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18/12/2007
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New York Rangers 3 , Tampa Bay Lightning 2
Shots: 29 - 25
PP: 0 of 3 (4 shots), Passing:68/73=93 %, Challenges:24/51=46 %
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:69/89=77 %, Challenges:32/45=69 %
Attendance: 12369 of 18200 (Madison Square Garden)
Ticket income: 614739 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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15:18 1-0
Blair Betts [4] (Sean Avery, Martin Straka)
15:47 2-0
Martin St. Louis [18] (Scott Hannan, Paul Mara)
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29:22 3-0
Mike Leclerc [5] (Christian Bäckman, Michal Rozsival)
31:51 3-1
Dan Boyle [4] (Simon Gagné, Jeff Carter)
38:38 3-2
Jeff Carter [7] (Aleksey Morozov, Simon Gagné)
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no scoring
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Penalty summary:
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19:07
Kyle Wanvig (2 min for hooking)
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30:09
Karl Stewart (2 min for roughing)
30:09
Martin Straka (2 min for roughing)
33:41
Shane O'Brien (2 min for elbowing)
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57:35
Karl Stewart (2 min for boarding)
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New York Rangers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Chris Kelly 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 5.40 6
R Mike Leclerc 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 15.20 8
R Michael Ryder 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 -2 19.30 6
R Anson Carter 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 1 18.40 7
C Blair Betts 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 5.40 7
C Mike York 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 16.40 6
C Chris Drury 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 17.30 7
C Scott Gomez 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 20.10 5
L Sean Avery 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 6.30 6
L Martin Straka 0 1 2 0 3 1 2 1 17.50 6
L Ryan Smyth 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 -1 16.30 5
L Martin St. Louis 1 0 5 1 3 0 0 0 20.00 7
D Darius Kasparaitis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 14.20 6
D Fedor Tyutin 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 -1 20.30 5
D Scott Hannan 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 0 21.00 7
D Christian Bäckman 0 1 4 4 1 7 0 1 19.40 8
D Michal Rozsival 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 -1 18.40 7
D Paul Mara 0 1 1 1 4 1 0 1 25.50 5
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Henrik Lundqvist 2 0 23 0 0 60.00 8
G Martin Gerber 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Tampa Bay Lightning scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jason Ward 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 -1 7.00 5
R Kyle Wanvig 0 0 2 7 4 8 2 0 14.50 8
R Michel Ouellet 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 -1 15.30 7
R Aleksey Morozov 0 1 4 0 2 0 0 1 16.30 8
C Jeff Halpern 0 0 2 3 0 3 0 -1 11.10 8
C Chris Gratton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19.00 5
C Ryan Craig 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 17.30 7
C Jeff Carter 1 1 5 4 1 2 0 1 18.30 9
L Dave Spina 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -1 7.00 4
L Karl Stewart 0 0 1 1 0 2 4 0 14.50 5
L Jussi Jokinen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 15.30 5
L Simon Gagné 0 2 2 3 0 3 0 1 16.40 9
D Alex Picard 0 0 0 3 0 4 0 0 15.40 6
D Paul Ranger 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -1 18.50 6
D Filip Kuba 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 21.20 7
D Braydon Coburn 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 20.10 6
D Shane O'Brien 0 0 1 4 1 2 2 -1 17.40 7
D Dan Boyle 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 26.10 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc Denis 3 0 26 0 0 60.00 7
G Mike Smith 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Mike Leclerc
2nd star: Blair Betts
3rd star: Jeff Carter
Notes for New York Rangers:
-Paul Mara notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Michael Ryder had his 12 game point streak snapped.
Notes for Tampa Bay Lightning:
-Simon Gagné notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Michel Ouellet had his 3 game goal streak snapped.
-Jeff Carter ended his 7 game goal drought.
-Dan Boyle finally ended his 14 game goal drought.
