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New York Rangers 6 , Atlanta Thrashers 3
Shots: 30 - 22
PP: 2 of 5 (10 shots), Passing:61/74=82 %, Challenges:35/50=68 %
PP: 1 of 4 (7 shots), Passing:64/82=78 %, Challenges:28/46=59 %
Attendance: 12234 of 18200 (Madison Square Garden)
Ticket income: 621487 Match televised: No
Boxscore for the game:
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10:35 1-0
Jaromir Jagr [8] (Martin Straka, Scott Gomez)
16:47 1-1
Alexei Zhitnik [1] (Garnet Exelby, Ilya Kovalchuk)
18:07 2-1
Scott Gomez [9] (Paul Mara, Jaromir Jagr)PP
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33:19 3-1
Paul Mara [3] (Martin Straka, Scott Gomez)PP
35:58 3-2
Ilya Kovalchuk [5] (Mark Recchi)PP
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40:56 4-2
Jaromir Jagr [9] (Martin Straka, Michal Rozsival)
47:52 4-3
Erik Christensen [2] (Todd White, Jim Slater)
49:17 5-3
Michal Rozsival [4] (Martin Straka, Scott Gomez)
50:09 6-3
Fredrik Sjöström [9] (Fedor Tyutin)
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Penalty summary:
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00:34
Ilya Kovalchuk (2 min for boarding)
12:01
Thomas Pöck (2 min for tripping)
17:21
Mark Recchi (2 min for hooking)
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29:07
Alexei Zhitnik (2 min for hooking)
32:09
Ken Klee (2 min for elbowing)
33:55
Erik Christensen (2 min for roughing)
33:55
Sean Avery (2 min for roughing)
35:17
Paul Mara (2 min for elbowing)
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44:52
Jaromir Jagr (2 min for slashing)
55:05
Jim Slater (2 min for slashing)
58:09
Paul Mara (2 min for high-sticking)
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New York Rangers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Ryan Callahan 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 7.50 6
R Ryan Hollweg 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 -1 10.00 7
R Fredrik Sjöström 1 0 6 1 1 1 0 1 16.50 7
R Jaromir Jagr 2 1 4 0 3 0 2 3 18.30 8
C Blair Betts 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 -1 11.20 4
C Petr Prucha 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 10.00 7
C Chris Drury 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 16.50 7
C Scott Gomez 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 3 18.40 9
L Josh Gratton 0 0 1 4 2 4 0 -1 11.10 7
L Sean Avery 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 -1 13.10 5
L Brendan Shanahan 0 0 1 4 1 3 0 1 20.20 8
L Martin Straka 0 4 2 1 0 1 0 3 18.40 10
D Thomas Pöck 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 14.20 6
D Fedor Tyutin 0 1 1 2 3 2 0 0 17.10 7
D Michal Rozsival 1 1 2 1 2 1 0 2 28.00 6
D Marek Malik 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 -1 14.10 6
D Christian Bäckman 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 21.00 7
D Paul Mara 1 1 2 0 0 0 4 3 25.20 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Henrik Lundqvist 3 0 19 0 0 60.00 6
G David LeNeveu 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Atlanta Thrashers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Darren Haydar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11.50 5
R Jim Slater 0 1 2 1 0 1 2 1 14.40 8
R Steve Ott 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 -2 15.40 5
R Mark Recchi 0 1 3 3 1 1 2 -1 17.40 8
C Jason Krog 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 8.40 5
C Todd White 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 15.30 6
C Bobby Holik 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 -2 18.20 4
C Steve Rucchin 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 -1 17.40 7
L Chris Thorburn 0 0 3 2 1 2 0 0 8.50 6
L Erik Christensen 1 0 2 1 0 1 2 1 11.00 8
L Slava Kozlov 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -2 12.20 5
L Ilya Kovalchuk 1 1 2 0 0 0 2 -1 19.50 7
D Ivan Vishnevsky 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 12.30 4
D Ken Klee 0 0 0 1 2 1 2 -2 17.20 4
D Garnet Exelby 0 1 1 2 3 3 0 -1 27.20 7
D Trevor Daley 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 17.20 6
D Karel Pilar 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 -2 20.10 6
D Alexei Zhitnik 1 0 3 2 1 2 2 -1 25.10 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Johan Hedberg 6 0 24 0 0 60.00 4
G Carey Price 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Jaromir Jagr
2nd star: Scott Gomez
3rd star: Martin Straka
Notes for New York Rangers:
-Paul Mara notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Martin Straka notched his 10th assist of the season.
Notes for Atlanta Thrashers:
-Ilya Kovalchuk notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Erik Christensen finally ended his 13 game goal drought.
-Ilya Kovalchuk ended his 5 game goal drought.
-Garnet Exelby ended his 7 game point drought.
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Hartford Wolfpack 3( 29) , Chicago Wolves 6( 17)
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0-1 CHW Éric Perrin (Brett Sterling, Tobias Enström)
1-1 HFD Hugh Jessiman (Brandon Dubinsky)
2-1 HFD Hugh Jessiman (Brandon Dubinsky)
2-2 CHW Jesse Schultz (Kevin Doell)
3-2 HFD Andrew Hutchinson (Pierre Parenteau)
3-3 CHW Brett Sterling (Tobias Enström)
3-4 CHW Éric Perrin (Tobias Enström)
3-5 CHW Steve Martins (Tobias Enström, Éric Perrin)
3-6 CHW Bryan Little (Éric Perrin, Tobias Enström)
Goalies: Stephen Valiquette - Fred Brathwaite