New York Islanders vs New York Rangers

Regular season · Monday, December 29, 2008 · Madison Square Garden

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4–5

Final

SOG 24–37

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Game summary

The New York Rangers beat the New York Islanders 5-4 on Monday, December 29, 2008 at Madison Square Garden. The Rangers outshot the Islanders 37-24.

Goals came from Mike Sillinger, Scott Gomez, Kyle Okposo, Petr Prucha, Michal Rozsival, Blake Comeau, Markus Naslund, Nigel Dawes and Mike Comrie.

Henrik Lundqvist made 20 saves on 24 shots for the win; Joey MacDonald stopped 32 of 37.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
NYI	1	1	2	4	24
NYR	0	1	4	5	37

Scoring

1st period

Mike Sillinger (2)Trent Hunter (13)1–015:04 NYI

2nd period

Scott Gomez (7)Nikolay Zherdev (22), Brandon Dubinsky (15)1–108:29 NYR
Kyle Okposo (4)Freddy Meyer (4), Brendan Witt (3)2–119:48 NYI

3rd period

Petr Prucha (2)Brandon Dubinsky (16), Wade Redden (14)2–200:49 NYR
Michal Rozsival (6)Chris Drury (14)2–302:08 NYR
Blake Comeau (2)Mark Streit (21), Mike Comrie (7)3–302:35 NYI
Markus Naslund (14)Scott Gomez (18)3–407:12 NYR
Nigel Dawes (6)Chris Drury (15), Ryan Callahan (4)3–515:11 NYR
Mike Comrie (4)Bruno Gervais (6), Bill Guerin (14)4–519:41 NYI

Team stats

NYINYR

24Shots on goal37

49%Faceoff %51%

0/2Power play0/5

20Penalty minutes14

35Hits25

14Blocked shots8

1Giveaways4

7Takeaways6

Penalties

1st 06:10Mitchell Fritz · fighting5 min
1st 06:10Colton Orr · fighting5 min
1st 07:48Mike Comrie · fighting5 min
1st 07:48Nigel Dawes · fighting5 min
1st 08:24Jeff Tambellini · hooking2 min
1st 18:53Paul Mara · interference goalkeeper2 min
2nd 02:57Tim Jackman · slashing2 min
2nd 09:44Paul Mara · tripping2 min
2nd 12:44Chris Campoli · hooking2 min
3rd 03:59Bruno Gervais · holding2 min
3rd 10:29Brendan Witt · tripping2 min

Season series

New York Islanders

New York Islanders skaters

89Mike ComrieC	1	1	2	+1	3	5	0	5	38	16:12
7Trent HunterR	0	1	1	0	0	3	2	0	–	10:45
13Bill GuerinR	0	1	1	0	3	3	0	0	–	19:04
18Mike SillingerC	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	53	14:08
21Kyle OkposoR	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	–	21:17
57Blake ComeauL	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	–	19:31
2Mark StreitD	0	1	1	0	1	2	1	0	–	22:17
8Bruno GervaisD	0	1	1	0	1	3	1	2	–	20:35
32Brendan WittD	0	1	1	-1	2	2	2	2	–	20:34
44Freddy MeyerD	0	1	1	-1	2	4	2	0	–	21:47
10Richard ParkR	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	56	20:35
12Josh BaileyR	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	50	07:34
15Jeff TambelliniL	0	0	0	-1	2	2	1	2	–	14:00
28Tim JackmanR	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	2	–	11:38
49Mitchell FritzL	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	–	01:40
93Doug WeightC	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	50	17:41
14Chris CampoliD	0	0	0	0	3	1	2	2	–	16:23
17Thomas PockD	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	–	15:19

New York Islanders goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
34Yann DanisG		0	0	0	–	–
35Joey MacDonaldG	L	37	32	5	.865	59:00

New York Rangers

New York Rangers skaters

17Brandon DubinskyC	0	2	2	+1	0	3	0	0	73	18:40
19Scott GomezC	1	1	2	0	7	0	0	0	38	19:11
23Chris DruryC	0	2	2	+1	2	0	0	0	42	17:26
10Nigel DawesL	1	0	1	+2	1	2	0	5	–	10:41
13Nikolay ZherdevR	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	–	17:53
24Ryan CallahanR	0	1	1	+2	4	5	0	0	100	19:19
25Petr PruchaR	1	0	1	+1	5	3	0	0	–	12:11
91Markus NaslundL	1	0	1	-1	4	0	1	0	–	19:43
3Michal RozsivalD	1	0	1	+1	2	3	0	0	–	22:03
6Wade ReddenD	0	1	1	+1	3	0	2	0	–	21:16
15Blair BettsC	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	50	11:15
20Fredrik SjostromL	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	–	10:18
28Colton OrrR	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	5	–	06:36
29Lauri KorpikoskiL	0	0	0	-1	2	3	0	0	–	13:15
5Dan GirardiD	0	0	0	+1	0	1	1	0	–	21:35
18Marc StaalD	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	20:41
27Paul MaraD	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	4	–	18:48
45Dmitri KalininD	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	–	15:49

New York Rangers goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30Henrik LundqvistG	W	24	20	4	.833	59:20
40Steve ValiquetteG		0	0	0	–	–