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Hartford Wolfpack 1( 13) , Detroit Vipers 3(
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0-1 DTV Andre Roy (Justin Keller, Jay Leach)
1-1 HFD Colton Orr (Lauri Korpikoski)
1-2 DTV Justin Keller (Andre Roy, Mike Egener)
1-3 DTV Craig MacDonald (Nick Tarnasky, Matt Smaby)
Goalies: Stephen Valiquette - Jonathan Boutin
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18/12/2007
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Washington Capitals 4 , San Jose Sharks 2
Shots: 24 - 27
PP: 0 of 2 (6 shots), Passing:71/84=84 %, Challenges:20/40=48 %
PP: 0 of 1 (2 shots), Passing:66/88=75 %, Challenges:39/53=72 %
Attendance: 14852 of 19740 (MCI Center)
Ticket income: 720322 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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06:24 0-1
Jonathan Cheechoo [10] (Ilya Kovalchuk, Patrick Marleau)
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22:29 1-1
Alexander Semin [7] (Alexander Ovechkin, Eric Fehr)
31:35 1-2
Alexei Yashin [7] (Joe Pavelski, Ilya Kovalchuk)
33:29 2-2
Alexander Ovechkin [15] (Sergei Fedorov, Alexander Semin)
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44:19 3-2
Viktor Kozlov [14] (Matt Cooke)
58:51 4-2
Michael Nylander [11] (Ben Clymer, Steve Eminger) EN
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Penalty summary:
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00:25
Kyle McLaren (5 min for fighting)
00:25
John Erskine (5 min for fighting)
07:33
Alexei Yashin (2 min for high-sticking)
17:02
Lukas Kaspar (2 min for hooking)
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20:09
John Erskine (2 min for roughing)
20:09
Nick Foligno (2 min for roughing)
38:24
Kyle McLaren (2 min for roughing)
38:24
Alexander Ovechkin (2 min for roughing)
38:43
Alexander Semin (2 min for elbowing)
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Washington Capitals scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Eric Fehr 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7.30 6
R Chris Clark 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 -1 15.30 6
R Viktor Kozlov 1 0 3 0 3 0 0 1 17.30 6
R Alexander Ovechkin 1 1 5 0 0 0 2 2 19.30 8
C Tomas Fleischmann 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 8.50 6
C Nicklas Bäckström 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 -1 14.00 5
C Michael Nylander 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 16.40 8
C Sergei Fedorov 0 1 3 1 2 0 0 2 19.00 7
L Brooks Laich 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 7.30 6
L Rico Fata 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 -1 15.30 6
L Matt Cooke 0 1 2 1 1 1 0 1 18.00 8
L Alexander Semin 1 1 1 3 2 0 2 2 20.10 8
D John Erskine 0 0 0 2 1 5 7 -1 12.50 7
D Milan Jurcina 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 1 20.50 6
D Tom Poti 0 0 1 5 0 1 0 2 24.30 8
D Karl Alzner 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 -1 14.30 6
D Ben Clymer 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 18.40 7
D Steve Eminger 0 1 0 3 0 3 0 2 26.50 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Cristobal Huet 2 0 25 0 0 60.00 9
G Olaf Kölzig 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
San Jose Sharks scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Lukas Kaspar 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 6.10 6
R Pat Rissmiller 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 16.30 7
R Mike Grier 0 0 5 1 4 2 0 0 18.40 6
R Jonathan Cheechoo 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 -2 18.40 7
C Maxim Lapierre 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 6.10 6
C Marcel Goc 0 0 1 1 1 3 0 0 16.50 7
C Alexei Yashin 1 0 3 1 2 0 2 0 18.10 6
C Patrick Marleau 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 -2 16.10 5
L Nick Foligno 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 5.50 4
L Chris Neil 0 0 1 4 2 5 0 0 17.10 8
L Joe Pavelski 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 18.30 7
L Ilya Kovalchuk 0 2 4 0 0 1 0 -2 16.10 8
D Brad Norton 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 14.30 6
D Christian Ehrhoff 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 21.50 6
D Kyle McLaren 0 0 1 4 2 3 7 -2 20.40 6
D Marc-Édouard Vlasic 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 19.30 6
D Craig Rivet 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 23.10 7
D Brian Campbell 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -2 20.20 4
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Evgeny Nabokov 4 0 20 0 0 59.20 5
G Tyson Sexsmith 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Alexander Ovechkin
2nd star: Alexander Semin
3rd star: Viktor Kozlov
Notes for Washington Capitals:
-Alexander Semin has marked a new career high in points with 23 points.
-Alexander Ovechkin scored his 15th goal of the season.
-Steve Eminger notched his 10th assist of the season.
Notes for San Jose Sharks:
-Jonathan Cheechoo scored his 10th goal of the season.
Other notes:
-Kyle McLaren beat John Erskine in a
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Farm game result:
Portland Pirates 2( 27) , Cleveland Barons 0( 13)
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1-0 POR Stephen Werner (Chris Bourque, Joe Motzko)
2-0 POR Jakub Klepis (Brian Pothier, Boyd Gordon)
Goalies: Brent Johnson - Taylor Dakers