New York Rangers vs Philadelphia Flyers
Regular season · Saturday, October 11, 2008 · Wachovia Center
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Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the Philadelphia Flyers 4–3 on Saturday, October 11, 2008 at Wachovia Center. The Flyers outshot the Rangers 28–27.
Goals came from Nikolay Zherdev, Blair Betts, Fredrik Sjostrom, Michal Rozsival, Scott Hartnell, Simon Gagne and Mike Richards.
Steve Valiquette made 25 saves on 28 shots for the win; Martin Biron stopped 10 of 14.
Scoring
1st period
Nikolay Zherdev (2)Aaron Voros (3), Dan Girardi (2)1–004:12 NYR
Blair Betts (1)Nikolay Zherdev (2), Dan Girardi (3)2–005:15 NYR
Fredrik Sjostrom (1)Blair Betts (1), Colton Orr (1)3–008:30 NYR
Michal Rozsival (1)Scott Gomez (3), Markus Naslund (3)4–016:13 NYR ·
2nd period
Scott Hartnell (1)Glen Metropolit (1)4–103:13 PHI ·
Simon Gagne (1)Daniel Brière (1)4–216:09 PHI
3rd period
Mike Richards (1)Daniel Brière (2), Steve Eminger (1)4–305:38 PHI
Team stats
NYRPHI
2728
57%43%
1/60/6
2424
511
912
38
45
Penalties
- 1:48 into the first period
Colton Orr · fighting5 min
- 1:48 into the first period
Riley Cote · fighting5 min
- 2:11 into the first period
Jared Ross · holding2 min
- 15:17 into the first period
Paul Mara · roughing2 min
- 15:17 into the first period
Daniel Brière · interference goalkeeper2 min
- 15:17 into the first period
Mike Richards · roughing2 min
- 16:23 into the first period
Brandon Dubinsky · fighting5 min
- 16:23 into the first period
Mike Richards · fighting5 min
- 2:25 into the second period
Mike Knuble · tripping2 min
- 6:04 into the second period
Fredrik Sjostrom · holding2 min
- 10:37 into the second period
Braydon Coburn · boarding2 min
- 12:31 into the second period
Paul Mara · roughing2 min
- 17:02 into the second period
Luca Sbisa · tripping2 min
- 19:25 into the second period
Scott Gomez · roughing2 min
- 3:00 into the third period
Dmitri Kalinin · slashing2 min
- 8:52 into the third period
Braydon Coburn · holding2 min
- 10:25 into the third period
Brandon Dubinsky · holding the stick2 min
- 10:51 into the third period
Scott Gomez · hooking2 min
Season series
New York Rangers
| 13Nikolay ZherdevR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 14:32 |
| 15Blair BettsC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 16:38 |
| 5Dan GirardiD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 18:03 |
| 19Scott GomezC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 21:40 |
| 20Fredrik SjostromL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 4 | 12:51 |
| 28Colton OrrR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 09:37 |
| 34Aaron VorosL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | 12:43 |
| 91Markus NaslundL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16:20 |
| 3Michal RozsivalD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 23:37 |
| 12Patrick RissmillerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 06:53 |
| 17Brandon DubinskyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | 15:10 |
| 23Chris DruryC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 20:58 |
| 24Ryan CallahanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 12:12 |
| 29Lauri KorpikoskiL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 08:18 |
| 6Wade ReddenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23:24 |
| 18Marc StaalD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:00 |
| 27Paul MaraD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:33 |
| 45Dmitri KalininD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:56 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Henrik LundqvistG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 40Steve ValiquetteG | W | 28 | 3 | .893 |
Philadelphia Flyers
| 48Daniel BrièreC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 5 | 19:06 |
| 12Simon GagneL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 22:44 |
| 13Glen MetropolitC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11:08 |
| 18Mike RichardsC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 24:27 |
| 19Scott HartnellL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 15:39 |
| 26Steve EmingerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | 17:50 |
| 9Scottie UpshallR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 15:33 |
| 15Joffrey LupulL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | 16:17 |
| 17Jeff CarterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 20:09 |
| 22Mike KnubleR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 14:01 |
| 32Riley CoteL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 03:11 |
| 42Jared RossC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 05:25 |
| 45Arron AshamR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 09:32 |
| 3Lasse KukkonenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 07:17 |
| 5Braydon CoburnD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 20:08 |
| 23Ossi VaananenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 20:28 |
| 44Kimmo TimonenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 30:19 |
| 47Luca SbisaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 16:27 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Antero NiittymakiG | 13 | 0 | 1.000 | |
| 43Martin BironG | L | 14 | 4 | .714 |