New York Rangers vs Florida Panthers
Regular season · Thursday, December 21, 2006 · BankAtlantic Center
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Game summary
The Florida Panthers beat the New York Rangers 3–2 on Thursday, December 21, 2006 at BankAtlantic Center. The Panthers outshot the Rangers 36–32.
Goals came from Brad Isbister, Jason Ward, Chris Gratton, Nathan Horton and Rostislav Olesz.
Ed Belfour made 30 saves on 32 shots for the win; Kevin Weekes stopped 33 of 36.
Scoring
1st period
Brad Isbister (1)Karel Rachunek (9), Brendan Shanahan (18)1–019:56 NYR ·
2nd period
Jason Ward (3)Jaromir Jagr (35), Petr Prucha (9)2–004:13 NYR
3rd period
Chris Gratton (6)Janis Sprukts (1), Rostislav Olesz (8)2–103:03 FLA · 
Nathan Horton (11)Olli Jokinen (23), Gary Roberts (14)2–203:24 FLA
Rostislav Olesz (4)Jay Bouwmeester (10), Bryan Allen (7)2–311:10 FLA
Team stats
NYRFLA
3236
48%52%
1/91/4
818
1628
1012
65
59
Penalties
- 8:59 into the first period
Ville Peltonen · high sticking2 min - 8:59 into the first periodVille Peltonen · high sticking2 min
- 13:08 into the first periodOlli Jokinen · hooking2 min
- 13:54 into the first periodGregory Campbell · holding2 min
- 14:42 into the first period
Adam Hall · interference2 min - 17:12 into the first periodBryan Allen · interference2 min
- 19:51 into the first periodGary Roberts · high sticking2 min
- 11:51 into the second periodAaron Ward · hooking2 min
- 16:57 into the second periodChris Gratton · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 1:08 into the third periodFedor Tyutin · hooking2 min
- 6:46 into the third periodJay Bouwmeester · delaying game puck over glass2 min
- 9:47 into the third periodRuslan Salei · holding the stick2 min
- 10:18 into the third periodPetr Prucha · roughing2 min
Season series
New York Rangers
| 14Brendan ShanahanL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 21:16 |
| 15Brad IsbisterL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 08:33 |
| 16Jason WardR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 15:10 |
| 25Petr PruchaR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 14:58 |
| 68Jaromir JagrR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | 23:38 |
| 23Karel RachunekD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 20:58 |
| 5Matt CullenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 18:27 |
| 18Adam HallR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:25 |
| 19Blair BettsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:17 |
| 38Jarkko ImmonenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:42 |
| 44Ryan HollwegL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:55 |
| 81Marcel HossaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:49 |
| 82Martin StrakaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:33 |
| 3Michal RozsivalD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 22:25 |
| 4Aaron WardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 19:44 |
| 6Darius KasparaitisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:41 |
| 22Thomas PockD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 20:43 |
| 51Fedor TyutinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 20:34 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Henrik LundqvistG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 80Kevin WeekesG | L | 36 | 3 | .917 |
Florida Panthers
| 85Rostislav OleszL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 17:47 |
| 10Gary RobertsL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 17:27 |
| 12Olli JokinenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 19:18 |
| 16Nathan HortonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 18:46 |
| 38Janis SpruktsC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 04:08 |
| 77Chris GrattonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 11:19 |
| 4Jay BouwmeesterD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 24:18 |
| 5Bryan AllenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 18:22 |
| 11Gregory CampbellC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:04 |
| 15Jozef StumpelL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22:45 |
| 18Ville PeltonenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 19:38 |
| 23Martin GelinasL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:31 |
| 57Anthony StewartR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 03:19 |
| 2Branislav MezeiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 19:07 |
| 7Steve MontadorD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 08:18 |
| 8Joel KwiatkowskiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 05:45 |
| 24Ruslan SaleiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | 25:07 |
| 26Mike Van RynD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22:15 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20Ed BelfourG | W | 32 | 2 | .938 |
| 35Alex AuldG | 0 | 0 | – |