New York Rangers vs Detroit Red Wings 2-3, Dec 21, 2002: Box Score | AskScores

New York Rangers

2

Detroit Red Wings

3

Final · Joe Louis Arena

Score by period
Team	1	2	3	T
NYR	0	1	1	2
DET	2	0	1	3

The Detroit Red Wings beat the New York Rangers 3-2 on Dec 21, 2002 at Joe Louis Arena.

Top performers

Vladimir Malakhov
Vladimir Malakhov had 2 goals for the Rangers.
Mike Dunham
Mike Dunham made 29 saves on 32 shots for the Rangers.
Nicklas Lidstrom
Nicklas Lidstrom had 1 goal and 2 assists for the Red Wings.
Manny Legace
Manny Legace made 29 saves on 31 shots for the Red Wings.

Before and after

Rangers · 2002-03 season · Previous Dec 19, 2002: MTL 3, NYR 1 · Next Dec 23, 2002: NJ 2, NYR 2
Red Wings · 2002-03 season · Previous Dec 19, 2002: DAL 1, DET 1 · Next Dec 23, 2002: DET 1, CBJ 0

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New York Rangers box score

Skaters

New York Rangers skaters, Dec 21, 2002

Vladimir Malakhov	2	0	2	1	4	2	25:28
Mark Messier	0	1	1	0	1	0	17:25
Tom Poti	0	1	1	-1	5	4	29:30
Radek Dvorak	0	0	0	0	2	0	15:44
Bobby Holik	0	0	0	0	2	0	16:56
Petr Nedved	0	0	0	0	6	0	23:32
Matthew Barnaby	0	0	0	0	1	2	10:27
Darius Kasparaitis	0	0	0	0	1	2	19:02
Mikael Samuelsson	0	0	0	0	1	0	12:12
Eric Lindros	0	0	0	0	3	2	21:22
David Karpa	0	0	0	0	1	4	16:15
Sandy McCarthy	0	0	0	0	0	0	5:46
Joel Bouchard	0	0	0	-1	1	0	15:41
Jamie Lundmark	0	0	0	0	2	0	9:51
Ronald Petrovicky	0	0	0	0	0	0	12:28
Gordie Dwyer	0	0	0	0	0	0	7:12
Richard Lintner	0	0	0	1	0	0	13:35
Team	2	2	4	0	30	16

What the columns mean: G · A · PTS · +/- · PIM

Goalies

New York Rangers goalies, Dec 21, 2002
Player	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
Mike Dunham	32	29	3	.906	58:58

What the columns mean: SV · GA · SV%

Detroit Red Wings box score

Skaters

Detroit Red Wings skaters, Dec 21, 2002

Nicklas Lidstrom	1	2	3	1	3	0	32:41
Igor Larionov	1	1	2	0	1	2	14:18
Brendan Shanahan	1	0	1	0	4	0	14:21
Brett Hull	0	1	1	-1	2	0	18:16
Sergei Fedorov	0	1	1	1	3	0	23:37
Chris Chelios	0	0	0	-1	0	0	26:32
Kris Draper	0	0	0	0	3	0	17:08
Luc Robitaille	0	0	0	1	4	2	15:35
Kirk Maltby	0	0	0	-1	2	2	18:14
Henrik Zetterberg	0	0	0	-1	1	0	14:06
Tomas Holmstrom	0	0	0	1	0	0	10:04
Darren McCarty	0	0	0	0	1	4	14:12
Jason Woolley	0	0	0	0	0	2	15:00
Boyd Devereaux	0	0	0	0	0	0	6:49
Sean Avery	0	0	0	0	4	2	6:35
Patrick Boileau	0	0	0	0	1	0	7:16
Maxim Kuznetsov	0	0	0	-1	0	0	14:22
Dmitri Bykov	0	0	0	1	3	2	16:08
Team	3	5	8	0	32	16

What the columns mean: G · A · PTS · +/- · PIM

Goalies

Detroit Red Wings goalies, Dec 21, 2002
Player	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
Manny Legace	31	29	2	.935	60:00

What the columns mean: SV · GA · SV%