New York Rangers vs Los Angeles Kings
Regular season · Wednesday, December 17, 2008 · STAPLES Center
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Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the Los Angeles Kings 3–2 in overtime on Wednesday, December 17, 2008 at STAPLES Center. The Kings outshot the Rangers 41–30.
Michal Rozsival scored twice. Patrick O'Sullivan, Chris Drury and Dustin Brown also scored.
Steve Valiquette made 39 saves on 41 shots for the win; Jason LaBarbera stopped 27 of 30.
Scoring
1st period
Patrick O'Sullivan (8)Anze Kopitar (16), Dustin Brown (12)0–114:24 LAK · 
Chris Drury (10)Nigel Dawes (4), Dan Girardi (13)1–119:16 NYR
2nd period
Michal Rozsival (3)Unassisted2–112:33 NYR ·
3rd period
Dustin Brown (12)Kyle Calder (6), Sean O'Donnell (6)2–202:27 LAK
Overtime
- Michal Rozsival (4)Marc Staal (5), Chris Drury (10)3–203:41 NYR
Team stats
NYRLAK
3041
46%54%
1/21/4
84
4231
98
1312
44
Penalties
- 1:14 into the first period
Scott Gomez · hooking2 min - 13:40 into the first periodDmitri Kalinin · hooking2 min
- 5:26 into the second periodMichal Rozsival · holding2 min
- 8:08 into the second periodSteve Valiquette · delaying game puck over glass2 min
- 11:54 into the second period
John Zeiler · tripping2 min - 16:05 into the second periodDrew Doughty · tripping2 min
New York Rangers
| 23Chris DruryC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 5 | 19:00 |
| 3Michal RozsivalD | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 22:01 |
| 10Nigel DawesL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 14:11 |
| 5Dan GirardiD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 20:49 |
| 18Marc StaalD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 23:57 |
| 13Nikolay ZherdevR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18:42 |
| 15Blair BettsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:14 |
| 17Brandon DubinskyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:20 |
| 19Scott GomezC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 23:40 |
| 20Fredrik SjostromL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 14:04 |
| 24Ryan CallahanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:55 |
| 28Colton OrrR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:07 |
| 29Lauri KorpikoskiL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:39 |
| 34Aaron VorosL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 11:22 |
| 91Markus NaslundL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:04 |
| 6Wade ReddenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 20:32 |
| 27Paul MaraD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20:57 |
| 45Dmitri KalininD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 19:33 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Henrik LundqvistG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 40Steve ValiquetteG | W | 41 | 2 | .951 |
Los Angeles Kings
| 23Dustin BrownR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 6 | 21:41 |
| 11Anze KopitarC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 | 22:02 |
| 12Patrick O'SullivanC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 8 | 22:38 |
| 19Kyle CalderL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 14:02 |
| 6Sean O'DonnellD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23:30 |
| 9Oscar MollerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:51 |
| 13John ZeilerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 02:38 |
| 17Wayne SimmondsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:31 |
| 24Alex FrolovL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 22:25 |
| 26Michal HandzusC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21:52 |
| 28Jarret StollC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 22:08 |
| 41Raitis IvanansL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 01:38 |
| 54Teddy PurcellL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 07:14 |
| 2Matt GreeneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 23:47 |
| 5Peter HarroldD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:02 |
| 8Drew DoughtyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 26:15 |
| 21Denis GauthierD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:25 |
| 27Kyle QuinceyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 25:33 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32Jonathan QuickG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Jason LaBarberaG | O | 30 | 3 | .900 |