Atlanta Thrashers vs New York Rangers
Playoffs · Wednesday, April 18, 2007 · Madison Square Garden
TSN · SPSO · MSG
Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the Atlanta Thrashers 4–2 on Wednesday, April 18, 2007 at Madison Square Garden. The Rangers outshot the Thrashers 31–26.
Goals came from Keith Tkachuk, Michal Rozsival, Greg De Vries, Brendan Shanahan, Matt Cullen and Jaromir Jagr.
Henrik Lundqvist made 24 saves on 26 shots for the win; Johan Hedberg stopped 27 of 30.
Scoring
1st period
Keith Tkachuk (1)Ilya Kovalchuk (1), Niclas Havelid (2)1–006:38 ATL
Michal Rozsival (2)Martin Straka (3), Michael Nylander (4)1–107:57 NYR ·
2nd period
Greg De Vries (1)Pascal Dupuis (2), Marian Hossa (1)2–112:26 ATL
Brendan Shanahan (3)Sean Avery (4)2–218:18 NYR
3rd period
Matt Cullen (1)Thomas Pock (3), Ryan Callahan (1)2–302:06 NYR
Jaromir Jagr (2)Unassisted2–418:27 NYR ·
Team stats
ATLNYR
2631
46%54%
0/41/6
128
2417
1611
79
46
Penalties
- 7:45 into the first period
Jim Slater · interference2 min - 8:25 into the first period
Marek Malik · interference2 min - 10:02 into the second periodPetr Prucha · holding2 min
- 12:59 into the second periodAndy Sutton · tripping2 min
- 19:02 into the second periodVyacheslav Kozlov · tripping2 min
- 4:50 into the third periodEric Belanger · slashing2 min
- 5:56 into the third periodGarnet Exelby · roughing2 min
- 7:52 into the third periodFedor Tyutin · interference2 min
- 11:30 into the third periodPascal Dupuis · interference2 min
- 18:43 into the third periodMarek Malik · holding2 min
Season series
Atlanta Thrashers
| 8Keith TkachukL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 15:29 |
| 9Pascal DupuisR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 20:47 |
| 17Ilya KovalchukL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 19:35 |
| 18Marian HossaR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | 19:27 |
| 7Greg De VriesD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 19:06 |
| 28Niclas HavelidD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 25:35 |
| 13Vyacheslav KozlovL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 19:21 |
| 14Jon SimL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 03:03 |
| 16Bobby HolikC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 16:10 |
| 19Scott MellanbyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:38 |
| 22Eric BelangerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 21:10 |
| 23Jim SlaterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 02:23 |
| 29Brad LarsenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:41 |
| 36Eric BoultonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 03:51 |
| 2Garnet ExelbyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 12:47 |
| 25Andy SuttonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:58 |
| 34Shane HnidyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 16:29 |
| 77Alexei ZhitnikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 26:42 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Johan HedbergG | L | 30 | 3 | .900 |
| 32Kari LehtonenG | 0 | 0 | – |
New York Rangers
| 5Matt CullenC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 14:41 |
| 14Brendan ShanahanL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | 18:30 |
| 16Sean AveryL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 19:43 |
| 43Ryan CallahanR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 09:12 |
| 68Jaromir JagrR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 22:54 |
| 82Martin StrakaC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 18:27 |
| 92Michael NylanderC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 21:09 |
| 3Michal RozsivalD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 26:21 |
| 22Thomas PockD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 13:42 |
| 19Blair BettsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:28 |
| 25Petr PruchaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:32 |
| 28Colton OrrR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 04:02 |
| 41Jed OrtmeyerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:55 |
| 81Marcel HossaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 16:20 |
| 8Marek MalikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 19:10 |
| 27Paul MaraD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:58 |
| 46Dan GirardiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:18 |
| 51Fedor TyutinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:23 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Henrik LundqvistG | W | 26 | 2 | .923 |
| 40Steve ValiquetteG | 0 | 0 | – |