New York Rangers 6 , Atlanta Thrashers 3
Shots: 30 - 26
PP: 2 of 8 (11 shots), Passing:76/89=85 %, Challenges:43/48=87 %
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:63/83=75 %, Challenges:24/37=63 %
Attendance: 17404 of 18200 (Madison Square Garden)
Ticket income: 844094 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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12:13 1-0
Jarome Iginla [21] (Brendan Shanahan, Paul Mara)
17:46 2-0
Jarome Iginla [22] (Chris Drury, Michal Rozsival)PP
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31:36 2-1
Sergei Brylin [24] (Vyacheslav Kozlov, Steve Rucchin)
32:46 3-1
Michal Handzus [11] (Brendan Shanahan, Ryan Callahan)
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45:37 3-2
Ilya Kovalchuk [28] (Bobby Holik)
46:01 4-2
Ryan Callahan [12] (Michal Handzus, Brendan Shanahan)
47:19 5-2
Martin Straka [11] (Thomas Pöck, Fedor Tyutin)PP
50:55 5-3
Todd White [15] (Garnet Exelby, Jason Smith)
56:51 6-3
Martin Straka [12] (Chris Drury)
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Penalty summary:
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05:09
Alexei Zhitnik (2 min for cross-checking)
16:31
Alexei Zhitnik (2 min for elbowing)
18:23
Joey Crabb (2 min for hooking)
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21:04
Brad Larsen (2 min for tripping)
23:17
Joey Crabb (2 min for high-sticking)
26:16
Steve McCarthy (2 min for slashing)
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46:54
Niclas Hävelid (2 min for tripping)
52:44
Jim Slater (2 min for elbowing)
55:56
Colton Orr (5 min for fighting)
55:56
Garnet Exelby (5 min for fighting)
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New York Rangers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Colton Orr 0 0 2 3 1 3 5 0 7.30 7
R Hugh Jessiman 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 14.50 6
R Ryan Callahan 1 1 3 1 0 0 0 -1 20.20 7
R Jarome Iginla 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 2 17.20 10
C Blair Betts 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 9.50 5
C Petr Prucha 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 20.20 7
C Michal Handzus 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 -1 12.30 8
C Chris Drury 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 17.20 7
L Marcel Hossa 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 7.20 5
L Sean Avery 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 15.00 6
L Brendan Shanahan 0 3 4 0 0 0 0 1 18.50 8
L Martin Straka 2 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 18.50 9
D Thomas Pöck 0 1 3 1 1 1 0 0 24.30 7
D Marek Malik 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 11.50 6
D Fedor Tyutin 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 24.30 7
D Darius Kasparaitis 0 0 0 3 0 4 0 0 16.30 8
D Michal Rozsival 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 18.20 7
D Paul Mara 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 1 24.20 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Henrik Lundqvist 3 0 23 0 0 60.00 6
G Al Montoya 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Atlanta Thrashers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Joey Crabb 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 7.00 4
R Jesse Schultz 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 12.50 4
R Sergei Brylin 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 -2 13.20 7
C Paul Stastny 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 19.40 6
C Jim Slater 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 7.00 4
C Todd White 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 14.00 7
C Steve Rucchin 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 -1 18.00 7
C Bobby Holik 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 -1 19.40 7
L Brad Larsen 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 7.00 7
L Pascal Dupuis 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 12.50 7
L Vyacheslav Kozlov 0 1 4 1 0 0 0 -2 15.00 8
L Ilya Kovalchuk 1 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 19.20 8
D Steve McCarthy 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 13.50 6
D Ken Klee 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 -1 20.30 5
D Alexei Zhitnik 0 0 2 5 0 1 4 -1 25.20 8
D Garnet Exelby 0 1 0 2 0 2 5 1 18.20 7
D Jason Smith 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 -1 21.00 6
D Niclas Hävelid 0 0 3 2 0 0 2 -1 21.10 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Peter Budaj 6 0 24 0 0 60.00 4
G Johan Hedberg 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Jarome Iginla
2nd star: Martin Straka
3rd star: Ryan Callahan
Notes for New York Rangers:
-Chris Drury notched his 30th assist of the season.
-Michal Handzus notched his 20th assist of the season.
Notes for Atlanta Thrashers:
-Sergei Brylin has marked a new career high in goals with 24 tallies.
-Bobby Holik notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Todd White scored his 15th goal of the season.
-Todd White ended his 7 game goal drought.
-Garnet Exelby ended his 8 game point drought.
Other notes:
-Garnet Exelby beat Colton Orr in a fight.
Farm game result:
Hartford Wolfpack 4( 26) , Chicago Wolves 2( 13)
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0-1 CHW Derek MacKenzie (Chad Painchaud)
1-1 HFD Alex Bourret (Andrew Hutchinson)
1-2 CHW Derek MacKenzie (Chad Painchaud, Mark Popovic)
2-2 HFD Lauri Korpikoski (Marc Staal)
3-2 HFD Rick Kozak (Alex Bourret)
4-2 HFD Mitch Fritz (Rick Kozak, Alex Bourret)
Goalies: Chris Holt - Fred Brathwaite