🎵 Away Blues 7-1-1 before this game
3–2
Final
🗽 Home Rangers 5-7-1 before this game
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Blues at Rangers

Blues beat Rangers 3–2 at Madison Square Garden on November 3, 2002.

🗓 Sun, Nov 3, 2002 · 16:00 CST 📍 Madison Square Garden, New York 🏒 2002-03 🔁 Blues lead the season series 1–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🎵 STL
Scott Mellanby
1 G, 1 A
1 shots · 17:07 TOI · +1
2nd star 🎵 STL
Doug Weight
2 A
16:26 TOI · +1
3rd star 🎵 STL
Martin Rucinsky
1 G
3 shots · 16:44 TOI · -1

🚨 Scoring

5 goals · in order
1st period
🗽 Mark Messier Go-ahead 1st · 08:17
Assists: Dale Purinton · beat Fred Brathwaite
0–1
🎵 Barret Jackman Tying 1st · 14:22
Assists: Dallas Drake, Doug Weight · beat Mike Richter
1–1
🎵 Martin Rucinsky PP Go-ahead 1st · 17:40
Assists: Scott Mellanby, Doug Weight · beat Mike Richter
2–1
2nd period
🗽 Brian Leetch PP Tying 2nd · 17:21
Assists: Ronald Petrovicky, Radek Dvorak · beat Fred Brathwaite
2–2
3rd period
🎵 Scott Mellanby PP Go-ahead 3rd · 06:03
Unassisted · beat Mike Richter
3–2

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🎵STL NYR🗽
22 Shots on goal 25
2/6 Power play (goals / chances) 1/7
0 Hits 4
19 Penalty minutes 17
STL shooting 13.6% (3/22) NYR shooting 8.0% (2/25)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🎵Blues
Fred Brathwaite
23/25
.920 SV% · 2 GA · 60:00 TOI
🗽Rangers
Mike Richter
19/22
.864 SV% · 3 GA · 58:37 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 2–1
Blues
Blues: no games found in this situation this year.
Rangers
Rangers: no games found in this situation this year.
After 2nd — 2–2
Blues
Blues — tied after 2nd: 7-1-1 (78% win rate, 9 games)
Rangers
Rangers — tied after 2nd: 5-7-1 (38% win rate, 13 games)

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🎵Blues
L1 Rucinsky · Demitra · Mellanby 17:07
L2 Stillman · Weight · Drake 15:06
L3 Podein · Boguniecki · Cajanek 14:08
L4 Eastwood · Mayers · Low 12:55
D1 MacInnis · Jackman 25:55
D2 Khavanov · Salvador 16:50
D3 Van Ryn · Koivisto 13:16
🗽Rangers
L1 Messier · Nedved · Petrovicky 21:29
L2 Bure · Dvorak · Samuelsson 18:25
L3 Murray · Lundmark · Barnaby 13:26
L4 Fata · Lindros · McCarthy 3:46
D1 Leetch · Poti 28:46
D2 Malakhov · Kasparaitis 17:18
D3 Lefebvre · Purinton 13:35

⚔️ Last meetings

Blues lead the season series 1–0 Full head-to-head →
Oct 25, 2001
🗽NYR @ 🎵STL
1–5 · Blues won
Dec 20, 2000
🎵STL @ 🗽NYR
6–3 · Blues won
Jan 22, 2000
🗽NYR @ 🎵STL
4–1 · Rangers won
Jan 3, 2000
🎵STL @ 🗽NYR
5–2 · Blues won
Jan 2, 1999
🗽NYR @ 🎵STL
1–0 · Rangers won

❓ STL vs NYR, answered

Who won Blues vs Rangers on November 3, 2002?

Blues won 3–2.

What was the final score of Blues vs Rangers?

The final score was Blues 3, Rangers 2.

Who scored for Blues?

Barret Jackman, Martin Rucinsky, Scott Mellanby.

Who scored for Rangers?

Brian Leetch, Mark Messier.

How did the Blues goalie play?

Fred Brathwaite made 23 saves on 25 shots (.920 save percentage).

How did the Rangers goalie play?

Mike Richter made 19 saves on 22 shots (.864 save percentage).

Where is Blues vs Rangers played?

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

What is the Blues vs Rangers season series?

Blues 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
🎵Blues
Previous game · Nov 2
🎵STL @ 🏝️NYI
6–1 · STL won
Next game · Nov 5
🎵STL @ 🇨🇦MTL
5–2 · STL won
🗽Rangers
Previous game · Nov 2
🗽NYR @ 🐻BOS
2–3 · BOS won
Next game · Nov 5
🛢️EDM @ 🗽NYR
2–5 · NYR won
Also on November 3, 2002
⚔️BUF @ 🧥CBJ
2–3 final
⭐DAL @ 🐙DET
3–3 final
🐯NSH @ 🌵PHX
1–2 final
🛢️EDM @ 🪶CHI
4–1 final
🦈SJS @ 🦆ANA
4–3 final
Blues season page Rangers season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule