Carolina Hurricanes vs New York Rangers
Regular season · Tuesday, January 27, 2009 · Madison Square Garden
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Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the Carolina Hurricanes 3-2 on Tuesday, January 27, 2009 at Madison Square Garden. The Hurricanes outshot the Rangers 35-31.
Goals came from Lauri Korpikoski, Scott Gomez, Ryan Bayda, Brandon Dubinsky and Tuomo Ruutu.
Steve Valiquette made 33 saves on 35 shots for the win; Cam Ward stopped 28 of 31.
Scoring
1st period
Lauri Korpikoski (3)Scott Gomez (24), Markus Naslund (16)0–104:21 NYR
Scott Gomez (10)Markus Naslund (17), Michal Rozsival (18)0–210:03 NYR
Ryan Bayda (4)Tuomo Ruutu (15), Rod Brind'Amour (20)1–213:04 CAR
3rd period
Brandon Dubinsky (8)Nikolay Zherdev (28), Dmitri Kalinin (9)1–312:10 NYR
Tuomo Ruutu (14)Chad LaRose (4), Rod Brind'Amour (21)2–312:35 CAR
Team stats
CARNYR
35Shots on goal31
38%Faceoff %62%
0/4Power play0/2
4Penalty minutes8
33Hits27
9Blocked shots20
1Giveaways6
4Takeaways8
Penalties
- 1st 05:29
Wade Redden · roughing2 min - 1st 19:31Wade Redden · delaying game puck over glass2 min
- 2nd 02:55
Joni Pitkanen · roughing2 min - 2nd 11:24Paul Mara · holding2 min
- 2nd 14:30Paul Mara · tripping2 min
- 3rd 03:21Ray Whitney · hooking2 min
Season series
Carolina Hurricanes
| 15Tuomo RuutuL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 15:29 |
| 17Rod Brind'AmourC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 15:50 |
| 18Ryan BaydaL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 09:44 |
| 59Chad LaRoseR | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 15:20 |
| 8Matt CullenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 12:46 |
| 11Justin WilliamsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 18:37 |
| 12Eric StaalC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 22:03 |
| 13Ray WhitneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 15:03 |
| 14Sergei SamsonovL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:53 |
| 16Brandon SutterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10:08 |
| 24Scott WalkerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 12:16 |
| 44Patrick EavesR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:13 |
| 4Dennis SeidenbergD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 22:07 |
| 5Frantisek KaberleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 13:32 |
| 6Tim GleasonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:50 |
| 25Joni PitkanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 26:41 |
| 33Anton BabchukD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12:08 |
| 77Joe CorvoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | 25:49 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Cam WardG | L | 31 | 28 | 3 | .903 | 59:31 |
| 49Michael LeightonG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – |
New York Rangers
| 19Scott GomezC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | 17:27 |
| 91Markus NaslundL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 3 | 18:42 |
| 13Nikolay ZherdevR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 16:39 |
| 17Brandon DubinskyC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14:22 |
| 29Lauri KorpikoskiL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14:50 |
| 3Michal RozsivalD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 23:46 |
| 45Dmitri KalininD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 17:31 |
| 10Nigel DawesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:11 |
| 15Blair BettsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 10:18 |
| 20Fredrik SjostromL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 11:56 |
| 23Chris DruryC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 20:57 |
| 24Ryan CallahanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 16:24 |
| 28Colton OrrR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 04:46 |
| 34Aaron VorosL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:54 |
| 5Dan GirardiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:24 |
| 6Wade ReddenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19:11 |
| 18Marc StaalD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21:15 |
| 27Paul MaraD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 20:28 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Henrik LundqvistG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |
| 40Steve ValiquetteG | W | 35 | 33 | 2 | .943 | 60:00 |