New York Rangers vs Atlanta Thrashers

Regular season · Friday, March 16, 2007 · Philips Arena

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Game summary

The Atlanta Thrashers beat the New York Rangers 2–1 in overtime on Friday, March 16, 2007 at Philips Arena. The Rangers outshot the Thrashers 39–22.

Goals came from Sean Avery, Marian Hossa and Alexei Zhitnik.

Johan Hedberg made 38 saves on 39 shots for the win; Henrik Lundqvist stopped 20 of 22.

Goals
NYR	1	0	0	0	1	39
ATL	0	1	0	1	2	22

Scoring

1st period

Sean Avery (13)Michael Nylander (49), Paul Mara (17)1–019:07 NYR

2nd period

Marian Hossa (41)Ilya Kovalchuk (33), Vyacheslav Kozlov (48)1–102:51 ATL

Overtime

Alexei Zhitnik (6)Vyacheslav Kozlov (49), Marian Hossa (51)1–202:18 ATL ·

Team stats

NYRATL

3922

52%48%

0/61/6

1717

1224

1015

817

923

Penalties

8:19 into the first periodEric Boulton · fighting5 min
8:19 into the first periodColton Orr · fighting5 min
8:39 into the first periodKeith Tkachuk · cross checking2 min
12:40 into the first periodDavid Liffiton · holding2 min
13:34 into the first periodMichal Rozsival · high sticking2 min
0:31 into the second periodMichael Nylander · hooking2 min
0:44 into the second periodIlya Kovalchuk · hooking2 min
8:51 into the second periodPaul Mara · holding2 min
11:57 into the second periodEric Belanger · holding2 min
14:41 into the second periodPaul Mara · roughing2 min
16:28 into the second periodScott Mellanby · boarding2 min
2:55 into the third periodAlexei Zhitnik · hooking2 min
15:46 into the third periodAlexei Zhitnik · holding2 min
1:31 into overtimeMatt Cullen · holding2 min

Season series

New York Rangers

New York Rangers skaters

16Sean AveryL	1	0	1	+1	3	0	0	0	67	21:27
92Michael NylanderC	0	1	1	0	3	0	0	2	47	21:32
27Paul MaraD	0	1	1	0	5	0	0	4	–	19:51
5Matt CullenC	0	0	0	−1	3	0	1	2	63	21:58
15Brad IsbisterL	0	0	0	−1	0	1	0	0	–	11:19
19Blair BettsC	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	42	09:54
25Petr PruchaR	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	43	14:59
28Colton OrrR	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	–	04:14
41Jed OrtmeyerR	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	–	08:41
43Ryan CallahanR	0	0	0	0	4	3	1	0	–	15:06
54Brandon DubinskyC	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	–	07:40
68Jaromir JagrR	0	0	0	+1	5	0	0	0	–	24:21
82Martin StrakaC	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	–	19:34
3Michal RozsivalD	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	2	–	30:47
8Marek MalikD	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	–	24:08
22Thomas PockD	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	–	16:25
46Dan GirardiD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	17:53
55David LiffitonD	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	2	–	07:26

New York Rangers goalies
Goalie
30Henrik LundqvistG	O	22	20	2	.909	61:48
40Steve ValiquetteG		0	0	0	–	–

Atlanta Thrashers

Atlanta Thrashers skaters

13Vyacheslav KozlovL	0	2	2	+1	1	1	1	0	50	17:34
18Marian HossaR	1	1	2	+1	4	0	0	0	–	22:44
17Ilya KovalchukL	0	1	1	+1	2	4	0	2	–	20:09
77Alexei ZhitnikD	1	0	1	−1	2	2	0	4	–	25:44
8Keith TkachukL	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	57	19:55
9Pascal DupuisR	0	0	0	−1	1	2	1	0	–	16:34
11Jean-Pierre VigierR	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	–	07:27
14Jon SimL	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	06:40
16Bobby HolikC	0	0	0	−1	0	0	0	0	56	10:01
19Scott MellanbyR	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	2	–	10:32
22Eric BelangerC	0	0	0	0	4	2	1	2	33	23:24
29Brad LarsenL	0	0	0	−1	0	2	2	0	75	12:09
36Eric BoultonL	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	–	04:52
2Garnet ExelbyD	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	–	23:16
7Greg De VriesD	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	–	28:40
25Andy SuttonD	0	0	0	+1	0	3	1	0	–	09:58
28Niclas HavelidD	0	0	0	−1	1	0	1	0	–	26:22
34Shane HnidyD	0	0	0	+1	2	1	1	0	–	08:51

Atlanta Thrashers goalies
Goalie
1Johan HedbergG	W	39	38	1	.974	62:18
32Kari LehtonenG		0	0	0	–	–