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7/11/2007
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New York Rangers 5 , Columbus Blue Jackets 4
Shots: 32 - 28
PP: 1 of 3 (4 shots), Passing:72/82=87 %, Challenges:39/42=90 %
PP: 0 of 4 (9 shots), Passing:73/85=85 %, Challenges:44/52=83 %
Attendance: 9226 of 18200 (Madison Square Garden)
Ticket income: 447461 Match televised: No
Boxscore for the game:
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01:37 0-1
R.J. Umberger [4] (Kristian Huselius, Rick Nash)
13:12 1-1
Wade Redden [3] (Brandon Dubinsky, Fredrik Sjöström)
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27:22 1-2
Mike Commodore [1] (R.J. Umberger, Fredrik Modin)
28:05 2-2
Paul Mara [2] (Pat Rissmiller, Markus Näslund)
31:07 2-3
Adam Pineault [1] (Manny Malhotra, Kristian Huselius)
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44:21 3-3
Nikolai Zherdev [8] (Markus Näslund, Chris Drury)
45:22 3-4
Kristian Huselius [6] (Rick Nash, Christian Bäckman)
47:05 4-4
Petr Prucha [8] (Michal Rozsival, Daniel Girardi)
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63:04 5-4
Markus Näslund [7] (Scott Gomez, Nikolai Zherdev)PP
Penalty summary:
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18:58
Fredrik Sjöström (2 min for tripping)
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20:06
Chris Drury (2 min for hooking)
23:05
Michal Rozsival (2 min for tripping)
28:23
Derick Brassard (2 min for holding the stick)
32:57
Brandon Dubinsky (2 min for tripping)
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40:11
Derick Brassard (2 min for diving)
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61:13
R.J. Umberger (2 min for high-sticking)
New York Rangers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Alexei Cherepanov 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 6.50 6
R Dan Fritsche 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 -1 15.20 7
R Petr Prucha 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 14.50 8
R Nikolai Zherdev 1 1 3 1 0 0 0 -1 18.00 9
C Brandon Dubinsky 0 1 2 0 1 0 2 1 7.50 7
C Blair Betts 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 -1 20.20 6
C Scott Gomez 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 20.30 7
C Chris Drury 0 1 2 2 0 0 2 -1 20.30 8
L Fredrik Sjöström 0 1 2 1 0 0 2 1 9.00 6
L Nigel Dawes 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -1 15.20 5
L Pat Rissmiller 0 1 5 1 0 0 0 1 14.50 8
L Markus Näslund 1 2 3 1 0 1 0 -1 18.00 8
D Daniel Girardi 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 16.30 7
D Michal Rozsival 0 1 1 3 0 0 2 1 20.00 7
D Dmitri Kalinin 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 -1 25.10 6
D Tim Gleason 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 -1 19.20 7
D Paul Mara 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 18.10 8
D Wade Redden 1 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 27.10 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Henrik Lundqvist 4 0 24 0 0 63.00 6
G David LeNeveu 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Adam Pineault 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 6.40 6
R Derick Brassard 0 0 2 3 1 0 4 -2 11.00 7
R R.J. Umberger 1 1 2 4 1 0 2 2 20.50 7
R Fredrik Modin 0 1 3 2 0 0 0 -1 20.30 6
C Andrew Murray 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 6.40 5
C Alexander Svitov 0 0 2 1 2 1 0 -2 16.10 5
C Jiri Novotny 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 16.00 6
C Michael Peca 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 -1 22.00 6
L Manny Malhotra 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 6.40 6
L Jason Chimera 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -2 12.20 4
L Kristian Huselius 1 2 5 0 0 1 0 2 23.30 9
L Rick Nash 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 -1 20.40 8
D Kris Russell 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 11.00 4
D Ole-Kristian Tollefsen 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 21.10 7
D Christian Bäckman 0 1 4 3 0 0 0 -1 26.50 8
D Fedor Tyutin 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 -1 19.30 5
D Mike Commodore 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 19.00 7
D Rostislav Klesla 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 -1 28.50 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Pascal Leclaire 5 0 27 0 0 63.00 5
G Steve Mason 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Markus Näslund
2nd star: Nikolai Zherdev
3rd star: Kristian Huselius
Notes for New York Rangers:
-Markus Näslund notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Scott Gomez notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Fredrik Sjöström finally ended his 17 game point drought.
-Paul Mara finally ended his 12 game goal drought.
Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:
-Rick Nash notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Manny Malhotra finally ended his 16 game point drought.
-Rostislav Klesla had his 4 game point streak snapped.
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Hartford Wolfpack 7( 45) , Syracuse Crunch 0( 6)
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1-0 HFD Ryan Callahan (Artem Anisimov)
2-0 HFD Tom Pyatt
3-0 HFD Hannu Pikkarainen (Ryan Callahan, Dan Cavanaugh)
4-0 HFD Francis Lessard (Colton Orr)
5-0 HFD Tom Pyatt
6-0 HFD Hugh Jessiman (Josh Gratton, Alex Bourret)
7-0 HFD Colton Orr (Jarkko Immonen)
Goalies: Stephen Valiquette - Fredrik Norrena