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12/3/2008
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New York Rangers 4 , Pittsburgh Penguins 2
Shots: 27 - 15
NYR PP: 0 of 2 (2 shots), Passing:74/88=84 %, Challenges:32/41=76 %
PIT PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:67/85=78 %, Challenges:32/46=68 %
Attendance: 18200 of 18200 (Madison Square Garden)
Ticket income: 560560 Match televised: No
Boxscore for the game:
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no scoring
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28:29 0-1 PIT Joe Corvo [5] (Rene Bourque)
30:46 0-2 PIT Evgeny Artyukhin [8] (Jamal Mayers, Joe Corvo)
35:34 1-2 NYR Michal Handzus [20] (Richard Park, Denis Gauthier)
39:11 2-2 NYR Alex Kovalev [17] (Michal Handzus, Mike Knuble)
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48:42 3-2 NYR Mathieu Roy [2] (Adam Foote, Nolan Baumgartner)
59:17 4-2 NYR Jed Ortmeyer [4] (Mike Leclerc, Denis Gauthier) EN
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Penalty summary:
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10:33 PIT Ronald Petrovicky (2 min for cross-checking)
18:14 PIT Robyn Regehr (5 min for fighting)
18:14 NYR Mathieu Roy (5 min for fighting)
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33:18 PIT Jochen Hecht (2 min for tripping)
38:41 NYR Kyle McLaren (5 min for fighting)
38:41 PIT Christoph Schubert (5 min for fighting)
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45:03 NYR Colby Armstrong (5 min for fighting)
45:03 PIT Matt Bradley (5 min for fighting)
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New York Rangers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Colby Armstrong 0 0 2 5 1 5 5 0 13.10 7
R Mike Leclerc 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 17.20 6
R Sergei Fedorov 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 12.40 6
R Alex Kovalev 1 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 16.00 7
C Alexei Kaigorodov 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 13.10 6
C Jed Ortmeyer 1 0 4 1 0 2 0 2 17.20 7
C Mike Ribeiro 0 0 1 3 1 0 0 -1 15.50 6
C Michal Handzus 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 13.40 8
L Matt Beleskey 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 13.30 7
L Mathieu Roy 1 0 3 0 0 0 5 2 17.00 8
R Richard Park 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 13.30 6
L Mike Knuble 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 16.00 8
D Adam Foote 0 1 1 3 2 3 0 2 20.50 8
D Nolan Baumgartner 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 17.30 5
D Kyle McLaren 0 0 0 2 0 1 5 0 21.40 7
D Darius Kasparaitis 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 2 18.00 5
D Denis Gauthier 0 2 2 3 2 1 0 0 17.30 7
D Barret Jackman 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 25.20 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Martin Brodeur 2 0 13 0 0 60.00 6
G Alex Westlund 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Pittsburgh Penguins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Matt Bradley 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 0 6.10 5
R Evgeny Artyukhin 1 0 2 4 0 4 0 -1 17.40 8
R Jamal Mayers 0 1 0 3 0 2 0 0 16.50 8
R Ronald Petrovicky 0 0 1 3 0 0 2 -2 18.30 7
C Jarkko Immonen 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 7.30 6
C Maxime Talbot 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 17.10 5
C Patrik Stefan 0 0 3 4 1 0 0 0 18.00 7
C Jason Arnott 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 -1 18.20 7
L Erik Christensen 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 7.30 6
L Oleg Kvasha 0 0 2 1 2 1 0 0 16.40 6
L Rene Bourque 0 1 3 2 1 0 0 0 15.20 7
L Jochen Hecht 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 -1 16.10 7
D Karl Alzner 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17.00 5
D Joe Corvo 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 18.40 9
D Robyn Regehr 0 0 0 2 0 1 5 -1 23.20 7
D Christoph Schubert 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 -1 16.10 4
D Steve Eminger 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 -1 16.10 5
D Nicklas Lidström 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 -1 28.30 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc-André Fleury 4 0 23 0 0 59.20 5
G Jocelyn Thibault 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Michal Handzus
2nd star: Alex Kovalev
3rd star: Jed Ortmeyer
Notes for New York Rangers:
-Michal Handzus scored his 20th goal of the season.
-Richard Park notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Denis Gauthier notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Mike Leclerc finally ended his 10 game point drought.
-Adam Foote ended his 5 game point drought.
Notes for Pittsburgh Penguins:
-Evgeny Artyukhin has marked a new career high in points with 18 points.
-Rene Bourque had his 3 game goal streak snapped.
-Joe Corvo finally ended his 20 game goal drought.
Other notes:
-Robyn Regehr beat Mathieu Roy in a fight.
-Kyle McLaren fought Christoph Schubert in a fight.
-Matt Bradley beat Colby Armstrong in a fight.
Farm game result:
Hartford Wolf Pack 1( 30) , Wilkes-Barre Penguins 1( 27)
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0-1 WBS Connor James (Stephen Dixon)
1-1 HFD Greg Beller (Dan Cavanaugh, Jason Ward)
Goalies: Sébastien Caron - Andrew Penner