🐻 Away Bruins 20-4-2 before this game
4–1
Final
🗽 Home Rangers 15-13-2 before this game
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
BOS 0224
NYR 1001

Bruins at Rangers

Bruins beat Rangers 4–1 at Madison Square Garden on December 8, 2002.

🗓 Sun, Dec 8, 2002 · 12:00 CST 📍 Madison Square Garden, New York 🏒 2002-03 🔁 Bruins lead the season series 2–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🐻 BOS
Ivan Huml
1 G, 1 A
2 shots · 11:21 TOI · +2
2nd star 🐻 BOS
Bryan Berard
1 G
3 shots · 18:14 TOI · +2
3rd star 🐻 BOS
Marty Mcinnis
1 G
2 shots · 13:05 TOI · +1

🚨 Scoring

5 goals · in order
1st period
🗽 Eric Lindros PP Go-ahead 1st · 07:32
Unassisted · beat John Grahame
0–1
2nd period
🐻 Bryan Berard Tying 2nd · 16:12
Assists: Jozef Stumpel, Ivan Huml · beat Dan Blackburn
1–1
🐻 Joe Thornton Go-ahead 2nd · 18:16
Unassisted · beat Dan Blackburn
2–1
3rd period
🐻 Ivan Huml 3rd · 04:40
Assists: Michal Grosek · beat Dan Blackburn
3–1
🐻 Marty Mcinnis 3rd · 15:59
Unassisted · beat Dan Blackburn
4–1

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🐻BOS NYR🗽
35 Shots on goal 24
0/4 Power play (goals / chances) 1/7
3 Hits 2
14 Penalty minutes 8
BOS shooting 11.4% (4/35) NYR shooting 4.2% (1/24)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐻Bruins
John Grahame
23/24
.958 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI
🗽Rangers
Dan Blackburn
31/35
.886 SV% · 4 GA · 59:52 TOI

🔮 Period by period

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

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🐻Bruins
L1 Thornton · Rolston · Lapointe 18:05
L2 Stumpel · Murray · Knuble 16:31
L3 Mcinnis · Zamuner · Huml 11:29
L4 Grosek · Stock 10:10
D1 Boynton · O'Donnell 22:44
D2 Gill · Girard 19:44
D3 Berard · Sweeney 16:56
D4 Brown 8:54
🗽Rangers
L1 Nedved · Messier · Lindros 21:56
L2 Murray · Petrovicky · Dvorak 15:18
L3 Fata · Holik · Samuelsson 13:33
L4 Donato · Lyashenko · McCarthy 7:20
D1 Poti · Malakhov 24:51
D2 Kasparaitis · Purinton 19:25
D3 Karpa · Lefebvre 16:06

⚔️ Last meetings

Bruins lead the season series 2–0 Full head-to-head →
Nov 2, 2002
🗽NYR @ 🐻BOS
2–3 · Bruins won
Apr 6, 2002
🗽NYR @ 🐻BOS
6–4 · Rangers won
Mar 13, 2002
🐻BOS @ 🗽NYR
3–1 · Bruins won
Jan 23, 2002
🐻BOS @ 🗽NYR
4–8 · Rangers won
Oct 27, 2001
🗽NYR @ 🐻BOS
2–1 (OT) · Rangers won

❓ BOS vs NYR, answered

Who won Bruins vs Rangers on December 8, 2002?

Bruins won 4–1.

What was the final score of Bruins vs Rangers?

The final score was Bruins 4, Rangers 1.

Who scored for Bruins?

Bryan Berard, Ivan Huml, Joe Thornton, Marty Mcinnis.

Who scored for Rangers?

Eric Lindros.

How did the Bruins goalie play?

John Grahame made 23 saves on 24 shots (.958 save percentage).

How did the Rangers goalie play?

Dan Blackburn made 31 saves on 35 shots (.886 save percentage).

Where is Bruins vs Rangers played?

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

What is the Bruins vs Rangers season series?

Bruins lead the season series 2–0 after 2 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
🐻Bruins
Previous game · Dec 7
⚡TBL @ 🐻BOS
2–3 · BOS won
Next game · Dec 10
🇨🇦MTL @ 🐻BOS
4–2 · MTL won
🗽Rangers
Previous game · Dec 6
⚔️BUF @ 🗽NYR
4–1 · BUF won
Next game · Dec 11
🪶CHI @ 🗽NYR
4–3 · CHI won
Also on December 8, 2002
🛢️EDM @ 🐦ATL
3–0 final
🎵STL @ 🐙DET
3–4 final
⚡TBL @ 🪶CHI
1–3 final
🐯NSH @ 🦆ANA
0–3 final
Bruins season page Rangers season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule