2–3

Final

Scoring	1st	2nd	3rd	F
NYR	1	1	0	2
BOS	0	0	3	3

Rangers at Bruins

Bruins beat Rangers 3–2 at TD Garden on November 2, 2002.

🗓 Sat, Nov 2, 2002 · 18:00 CST 📍 TD Garden, Boston 🏒 2002-03 🔁 Bruins lead the season series 1–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🐻 BOS

Joe Thornton

1 G

4 shots · 22:18 TOI · -2

2nd star 🐻 BOS

Sean Brown

1 G

2 shots · 06:03 TOI · +1

3rd star 🐻 BOS

Bryan Berard

1 G

1 shots · 17:50 TOI

🚨 Scoring

5 goals · in order

1st period

🗽 Rem Murray SH Go-ahead 1st · 19:42

Assists: Tom Poti · beat Steve Shields

1–0

2nd period

🗽 Mark Messier 2nd · 07:04

Assists: Darius Kasparaitis, Sylvain Lefebvre · beat Steve Shields

2–0

3rd period

🐻 Joe Thornton PP 3rd · 02:00

Assists: Brian Rolston, Mike Knuble · beat Dan Blackburn

2–1

🐻 Sean Brown Tying 3rd · 04:13

Assists: P.J. Stock, Michal Grosek · beat Dan Blackburn

2–2

🐻 Bryan Berard Go-ahead 3rd · 19:21

Unassisted · beat Dan Blackburn

2–3

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🗽NYR BOS🐻

27 Shots on goal 33

0/4 Power play (goals / chances) 1/6

0 Hits 1

12 Penalty minutes 8

NYR shooting 7.4% (2/27) BOS shooting 9.1% (3/33)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🗽Rangers

Dan Blackburn

30/33

.909 SV% · 3 GA · 59:25 TOI

🐻Bruins

Steve Shields

25/27

.926 SV% · 2 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 1–0

Rangers

Rangers: no games found in this situation this year.

Bruins

Bruins: no games found in this situation this year.

After 2nd — 2–0

Rangers

Rangers: no games found in this situation this year.

Bruins

Bruins: no games found in this situation this year.

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

🗽Rangers

L1 Nedved · Lindros · Bure 20:36

L2 Murray · Messier · Samuelsson 18:18

L3 Lundmark · Petrovicky · Barnaby 13:25

L4 Oliwa · Fata · McCarthy 4:41

D1 Poti · Leetch 25:09

D2 Kasparaitis · Lefebvre 18:11

D3 Malakhov · Purinton 16:39

🐻Bruins

L1 Stumpel · Thornton · Murray 22:13

L2 Axelsson · Huml · Rolston 16:50

L3 Grosek · Zamuner · Knuble 11:19

L4 Mcinnis · Stock 9:06

D1 Boynton · O'Donnell 23:50

D2 Gill · Berard 19:42

D3 Girard · Sweeney 13:58

D4 Brown 6:03

⚔️ Last meetings

Bruins lead the season series 1–0 Full head-to-head →

2–1 (OT) · Rangers won

Mar 25, 2001

🐻BOS @ 🗽NYR

3–2 · Bruins won

❓ NYR vs BOS, answered

Who won Rangers vs Bruins on November 2, 2002?

Bruins won 3–2.

What was the final score of Rangers vs Bruins?

The final score was Rangers 2, Bruins 3.

Who scored for Rangers?

Mark Messier, Rem Murray.

Who scored for Bruins?

Bryan Berard, Joe Thornton, Sean Brown.

How did the Rangers goalie play?

Dan Blackburn made 30 saves on 33 shots (.909 save percentage).

How did the Bruins goalie play?

Steve Shields made 25 saves on 27 shots (.926 save percentage).

Where is Rangers vs Bruins played?

At TD Garden in Boston, the Bruins home rink.

What is the Rangers vs Bruins season series?

Bruins 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

🗽Rangers

Previous game · Oct 30

🐻Bruins

Previous game · Oct 31

Also on November 2, 2002

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