Colorado Avalanche vs New York Rangers
Regular season · Saturday, February 28, 2009 · Madison Square Garden
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Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the Colorado Avalanche 6–1 on Saturday, February 28, 2009 at Madison Square Garden. The Rangers outshot the Avalanche 30–24.
Goals came from Ryan Callahan, Nikolay Zherdev, Petr Prucha, Scott Gomez, Chris Drury, Ryan Smyth and Markus Naslund.
Henrik Lundqvist made 23 saves on 24 shots for the win; Peter Budaj stopped 6 of 9.
Scoring
1st period
Ryan Callahan (14)Brandon Dubinsky (23), Chris Drury (25)0–100:28 NYR
Nikolay Zherdev (17)Lauri Korpikoski (6)0–201:08 NYR
Petr Prucha (4)Lauri Korpikoski (7), Paul Mara (12)0–313:24 NYR
Scott Gomez (13)Marc Staal (8), Nikolay Zherdev (30)0–415:02 NYR
2nd period
Chris Drury (16)Scott Gomez (32), Markus Naslund (19)0–504:56 NYR · 
Ryan Smyth (21)Milan Hejduk (26), John-Michael Liles (22)1–513:05 COL
3rd period
Markus Naslund (20)Scott Gomez (33), Dmitri Kalinin (12)1–614:49 NYR
Team stats
COLNYR
2430
55%45%
0/21/5
4832
2931
1114
13
54
Penalties
- 7:40 into the first period
Tyler Arnason · hooking2 min - 20:00 into the first periodJohn-Michael Liles · charging2 min
- 3:06 into the second periodCody McLeod · kneeing2 min
- 4:45 into the second periodPaul Stastny · cross checking2 min
- 5:30 into the third period
Dan Girardi · interference2 min - 11:45 into the third periodWade Redden · high sticking2 min
- 15:43 into the third periodIan Laperriere · roughing2 min
- 15:43 into the third periodCody McCormick · roughing2 min
- 15:43 into the third periodCody McCormick · roughing2 min
- 15:43 into the third periodColton Orr · roughing2 min
- 15:43 into the third periodFredrik Sjostrom · roughing2 min
- 17:48 into the third periodCody McLeod · roughing2 min
- 17:48 into the third periodCody McLeod · roughing2 min
- 17:48 into the third periodCody McLeod · misconduct10 min
- 17:48 into the third periodPetr Prucha · roughing2 min
- 17:48 into the third periodBrandon Dubinsky · roughing2 min
- 17:48 into the third periodBrandon Dubinsky · misconduct10 min
- 18:09 into the third periodChris Stewart · fighting5 min
- 18:09 into the third periodColton Orr · fighting5 min
- 18:31 into the third periodIan Laperriere · misconduct10 min
- 18:36 into the third periodDarcy Tucker · fighting5 min
- 18:36 into the third periodPaul Mara · fighting5 min
Colorado Avalanche
| 23Milan HejdukR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 | 19:02 |
| 94Ryan SmythL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 5 | 19:41 |
| 4John-Michael LilesD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 19:42 |
| 8Wojtek WolskiL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 16:54 |
| 11Cody McCormickC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:30 |
| 14Ian LaperriereR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:09 |
| 16Darcy TuckerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 12:00 |
| 26Paul StastnyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | 20:34 |
| 28Ben GuiteR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:46 |
| 39Tyler ArnasonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 13:01 |
| 40Marek SvatosR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 13:01 |
| 42Chris StewartR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 10:38 |
| 55Cody McLeodL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 12:43 |
| 5Brett ClarkD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | 20:22 |
| 22Scott HannanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 20:30 |
| 24Ruslan SaleiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 21:31 |
| 44Jordan LeopoldD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 19:24 |
| 52Adam FooteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 18:42 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Andrew RaycroftG | 21 | 3 | .857 | |
| 31Peter BudajG | L | 9 | 3 | .667 |
New York Rangers
| 19Scott GomezC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 4 | 18:59 |
| 13Nikolay ZherdevR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 4 | 18:43 |
| 23Chris DruryC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 19:42 |
| 29Lauri KorpikoskiL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | 11:38 |
| 91Markus NaslundL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | 17:48 |
| 17Brandon DubinskyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 21:35 |
| 24Ryan CallahanR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 20:21 |
| 25Petr PruchaR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 10:29 |
| 18Marc StaalD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 19:50 |
| 27Paul MaraD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 18:29 |
| 45Dmitri KalininD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 16:22 |
| 10Nigel DawesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 09:03 |
| 15Blair BettsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 10:07 |
| 20Fredrik SjostromL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 09:29 |
| 28Colton OrrR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 08:03 |
| 5Dan GirardiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 18:41 |
| 6Wade ReddenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 22:44 |
| 33Michal RozsivalD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 23:57 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Henrik LundqvistG | W | 24 | 1 | .958 |
| 40Steve ValiquetteG | 0 | 0 | – |