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18/12/2008
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New York Rangers 6 , Atlanta Thrashers 4
Shots: 25 - 27
PP: 0 of 2 (4 shots), Passing:59/68=86 %, Challenges:25/39=62 %
PP: 0 of 3 (5 shots), Passing:77/92=83 %, Challenges:43/50=84 %
Attendance: 18200 of 18200 (Madison Square Garden)
Ticket income: 560560 Match televised: No
Boxscore for the game:
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11:54 1-0
Blair Betts [9] (Petr Prucha, Paul Mara)
13:04 2-0
Blair Betts [10] (Petr Prucha, Alexander Edler)
14:45 2-1
Todd White [11] (Jason Williams, Bryan Little)
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31:13 2-2
Marty Reasoner [6] (Tobias Enström, Ron Hainsey)
35:28 3-2
Fredrik Sjöström [3] (Petr Prucha, Alexander Edler)
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47:35 4-2
Daniel Sedin [10] (Henrik Sedin)
48:42 5-2
Nikolai Zherdev [8] (Markus Näslund, Dmitri Kalinin)
49:07 5-3
Chris Thorburn [5] (Erik Christensen, Éric Perrin)
51:13 5-4
Todd White [12] (Ilya Kovalchuk, Niclas Hävelid)
53:27 6-4
Dmitri Kalinin [6] (Blair Betts)
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Penalty summary:
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05:41
Marc-Antoine Pouliot (2 min for slashing)
08:03
Colby Armstrong (2 min for roughing)
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37:14
Nigel Dawes (2 min for boarding)
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45:35
Niclas Hävelid (2 min for hooking)
54:59
Blair Betts (2 min for slashing)
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New York Rangers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Michael Grabner 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 7.20 5
R Fredrik Sjöström 1 0 2 2 2 3 0 0 15.50 8
R Petr Prucha 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 15.20 8
R Nikolai Zherdev 1 0 3 1 1 0 0 1 19.50 8
C Marc-Antoine Pouliot 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 7.20 6
C Brandon Dubinsky 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 11.50 5
C Blair Betts 2 1 4 0 0 0 2 1 18.20 9
C Henrik Sedin 0 1 5 0 1 0 0 1 20.10 6
L Nigel Dawes 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 7.20 4
L Patrick Rissmiller 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 13.30 6
L Daniel Sedin 1 0 5 2 0 1 0 -1 18.40 7
L Markus Näslund 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 18.20 7
D Dan Girardi 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 13.40 5
D Alexander Edler 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 -1 16.10 7
D Paul Mara 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 3 26.00 7
D Marc Staal 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 16.30 6
D Michal Rozsival 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 -1 19.00 5
D Dmitri Kalinin 1 1 1 2 1 0 0 3 28.40 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Roberto Luongo 4 0 23 0 0 60.00 5
G Steve Valiquette 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Atlanta Thrashers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Bryan Little 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7.00 6
R Chris Thorburn 1 0 2 3 0 4 0 0 13.00 8
R Colby Armstrong 0 0 4 3 1 1 2 -1 17.40 5
R Jason Williams 0 1 4 0 1 0 0 -1 20.20 7
C Jim Slater 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 9.30 6
C Éric Perrin 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 15.50 7
C Marty Reasoner 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 -2 16.50 7
C Todd White 2 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 19.50 8
L Brett Sterling 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 7.00 6
L Erik Christensen 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 12.30 7
L Slava Kozlov 0 0 6 0 1 0 0 1 16.30 8
L Ilya Kovalchuk 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 -2 20.00 8
D Boris Valabik 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13.30 6
D Garnet Exelby 0 0 0 4 0 3 0 -1 22.10 6
D Niclas Hävelid 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 -1 20.20 6
D Ken Klee 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 15.40 6
D Tobias Enström 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 -1 20.20 6
D Ron Hainsey 0 1 2 3 2 2 0 -1 28.00 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Kari Lehtonen 6 0 19 0 0 60.00 4
G Johan Hedberg 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Blair Betts
2nd star: Petr Prucha
3rd star: Todd White
Notes for New York Rangers:
-Blair Betts has marked a new career high in goals with 10 tallies.
-Blair Betts scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Petr Prucha notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Daniel Sedin scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Henrik Sedin scored the 400th point of his career.
Notes for Atlanta Thrashers:
-Niclas Hävelid notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Todd White ended his 5 game goal drought.
-Ilya Kovalchuk had his 4 game goal streak snapped.
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Hartford Wolfpack 1( 16) , Chicago Wolves 0( 19)
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1-0 HFD Bobby Sanguinetti (Tom Pyatt, Aaron Voros)
Goalies: Miika Wiikman - Ondrej Pavelec