⚡ Away Lightning 4-0-0 before this game
4–2
Final
🗽 Home Rangers 3-2-1 before this game
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
TBL 1214
NYR 0202

Lightning at Rangers

Lightning beat Rangers 4–2 at Madison Square Garden on October 21, 2002.

🗓 Mon, Oct 21, 2002 · 18:00 CDT 📍 Madison Square Garden, New York 🏒 2002-03 🔁 Lightning lead the season series 1–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star ⚡ TBL
Martin St. Louis
2 G, 1 A
4 shots · 16:45 TOI
2nd star ⚡ TBL
Dan Boyle
3 A
3 shots · 22:49 TOI · +1
3rd star ⚡ TBL
Vinny Prospal
1 G
3 shots · 16:10 TOI

🚨 Scoring

6 goals · in order
1st period
⚡ Ben Clymer PP Go-ahead 1st · 11:39
Assists: Martin St. Louis, Dan Boyle · beat Dan Blackburn
1–0
2nd period
🗽 Rem Murray Tying 2nd · 01:27
Assists: Mikael Samuelsson, Dale Purinton · beat Nikolai Khabibulin
1–1
🗽 Mark Messier PP Go-ahead 2nd · 03:28
Assists: Tom Poti, Radek Dvorak · beat Nikolai Khabibulin
1–2
⚡ Martin St. Louis PP Tying 2nd · 07:39
Assists: Dan Boyle, Nikolai Khabibulin · beat Dan Blackburn
2–2
⚡ Vinny Prospal PP Go-ahead 2nd · 14:56
Assists: Dave Andreychuk, Dan Boyle · beat Dan Blackburn
3–2
3rd period
⚡ Martin St. Louis 3rd · 03:40
Assists: Freddy Modin, Brad Richards · beat Mike Richter
4–2

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
⚡TBL NYR🗽
29 Shots on goal 20
3/8 Power play (goals / chances) 1/3
0 Hits 6
13 Penalty minutes 23
TBL shooting 13.8% (4/29) NYR shooting 10.0% (2/20)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
⚡Lightning
Nikolai Khabibulin
18/20
.900 SV% · 2 GA · 59:50 TOI
🗽Rangers
Dan Blackburn
18/21
.857 SV% · 3 GA · 40:00 TOI
Mike Richter
7/8
.875 SV% · 1 GA · 18:29 TOI

🔮 Period by period

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

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
⚡Lightning
L1 Modin · Prospal · St. Louis 16:45
L2 Andreychuk · Taylor · Richards 15:38
L3 Olvestad · Clymer · Keefe 13:52
L4 Dingman · Fedotenko · Svitov 12:11
D1 Kubina · Boyle 23:42
D2 Neckar · Cullimore 18:04
D3 Sarich · Lukowich 16:31
🗽Rangers
L1 Lindros · Nedved · Bure 22:13
L2 Messier · Samuelsson · Dvorak 15:03
L3 Murray · Holik · Barnaby 12:37
L4 Lundmark · Petrovicky · McCarthy 7:15
D1 Poti · Leetch 28:02
D2 Kasparaitis · Malakhov 18:40
D3 Lefebvre · Purinton 13:23

⚔️ Last meetings

Lightning lead the season series 1–0 Full head-to-head →
Apr 1, 2002
🗽NYR @ ⚡TBL
6–4 · Rangers won
Jan 28, 2002
⚡TBL @ 🗽NYR
1–0 · Lightning won
Dec 2, 2001
⚡TBL @ 🗽NYR
0–1 · Rangers won
Oct 20, 2001
🗽NYR @ ⚡TBL
2–5 · Lightning won
Apr 5, 2001
🗽NYR @ ⚡TBL
4–3 (OT) · Rangers won

❓ TBL vs NYR, answered

Who won Lightning vs Rangers on October 21, 2002?

Lightning won 4–2.

What was the final score of Lightning vs Rangers?

The final score was Lightning 4, Rangers 2.

Who scored for Lightning?

Martin St. Louis (2), Ben Clymer, Vinny Prospal.

Who scored for Rangers?

Mark Messier, Rem Murray.

How did the Lightning goalie play?

Nikolai Khabibulin made 18 saves on 20 shots (.900 save percentage).

How did the Rangers goalie play?

Dan Blackburn made 18 saves on 21 shots (.857 save percentage).

Where is Lightning vs Rangers played?

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

What is the Lightning vs Rangers season series?

Lightning 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
⚡Lightning
Previous game · Oct 19
⚡TBL @ 🐧PIT
3–3 · TBL won
Next game · Oct 23
⚡TBL @ 🧥CBJ
2–2 · TBL won
🗽Rangers
Previous game · Oct 19
🐯NSH @ 🗽NYR
2–2 · NSH won
Next game · Oct 23
🦅WSH @ 🗽NYR
2–1 · WSH won
Also on October 21, 2002
🐻BOS @ 🍁TOR
4–1 final
🐦ATL @ 🐆FLA
2–3 final
🔥CGY @ 🐙DET
0–4 final
🐋VAN @ 🦈SJS
5–2 final
Lightning season page Rangers season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule