New York Rangers vs Tampa Bay Lightning
Regular season · Saturday, December 23, 2006 · St. Pete Times Forum
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Game summary
The Tampa Bay Lightning beat the New York Rangers 4–3 on Saturday, December 23, 2006 at St. Pete Times Forum. The Rangers outshot the Lightning 28–26.
Dan Boyle scored a hat trick. Martin Straka, Blair Betts, Aaron Ward and Vincent Lecavalier also scored.
Johan Holmqvist made 12 saves on 12 shots for the win; Henrik Lundqvist stopped 22 of 26.
Scoring
1st period
Martin Straka (18)Brendan Shanahan (19), Michal Rozsival (15)1–016:37 NYR · 
Blair Betts (5)Unassisted2–019:08 NYR
2nd period
Aaron Ward (3)Martin Straka (25), Michael Nylander (29)3–008:17 NYR
3rd period
Dan Boyle (6)Brad Richards (17), Johan Holmqvist (2)3–101:02 TBL · - Dan Boyle (7)Nikita Alexeev (10), Brad Richards (18)3–202:29 TBL
Vincent Lecavalier (21)Dan Boyle (19), Ryan Craig (9)3–305:56 TBL · - Dan Boyle (8)Unassisted3–411:03 TBL
Team stats
NYRTBL
2826
45%55%
1/42/6
128
1617
186
912
317
Penalties
- 0:25 into the first period
Adam Hall · interference2 min - 2:32 into the first periodThomas Pock · interference2 min
- 5:22 into the first periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 15:05 into the first period
Cory Sarich · tripping2 min - 15:55 into the first periodNolan Pratt · delaying game2 min
- 0:19 into the second periodAndre Roy · roughing2 min
- 13:45 into the second periodFedor Tyutin · interference2 min
- 0:07 into the third periodMartin Straka · hooking2 min
- 5:00 into the third periodBrad Isbister · holding2 min
- 6:08 into the third periodCory Sarich · high sticking2 min
Season series
New York Rangers
| 82Martin StrakaC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 22:59 |
| 14Brendan ShanahanL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 18:22 |
| 19Blair BettsC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 13:13 |
| 92Michael NylanderC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 22:46 |
| 3Michal RozsivalD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 25:31 |
| 4Aaron WardD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 22:42 |
| 5Matt CullenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:28 |
| 15Brad IsbisterL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 06:30 |
| 16Jason WardR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 12:49 |
| 18Adam HallR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:36 |
| 25Petr PruchaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 09:21 |
| 38Jarkko ImmonenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 04:24 |
| 44Ryan HollwegL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:07 |
| 68Jaromir JagrR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22:19 |
| 6Darius KasparaitisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 09:56 |
| 22Thomas PockD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 16:45 |
| 23Karel RachunekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 17:25 |
| 51Fedor TyutinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 22:56 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Henrik LundqvistG | L | 26 | 4 | .846 |
| 80Kevin WeekesG | 0 | 0 | – |
Tampa Bay Lightning
| 22Dan BoyleD | 3 | 1 | 4 | +2 | 4 | 25:51 |
| 19Brad RichardsC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 26:55 |
| 4Vincent LecavalierC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | 21:51 |
| 15Nikita AlexeevR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 14:40 |
| 34Ryan CraigC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17:15 |
| 9Eric PerrinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | 21:44 |
| 17Ruslan FedotenkoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 18:41 |
| 20Vinny ProspalL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | 15:49 |
| 26Martin St. LouisR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 24:39 |
| 27Tim TaylorC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 03:57 |
| 29Dimitri AfanasenkovL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 06:42 |
| 36Andre RoyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 01:14 |
| 74Nick TarnaskyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 02:04 |
| 3Doug JanikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 17:50 |
| 21Cory SarichD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 15:33 |
| 44Nolan PrattD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 13:55 |
| 54Paul RangerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 20:57 |
| 71Filip KubaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 21:38 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Marc DenisG | 16 | 3 | .813 | |
| 40Johan HolmqvistG | W | 12 | 0 | 1.000 |