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18/12/2009
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New York Rangers 5 , Atlanta Thrashers 1
Shots: 31 - 29
PP: 3 of 5 (14 shots), Passing:62/78=79 %, Challenges:33/40=80 %
PP: 0 of 7 (17 shots), Passing:60/70=85 %, Challenges:30/44=66 %
Attendance: 18200 of 18200 (Madison Square Garden)
Ticket income: 664300 Match televised: No
Boxscore for the game:
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01:35 1-0
Nikolai Zherdev [13] (Jaromir Jagr, Marc Staal)
08:21 1-1
Ron Hainsey [1] (Slava Kozlov, Kyle McLaren)
15:08 2-1
Chris Higgins [9] (Chris Drury, Nikolai Zherdev)PP
17:35 3-1
Wade Redden [6] (Marc Staal, Petr Sykora)PP
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30:09 4-1
Jaromir Jagr [16] (Wade Redden, Marc Staal)
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47:38 5-1
Dan Girardi [3] (Mathieu Schneider, Petr Sykora)PP
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Penalty summary:
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02:41
Chris Kreider (2 min for hooking)
09:13
Jim Slater (2 min for holding the stick)
13:49
Todd White (2 min for hooking)
17:21
Nik Antropov (2 min for hooking)
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24:18
Chris Kreider (2 min for slashing)
26:08
Marian Gaborik (2 min for boarding)
32:44
Mike Comrie (2 min for hooking)
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43:46
Wade Redden (2 min for tripping)
46:51
Bryan Little (2 min for holding the stick)
52:49
Chris Chelios (2 min for tripping)
56:53
Eric Boulton (2 min for hooking)
59:37
Chris Kreider (2 min for roughing)
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New York Rangers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
L Mike Comrie 0 0 4 0 0 0 2 0 7.40 7
C Chris Kreider 0 0 1 0 1 2 6 0 14.40 7
R Petr Sykora 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 15.10 7
R Marian Gaborik 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 21.20 6
C Tyler Arnason 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7.40 5
C Artem Anisimov 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 13.20 6
C Brandon Dubinsky 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 10.30 7
C Chris Drury 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 19.30 7
L Ales Kotalik 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 7.40 6
L Chris Higgins 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 18.20 7
R Nikolai Zherdev 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 10.40 8
L Jaromir Jagr 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 20.10 9
D Chris Chelios 0 0 0 2 0 3 2 0 13.40 7
D Dan Girardi 1 0 2 3 0 1 0 1 19.20 9
D Marc Staal 0 3 0 5 2 5 0 0 29.00 9
D Michael Sauer 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 13.30 6
D Mathieu Schneider 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 16.50 7
D Wade Redden 1 1 7 0 1 1 2 0 27.40 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Steve Valiquette 1 0 28 0 0 60.00 10
G Henrik Lundqvist 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Atlanta Thrashers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Bryan Little 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 6.50 4
R Jim Slater 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 -1 16.20 7
R Nik Antropov 0 0 3 1 0 1 2 1 19.10 5
R Colby Armstrong 0 0 2 2 1 2 0 -1 18.40 7
C Angelo Esposito 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7.00 6
C Chris Thorburn 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 16.10 6
C Jason Krog 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1 15.10 6
C Todd White 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 -1 19.20 5
L Eric Boulton 0 0 0 1 3 0 2 0 7.00 5
L Marcus Nilson 0 0 3 1 3 0 0 -1 13.30 5
L Slava Kozlov 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 15.10 5
L Ilya Kovalchuk 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 -1 19.20 6
D Arturs Kulda 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 12.10 6
D Kyle McLaren 0 1 0 4 2 2 0 1 16.50 6
D Zach Bogosian 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 -1 23.00 7
D Tobias Enström 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 -1 20.10 5
D Ron Hainsey 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 21.50 7
D Pavel Kubina 0 0 6 2 0 1 0 -1 26.00 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Johan Hedberg 4 0 11 0 0 30.10 4
G Kari Lehtonen 1 0 15 0 0 29.40 8
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Jaromir Jagr
2nd star: Marc Staal
3rd star: Nikolai Zherdev
Notes for New York Rangers:
-Marc Staal has marked a new career high in points with 16 points.
-Marc Staal has marked a new career high in assists with 13 assists.
-Wade Redden notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Marian Gaborik had his 4 game point streak snapped.
-Dan Girardi ended his 9 game point drought.
Notes for Atlanta Thrashers:
-Kyle McLaren notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Ron Hainsey finally ended his 31 game goal drought.
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Hartford Wolfpack 6( 30) , Chicago Wolves 1( 15)
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1-0 HFD Aaron Voros (Andreas Ambuhl)
2-0 HFD Ryan Callahan (Brian Boyle)
3-0 HFD Jan-Mikael Järvinen (Éric Castonguay)
3-1 CHW Andrew Kozek (Anthony Stewart, Niclas Lucenius)
4-1 HFD Chris Chappell (Brodie Dupont)
5-1 HFD Ilkka Heikkinen (Brian Boyle)
6-1 HFD Ryan Callahan (Brian Boyle)
Goalies: Miika Wiikman - Ondrej Pavelec