New York Rangers vs New York Islanders

Regular season · Thursday, March 5, 2009 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum

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4–2

Final

SOG 23–30

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Game summary

The New York Rangers beat the New York Islanders 4-2 on Thursday, March 5, 2009 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Islanders outshot the Rangers 30-23.

Goals came from Nikolay Zherdev, Blake Comeau, Chris Drury, Scott Gomez, Jack Hillen and Markus Naslund.

Henrik Lundqvist made 28 saves on 30 shots for the win; Yann Danis stopped 19 of 23.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
NYR	1	1	2	4	23
NYI	0	1	1	2	30

Scoring

1st period

Nikolay Zherdev (18)Unassisted1–008:33 NYR

2nd period

Blake Comeau (5)Dean McAmmond (5), Joel Rechlicz (1)1–105:37 NYI
Chris Drury (17)Nik Antropov (26), Brandon Dubinsky (24)2–109:41 NYR · PPG

3rd period

Scott Gomez (14)Nikolay Zherdev (31)3–100:49 NYR
Jack Hillen (1)Blake Comeau (11), Dean McAmmond (6)3–203:44 NYI
Markus Naslund (21)Paul Mara (13), Chris Drury (26)4–213:24 NYR · PPG

Team stats

NYRNYI

23Shots on goal30

47%Faceoff %53%

2/5Power play0/2

6Penalty minutes12

36Hits39

15Blocked shots12

7Giveaways13

15Takeaways28

Penalties

1st 09:10Jeff Tambellini · slashing2 min
1st 19:19Trent Hunter · roughing2 min
1st 19:19Nikolay Zherdev · roughing2 min
2nd 08:03Trent Hunter · tripping2 min
2nd 10:33Lauri Korpikoski · holding2 min
2nd 11:34Josh Bailey · tripping2 min
3rd 01:11Trent Hunter · boarding2 min
3rd 12:24Andrew MacDonald · delaying game puck over glass2 min
3rd 14:31Sean Avery · cross checking2 min

Season series

New York Rangers

New York Rangers skaters

13Nikolay ZherdevR	1	1	2	+2	2	0	0	2	–	13:55
23Chris DruryC	1	1	2	0	4	1	2	0	44	19:45
17Brandon DubinskyC	0	1	1	0	0	4	1	0	40	18:22
19Scott GomezC	1	0	1	+2	4	1	0	0	57	17:10
80Nik AntropovC	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	–	16:58
91Markus NaslundL	1	0	1	+2	4	1	2	0	–	17:00
27Paul MaraD	0	1	1	0	0	3	2	0	–	15:47
15Blair BettsC	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	60	11:20
16Sean AveryL	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	2	–	13:56
20Fredrik SjostromL	0	0	0	-1	0	4	0	0	–	10:32
24Ryan CallahanR	0	0	0	-2	1	3	0	0	–	13:03
28Colton OrrR	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	–	09:31
29Lauri KorpikoskiL	0	0	0	-2	1	1	0	2	17	12:30
5Dan GirardiD	0	0	0	-1	1	1	2	0	–	18:41
6Wade ReddenD	0	0	0	+1	2	2	2	0	–	25:16
18Marc StaalD	0	0	0	-1	0	3	1	0	–	19:09
33Michal RozsivalD	0	0	0	+1	2	1	1	0	–	24:25
53Derek MorrisD	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	–	16:42

New York Rangers goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30Henrik LundqvistG	W	30	28	2	.933	59:58
40Steve ValiquetteG		0	0	0	–	–

New York Islanders

New York Islanders skaters

37Dean McAmmondC	0	2	2	+1	0	0	1	0	71	15:59
57Blake ComeauL	1	1	2	+2	1	2	0	0	–	16:07
40Joel RechliczR	0	1	1	+1	0	3	0	0	–	03:52
38Jack HillenD	1	0	1	+1	2	4	1	0	–	19:30
7Trent HunterR	0	0	0	+1	2	4	0	6	–	17:36
11Andy HilbertL	0	0	0	-2	2	1	2	0	50	15:16
12Josh BaileyR	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	2	40	15:20
15Jeff TambelliniL	0	0	0	-1	4	0	1	2	–	14:55
20Sean BergenheimL	0	0	0	0	2	4	3	0	–	15:00
21Kyle OkposoR	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	100	21:41
28Tim JackmanR	0	0	0	-2	2	4	0	0	–	10:04
51Frans NielsenC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	30	17:46
58Jesse JoensuuL	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	–	11:04
2Mark StreitD	0	0	0	-1	1	0	1	0	–	25:15
8Bruno GervaisD	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	–	19:16
24Radek MartinekD	0	0	0	0	5	4	2	0	–	25:08
26Joe CallahanD	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	–	15:50
43Andrew MacDonaldD	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	–	10:56

New York Islanders goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
34Yann DanisG	L	23	19	4	.826	58:47
35Joey MacDonaldG		0	0	0	–	–