🗽 Away Rangers 17-20-3 before this game
2–0
Final
🌪️ Home Hurricanes 15-14-8 before this game
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NYR 1102
CAR 0000

Rangers at Hurricanes

Rangers beat Hurricanes 2–0 at PNC Arena on December 31, 2002.

🗓 Tue, Dec 31, 2002 · 18:30 CST 📍 PNC Arena, Raleigh 🏒 2002-03 🔁 Rangers lead the season series 3–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🗽 NYR
Bobby Holik
1 G, 1 A
4 shots · 21:23 TOI · +1
2nd star 🗽 NYR
Joel Bouchard
1 G
2 shots · 18:25 TOI · +1
3rd star 🗽 NYR
Vladimir Malakhov
1 A
2 shots · 24:10 TOI
4rd star 🗽 NYR
Mike Dunham
30 saves
1.000 SV% · 0 GA

🚨 Scoring

2 goals · in order
1st period
🗽 Joel Bouchard Go-ahead 1st · 00:27
Assists: Matthew Barnaby, Bobby Holik · beat Arturs Irbe
1–0
2nd period
🗽 Bobby Holik PP 2nd · 01:46
Assists: Vladimir Malakhov, Tom Poti · beat Arturs Irbe
2–0

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🗽NYR CAR🌪️
22 Shots on goal 30
1/6 Power play (goals / chances) 0/7
7 Hits 7
33 Penalty minutes 19
NYR shooting 9.1% (2/22) CAR shooting 0.0% (0/30)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🗽Rangers
Mike Dunham Shutout
30/30
1.000 SV% · 0 GA · 60:00 TOI
🌪️Hurricanes
Arturs Irbe
20/22
.909 SV% · 2 GA · 58:26 TOI

🔮 Period by period

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

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🗽Rangers
L1 Lindros · Holik · Barnaby 21:23
L2 Donato · Dvorak · Petrovicky 18:02
L3 Fata · Tibbetts · Samuelsson 12:36
L4 Dwyer · Nedved · McCarthy 4:15
D1 Poti · Malakhov 25:02
D2 Kasparaitis · Cross 20:00
D3 Bouchard · Lintner 15:04
🌪️Hurricanes
L1 Brind'Amour · Francis · Kapanen 20:15
L2 Hlavac · Battaglia · Cole 16:29
L3 Svoboda · O'Neill · Vasicek 14:11
L4 Adams · Boulerice · Adams 5:13
D1 Hill · Hedican 25:15
D2 Ward · Wesley 20:54
D3 Malec · Tanabe 9:42

⚔️ Last meetings

Rangers lead the season series 3–0 Full head-to-head →
Nov 25, 2002
🌪️CAR @ 🗽NYR
1–3 · Rangers won
Oct 9, 2002
🗽NYR @ 🌪️CAR
4–1 · Rangers won
Dec 10, 2001
🌪️CAR @ 🗽NYR
4–3 (OT) · Hurricanes won
Nov 29, 2001
🌪️CAR @ 🗽NYR
0–5 · Rangers won
Nov 2, 2001
🗽NYR @ 🌪️CAR
2–3 · Hurricanes won

❓ NYR vs CAR, answered

Who won Rangers vs Hurricanes on December 31, 2002?

Rangers won 2–0.

What was the final score of Rangers vs Hurricanes?

The final score was Rangers 2, Hurricanes 0.

Who scored for Rangers?

Bobby Holik, Joel Bouchard.

How did the Rangers goalie play?

Mike Dunham made 30 saves on 30 shots (1.000 save percentage) for a shutout.

How did the Hurricanes goalie play?

Arturs Irbe made 20 saves on 22 shots (.909 save percentage).

Where is Rangers vs Hurricanes played?

At PNC Arena in Raleigh, the Hurricanes home rink.

What is the Rangers vs Hurricanes season series?

Rangers lead the season series 3–0 after 3 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
🗽Rangers
Previous game · Dec 29
🗽NYR @ ⚡TBL
3–5 · TBL won
Next game · Jan 4
🦅WSH @ 🗽NYR
2–2 · WSH won
🌪️Hurricanes
Previous game · Dec 28
🌪️CAR @ 🏝️NYI
0–3 · NYI won
Next game · Jan 3
🌪️CAR @ ⚔️BUF
3–6 · BUF won
Also on December 31, 2002
🦆ANA @ 🌲MIN
1–4 final
🏝️NYI @ ⚔️BUF
1–0 final
🏛️OTT @ ⚡TBL
6–3 final
🎵STL @ 🐙DET
1–5 final
🐧PIT @ 🧥CBJ
2–5 final
🇨🇦MTL @ 🔥CGY
1–1 final
🛢️EDM @ ⭐DAL
1–4 final
🍁TOR @ 🐋VAN
5–3 final
Rangers season page Hurricanes season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule