NY Rangers at Pittsburgh

Shots
123OTT
NY Rangers 15 8 12 0 35
Pittsburgh 11 11 6 0 28
Goals
123OTT
NY Rangers 1 1 1 0 3
Pittsburgh 2 1 1 0 4


Scoring Summary


Period 1
1. NY RANGERS, LOMBARDI 18 (RADIVOJEVIC, SKOULA), 04:52
2. PITTSBURGH, SALO 9 (RECCHI, KOVALCHUK) (PP), 10:51
3. PITTSBURGH, SUNDIN 35 (HANDZUS, JOKINEN) (PP), 19:03

PENALTIES: D. ZUBRUS NYR (CHARGING, Minor) 09:56, B. BOYES NYR (ELBOWING, Minor) 10:09, J. ERSKINE PIT (ELBOWING, Minor, Game Misconduct) 12:32 (Served by Michal Handzus), J. RITA NYR (ELBOWING, Minor) 16:25, A. MCCAULEY PIT (CHARGING, Minor) 16:25, K. BEECH NYR (CHARGING, Minor) 17:44

Period 2
4. PITTSBURGH, KOIVU 18 (LIDSTROM, KOVALCHUK), 10:22
5. NY RANGERS, RITA 3 (GREEN), 15:30

PENALTIES: H. JONSSON NYR (BOARDING, Minor) 02:10, K. BEECH NYR (BOARDING, Minor) 03:32

Period 3
6. NY RANGERS, ZALESAK 6 (UNASSISTED), 06:45
7. PITTSBURGH, LIDSTROM 16 (RECCHI), 07:45

PENALTIES: P. TRNKA NYR (FIGHTING) 10:54, R. BRIND'AMOUR PIT (FIGHTING) 10:54, M. SKOULA NYR (ROUGHING, Double Minor) 12:43

Goalie Statistics

Ilya Bryzgalov (NYR), 24 saves out of 28 shots, L, 9-18-9
Ron Tugnutt (PIT), 32 saves out of 35 shots, W, 15-11-4

Power Play Conversions

NY Rangers 0 for 1
Pittsburgh 2 for 6

Game Stars

1 - Miroslav Zalesak (NYR)
2 - Nicklas Lidstrom (PIT)
3 - Mark Recchi (PIT)

Player Statistics

NY Rangers

                      G  A  P   +/- PIM  S  HT IT
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Hans Jonsson          0  0  0    -2   2  2   3 27
Brad Boyes            0  0  0    -1   2  3   2 24
Jani Rita             1  0  1    +1   2  3   1 11
Matthew Lombardi      1  0  1    +1   0  6   1 19
Mike Van Ryn          0  0  0    +1   0  2   0 19
Jonathan Sim          0  0  0  Even   0  0   1  7
Nick Schultz          0  0  0  Even   0  0   1  4
Dainius Zubrus        0  0  0    -2   2  3   1 18
Chuck Kobasew         0  0  0    -2   0  2   1 17
Josh Green            0  1  1    +1   0  1   1 14
Branko Radivojevic    0  1  1    +2   0  0   1 17
Kris Beech            0  0  0    +1   4  0   0 18
Brad May              0  0  0  Even   0  0   1  6
Pavel Trnka           0  0  0    +2   5  4   4 23
Martin Skoula         0  1  1  Even   4  1   2 26
Miroslav Zalesak      1  0  1    +2   0  6   0 16
Steve Poapst          0  0  0    +1   0  2   3 23
   
Pittsburgh

                      G  A  P   +/- PIM  S  HT IT
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Saku Koivu            1  0  1    +2   0  1   3 20
Ilya Kovalchuk        0  2  2    +2   0  3   2 19
John Erskine          0  0  0  Even  12  0   0  2
Andrei Markov         0  0  0    -3   0  2   2 20
Olli Jokinen          0  1  1    -2   0  2   2 23
Chris Phillips        0  0  0    +2   0  1   4 25
Nicklas Lidstrom      1  1  2    +2   0  4   1 23
Shawn McEachern       0  0  0  Even   0  1   0  6
Henrik Sedin          0  0  0  Even   0  1   0  5
Mats Sundin           1  0  1    -3   0  1   1 21
Marek Malik           0  0  0    -3   0  0   2 19
Rod Brind'Amour       0  0  0  Even   5  2   2 12
Sami Salo             1  0  1  Even   0  4   3 21
Aki Berg              0  0  0  Even   0  0   2 11
Mark Recchi           0  2  2    +2   0  3   2 19
Alyn McCauley         0  0  0  Even   2  1   0 13
Ian Laperriere        0  0  0    -1   0  0   4 17
Michal Handzus        0  1  1    -3   0  2   0 22
   

Financial

Attendance: 10544
Net Profit: $869,880.00

Game Notes

Nick Schultz injured at 12:32 of the 1st Period
John Erskine ejected at 12:32 of the 1st Period
Pavel Trnka and Rod Brind'Amour fight to a draw
Mike Van Ryn injured at 12:43 of the 3rd Period

Minor League Box Score

Hartford       1
Wilkes-Bar     10
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Riku Hahl 7 (Ryan Flinn, P.J. Stock)

Mikko Koivu 16 (Ramzi Abid, Brian Pothier)
Daniel Sedin 5 (Justin Papineau, Mike Komisarek)
Brad Tapper 2 (Anton But, Denis Shvidki)
Ramzi Abid 31 (Tomas Plekanec, Toby Peterson)
Nikos Tselios 9 (Fedor Fedorov, Marty Murray)
Toby Peterson 24 (Rob Davison, Sergei Valarmov)
Daniel Sedin 6 (Ilja Nikulin, Toby Peterson)
Sergei Valarmov 22 (unknown, Mikko Koivu)
Tomas Plekanec 34 (Brian Pothier, Justin Papineau)
Ramzi Abid 32 (unknown, unknown)

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Goalies
Hartford: Johan Asplund
Wilkes-Bar: Michael Leighton
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