🦈 Away Sharks 13-13-3 before this game
1–2
Final / OT
🗽 Home Rangers 15-16-2 before this game
Scoring 1st2nd3rdOTF
SJS 10001
NYR 01012

Sharks at Rangers

Rangers beat Sharks 2–1 in overtime at Madison Square Garden on December 16, 2002.

🗓 Mon, Dec 16, 2002 · 18:00 CST 📍 Madison Square Garden, New York 🏒 2002-03 🔁 Rangers lead the season series 2–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🗽 NYR
Petr Nedved
1 G
5 shots · 22:08 TOI · +1
2nd star 🗽 NYR
Matthew Barnaby
1 G
3 shots · 14:28 TOI · +1
3rd star 🗽 NYR
Radek Dvorak
1 A
3 shots · 17:02 TOI · +1

🚨 Scoring

3 goals · in order
1st period
🦈 Patrick Marleau PP Go-ahead 1st · 04:51
Assists: Teemu Selanne, Dan Mcgillis · beat Mike Dunham
1–0
2nd period
🗽 Matthew Barnaby Tying 2nd · 18:58
Assists: Eric Lindros, Bobby Holik · beat Miikka Kiprusoff
1–1
Overtime
🗽 Petr Nedved Go-ahead OT · 02:25
Assists: Radek Dvorak · beat Miikka Kiprusoff
1–2

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🦈SJS NYR🗽
26 Shots on goal 29
1/5 Power play (goals / chances) 0/2
4 Hits 3
9 Penalty minutes 15
SJS shooting 3.8% (1/26) NYR shooting 6.9% (2/29)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🦈Sharks
Miikka Kiprusoff
27/29
.931 SV% · 2 GA · 62:24 TOI
🗽Rangers
Mike Dunham
25/26
.962 SV% · 1 GA · 62:25 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–0
Sharks
Sharks: no games found in this situation this year.
Rangers
Rangers: no games found in this situation this year.
After 2nd — 1–1
Sharks
Sharks — tied after 2nd: 13-13-3 (45% win rate, 29 games)
Rangers
Rangers — tied after 2nd: 15-16-2 (45% win rate, 33 games)

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🦈Sharks
L1 Sturm · Marleau · Selanne 19:51
L2 Damphousse · Ricci · Nolan 16:40
L3 Graves · Sundstrom · Harvey 16:19
L4 Smith · Cheechoo · Bradley 6:53
D1 Mcgillis · Stuart 25:14
D2 Rathje · Hannan 22:42
D3 Marchment · Fahey 15:12
🗽Rangers
L1 Nedved · Lindros · Holik 20:37
L2 Messier · Dvorak · Samuelsson 17:02
L3 Petrovicky · Barnaby · Tibbetts 14:28
L4 Dwyer · Green · McCarthy 7:51
D1 Poti · Malakhov 24:10
D2 Karpa · Kasparaitis 21:48
D3 Bouchard · Lintner 16:43

⚔️ Last meetings

Rangers lead the season series 2–0 Full head-to-head →
Nov 11, 2002
🗽NYR @ 🦈SJS
5–4 · Rangers won
Dec 28, 2001
🗽NYR @ 🦈SJS
5–3 · Rangers won
Oct 22, 2001
🦈SJS @ 🗽NYR
5–1 · Sharks won
Dec 12, 2000
🗽NYR @ 🦈SJS
2–3 · Sharks won
Mar 6, 2000
🗽NYR @ 🦈SJS
1–2 · Sharks won

❓ SJS vs NYR, answered

Who won Sharks vs Rangers on December 16, 2002?

Rangers won 2–1 in overtime.

What was the final score of Sharks vs Rangers?

The final score was Sharks 1, Rangers 2, in overtime.

Who scored for Sharks?

Patrick Marleau.

Who scored for Rangers?

Matthew Barnaby, Petr Nedved.

How did the Sharks goalie play?

Miikka Kiprusoff made 27 saves on 29 shots (.931 save percentage).

How did the Rangers goalie play?

Mike Dunham made 25 saves on 26 shots (.962 save percentage).

Where is Sharks vs Rangers played?

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

What is the Sharks vs Rangers season series?

Rangers 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
🦈Sharks
Previous game · Dec 14
🦅WSH @ 🦈SJS
0–2 · SJS won
Next game · Dec 17
🦈SJS @ 🇨🇦MTL
3–1 · SJS won
🗽Rangers
Previous game · Dec 14
🗽NYR @ 🍁TOR
1–4 · TOR won
Next game · Dec 19
🇨🇦MTL @ 🗽NYR
3–1 · MTL won
Also on December 16, 2002
🇨🇦MTL @ 🏛️OTT
3–2 final
🍁TOR @ 🐦ATL
0–1 final
🦅WSH @ 🏔️COL
2–2 final
Sharks season page Rangers season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule