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19/3/2009
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New York Rangers 4 , Washington Capitals 3
Shots: 35 - 26
PP: 3 of 12 (24 shots), Passing:73/83=87 %, Challenges:48/51=92 %
PP: 1 of 8 (17 shots), Passing:60/81=74 %, Challenges:42/46=89 %
Attendance: 18200 of 18200 (Madison Square Garden)
Ticket income: 560560 Match televised: No
Boxscore for the game:
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04:17 0-1
Brooks Laich [14] (Tom Poti)SH
10:26 1-1
Markus Näslund [33] (Steve Downie, Scott Gomez)PP
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26:34 2-1
Alex Tanguay [18] (Patrick Marleau, Vitaly Vishnevski)PP
32:33 2-2
Rico Fata [11] (Nicklas Bäckström, Tom Poti)PP
38:28 3-2
Markus Näslund [34] (Steve Downie, Wade Redden)
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50:48 3-3
Michael Nylander [18] (Chris Clark, Eric Mestery)
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61:58 4-3
Markus Näslund [35] (Scott Gomez, Steve Downie)PP
Penalty summary:
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00:02
Patrice Bergeron (2 min for roughing)
03:35
Mike Green (2 min for tripping)
05:28
Alexander Ovechkin (2 min for slashing)
07:05
Brooks Laich (2 min for hooking)
09:06
Milan Jurcina (2 min for elbowing)
12:55
Nicklas Bäckström (2 min for boarding)
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22:15
Boyd Gordon (5 min for fighting)
22:15
Michael Del Zotto (5 min for fighting)
22:22
Craig Weller (2 min for hooking)
25:28
Brett Bruneteau (2 min for holding the stick)
27:32
Sean Avery (2 min for cross-checking)
31:41
Danny Hobbs (2 min for high-sticking)
34:13
Mike Green (2 min for elbowing)
39:08
Rico Fata (2 min for hooking)
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41:35
Scott Gomez (2 min for tripping)
43:16
Sean Avery (2 min for tripping)
46:05
Nicklas Bäckström (2 min for tripping)
46:33
Brooks Laich (2 min for high-sticking)
50:56
Michael Del Zotto (2 min for tripping)
56:08
Steve Downie (2 min for tripping)
57:24
Sean Avery (2 min for hooking)
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60:51
Chris Clark (2 min for hooking)
New York Rangers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Calle Alfredo 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 8.00 6
R Aaron Voros 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 7.10 6
R Fredrik Sjöström 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 21.10 7
R Steve Downie 0 3 4 0 0 0 2 -1 20.40 8
C Danny Hobbs 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 7.30 5
C Petr Prucha 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7.10 5
C Scott Gomez 0 2 4 1 0 0 2 -2 23.40 8
C Patrick Marleau 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 21.20 7
L Pat Rissmiller 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 8.00 5
L Sean Avery 0 0 1 0 1 0 6 0 14.30 6
L Alex Tanguay 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 11.30 6
L Markus Näslund 3 0 5 1 0 0 0 -1 20.40 9
D Michael Del Zotto 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 6.10 5
D Marek Malik 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 18.40 7
D Christian Ehrhoff 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -1 30.50 8
D Craig Weller 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 7.10 5
D Vitaly Vishnevski 0 1 9 1 0 1 0 0 29.20 9
D Wade Redden 0 1 2 3 0 2 0 -1 30.40 10
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Martin Brodeur 3 0 23 0 0 62.00 6
G Antoine Lafleur 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Washington Capitals scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Boyd Gordon 0 0 3 0 1 0 5 0 5.20 5
R Chris Clark 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 15.30 7
R Viktor Kozlov 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 -1 14.10 6
R Patrice Bergeron 0 0 2 3 0 0 2 0 21.00 8
C Tomas Fleischmann 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 7.10 5
C Michael Nylander 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 6.00 7
C Sergei Fedorov 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6.20 5
C Nicklas Bäckström 0 1 3 1 0 0 4 -1 20.30 7
L Brett Bruneteau 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 6.20 6
L Brooks Laich 1 0 1 1 0 1 4 2 19.50 8
L Rico Fata 1 0 5 1 0 0 2 0 19.00 7
L Alexander Ovechkin 0 0 5 3 1 0 2 0 22.50 8
D Eric Mestery 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 6.40 5
D Ben Clymer 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 13.10 6
D Brian Pothier 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 -1 23.20 7
D Milan Jurcina 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 2 22.10 7
D Tom Poti 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 27.30 9
D Mike Green 0 0 2 5 0 1 4 -1 31.10 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G José Theodore 4 0 31 0 0 62.00 7
G Brent Johnson 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Markus Näslund
2nd star: Steve Downie
3rd star: Scott Gomez
Notes for New York Rangers:
-Scott Gomez notched his 40th assist of the season.
-Markus Näslund scored his 35th goal of the season.
Notes for Washington Capitals:
-Tom Poti has marked a new career high in assists with 38 assists.
-Chris Clark finally ended his 13 game point drought.
-Eric Mestery ended his 8 game point drought.
Other notes:
-Boyd Gordon beat Michael Del Zotto in a fight.
Farm game result:
Hartford Wolfpack 6( 31) , Portland Pirates 5( 22)
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1-0
Blair Betts (Lauri Korpikoski)
1-1
Chris Bourque
2-1
Bobby Sanguinetti (Blair Betts)
2-2
François Bouchard (Mathieu Perreault)
3-2
Patrick Thoresen (David Kveton, Jason Strudwick)
3-3
François Bouchard (Jeff Schultz)
3-4
Oskar Osala (Chris Bourque)
4-4
Ryan Hillier (Joe Barnes)
4-5
Oskar Osala (Chris Bourque)
5-5
Blair Betts
6-5
Blair Betts (Lauri Korpikoski)