan 31, 2001
🇨🇦MTL @ 🗽NYR
2–4 · Rangers won

❓ MTL vs NYR, answered

Who won Canadiens vs Rangers on October 11, 2002?

Canadiens won 4–1.

What was the final score of Canadiens vs Rangers?

The final score was Canadiens 4, Rangers 1.

Who scored for Canadiens?

Joe Juneau, Mariusz Czerkawski, Richard Zednik, Yanic Perreault.

Who scored for Rangers?

Mikael Samuelsson.

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Jose Theodore made 20 saves on 21 shots (.952 save percentage).

How did the Rangers goalie play?

Mike Richter made 22 saves on 25 shots (.880 save percentage).

Where is Canadiens vs Rangers played?

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

What is the Canadiens vs Rangers season series?

Canadiens lead the season series 1–0 after 1 game.

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
🇨🇦Canadiens
Previous game · May 13
🌪️CAR @ 🇨🇦MTL
8–2 · CAR won
Next game · Oct 12
⚔️BUF @ 🇨🇦MTL
6–1 · BUF won
🗽Rangers
Previous game · Oct 9
🗽NYR @ 🌪️CAR
4–1 · NYR won
Next game · Oct 12
🗽NYR @ 🐧PIT
0–6 · PIT won
Also on October 11, 2002
🐦ATL @ 🌪️CAR
3–5 final
🐯NSH @ 🦅WSH
4–5 final
🐻BOS @ 🌲MIN
1–5 final
🦆ANA @ ⭐DAL
2–4 final
Canadiens season page Rangers season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule