New York Rangers vs Carolina Hurricanes
Regular season · Thursday, February 28, 2008 · RBC Center
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Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the Carolina Hurricanes 4–2 on Thursday, February 28, 2008 at RBC Center.
Erik Cole scored twice. Brandon Dubinsky, Sean Avery, Chris Drury and Brendan Shanahan also scored.
Scoring
1st period
Brandon Dubinsky (13)Jaromir Jagr (39)1–003:50 NYR
Sean Avery (11)Dan Girardi (15)2–019:16 NYR
2nd period
Chris Drury (21)Marc Staal (7), Nigel Dawes (10)3–002:14 NYR
Erik Cole (16)Bret Hedican (13), Patrick Eaves (7)3–107:39 CAR
3rd period
- Erik Cole (17)Unassisted3–204:54 CAR ·
Brendan Shanahan (21)Nigel Dawes (11), Scott Gomez (48)4–207:28 NYR
Team stats
NYRCAR
2828
59%41%
0/31/6
2721
1725
1712
34
109
Penalties
- 5:01 into the first period
Marek Malik · hooking2 min - 13:19 into the first period
Eric Staal · hooking2 min - 0:10 into the second periodBret Hedican · delaying game puck over glass2 min
- 5:25 into the second periodChristian Backman · high sticking2 min
- 12:15 into the second periodTim Conboy · fighting5 min
- 12:15 into the second periodRyan Callahan · fighting5 min
- 17:04 into the second periodScott Walker · misconduct10 min
- 17:04 into the second periodSean Avery · misconduct10 min
- 1:58 into the third periodMarc Staal · high sticking double minor4 min
- 4:54 into the third periodChristian Backman · holding2 min
- 9:00 into the third periodChristian Backman · roughing2 min
- 19:01 into the third periodEric Staal · cross checking2 min
Season series
The box score appears once the game starts.