New Jersey Devils vs New York Rangers

Regular season · Thursday, March 27, 2008 · Madison Square Garden

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2–3

34–31

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Game summary

The New York Rangers beat the New Jersey Devils 3–2 on Thursday, March 27, 2008 at Madison Square Garden. The Devils outshot the Rangers 34–31.

Goals came from Brendan Shanahan, Patrik Elias, Zach Parise, Christian Backman and Nigel Dawes.

Henrik Lundqvist made 32 saves on 34 shots for the win; Martin Brodeur stopped 28 of 31.

Goals
NJD	0	2	0	2	34
NYR	0	1	2	3	31

Scoring

2nd period

Brendan Shanahan (23)Scott Gomez (52), Chris Drury (29)0–105:21 NYR ·
Patrik Elias (19)Paul Martin (24), Dainius Zubrus (23)1–111:38 NJD
Zach Parise (31)Unassisted2–118:13 NJD

3rd period

Christian Backman (3)Scott Gomez (53), Chris Drury (30)2–201:38 NYR ·
Nigel Dawes (13)Chris Drury (31), Ryan Callahan (3)2–316:54 NYR

Team stats

NJDNYR

3431

42%58%

0/22/3

64

4757

916

15

611

Penalties

15:46 into the first periodBrendan Shanahan · slashing2 min
0:28 into the second periodPaul Mara · hooking2 min
4:07 into the second periodColin White · roughing2 min
0:31 into the third periodColin White · slashing2 min
7:28 into the third periodJamie Langenbrunner · hooking2 min

Season series

New Jersey Devils

New Jersey Devils skaters

9Zach PariseL	1	0	1	+1	2	5	0	0	–	18:35
16Dainius ZubrusC	0	1	1	0	2	2	0	0	–	16:40
26Patrik EliasC	1	0	1	+2	4	5	1	0	31	18:36
7Paul MartinD	0	1	1	+1	3	2	2	0	–	24:24
11John MaddenC	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	40	19:53
14Brian GiontaR	0	0	0	0	4	2	1	0	–	16:23
15Jamie LangenbrunnerR	0	0	0	+1	3	5	0	2	–	20:20
17Mike RuppL	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	44	11:00
18Sergei BrylinL	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	08:03
19Travis ZajacC	0	0	0	−1	0	3	0	0	56	11:55
20Jay PandolfoL	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	–	16:00
22Arron AshamR	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	–	07:07
23David ClarksonR	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	100	16:05
2Vitaly VishnevskiD	0	0	0	0	2	4	1	0	–	12:21
5Colin WhiteD	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	4	–	21:38
8Sheldon BrookbankD	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	–	14:24
27Mike MottauD	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	–	23:18
29Johnny OduyaD	0	0	0	+1	0	3	2	0	–	20:24

New Jersey Devils goalies
Goalie
1Kevin WeekesG		0	0	0	–	–
30Martin BrodeurG	L	31	28	3	.903	58:33

New York Rangers

New York Rangers skaters

23Chris DruryC	0	3	3	+1	1	1	1	0	39	20:09
19Scott GomezC	0	2	2	0	3	1	1	0	63	18:41
10Nigel DawesL	1	0	1	+1	2	7	0	0	–	14:01
14Brendan ShanahanL	1	0	1	0	4	1	1	2	–	18:20
24Ryan CallahanR	0	1	1	+1	3	6	0	0	–	15:53
55Christian BackmanD	1	0	1	0	3	1	0	0	–	19:42
16Sean AveryL	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	–	14:24
17Brandon DubinskyC	0	0	0	−1	1	7	1	0	79	19:48
20Fredrik SjostromL	0	0	0	−1	1	3	1	0	–	07:02
28Colton OrrR	0	0	0	−1	0	1	0	0	–	03:54
44Ryan HollwegL	0	0	0	−1	1	2	0	0	50	03:49
68Jaromir JagrR	0	0	0	−1	4	0	0	0	–	19:48
82Martin StrakaC	0	0	0	−1	3	0	0	0	–	20:15
3Michal RozsivalD	0	0	0	−1	2	2	3	0	–	24:21
5Dan GirardiD	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	–	19:41
18Marc StaalD	0	0	0	0	1	5	2	0	–	16:41
27Paul MaraD	0	0	0	−1	0	5	3	2	–	21:08
51Fedor TyutinD	0	0	0	0	0	10	2	0	–	18:35

New York Rangers goalies
Goalie
30Henrik LundqvistG	W	34	32	2	.941	59:48
40Steve ValiquetteG		0	0	0	–	–