Minnesota Wild vs New York Rangers

Regular season · Tuesday, March 24, 2009 · Madison Square Garden

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1–2

Final

SOG 19–30

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XM 205 · VERSUS (HD)

Game summary

The New York Rangers beat the Minnesota Wild 2-1 on Tuesday, March 24, 2009 at Madison Square Garden. The Rangers outshot the Wild 30-19.

Goals came from Nikolay Zherdev, Marian Gaborik and Scott Gomez.

Henrik Lundqvist made 18 saves on 19 shots for the win; Niklas Backstrom stopped 28 of 30.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
MIN	0	1	0	1	19
NYR	1	1	0	2	30

Scoring

1st period

Nikolay Zherdev (22)Wade Redden (22), Dan Girardi (15)0–119:55 NYR

2nd period

Marian Gaborik (4)Marek Zidlicky (24), Peter Olvecky (3)1–101:31 MIN
Scott Gomez (16)Sean Avery (11), Nikolay Zherdev (33)1–202:24 NYR

Team stats

MINNYR

19Shots on goal30

35%Faceoff %65%

0/2Power play0/5

22Penalty minutes16

28Hits32

10Blocked shots12

3Giveaways6

3Takeaways11

Penalties

1st 06:58Marek Zidlicky · slashing2 min
1st 16:20Cal Clutterbuck · fighting5 min
1st 16:20Sean Avery · fighting5 min
1st 18:40Owen Nolan · fighting5 min
1st 18:40Colton Orr · roughing2 min
1st 18:40Colton Orr · fighting5 min
1st 19:02Antti Miettinen · interference2 min
2nd 04:47Marian Gaborik · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
2nd 04:47Brandon Dubinsky · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
2nd 09:54Derek Morris · roughing2 min
3rd 11:59Bench · too many men on the ice2 min
3rd 13:52Nick Schultz · delaying game puck over glass2 min
3rd 19:27Kim Johnsson · slashing2 min

Minnesota Wild

Minnesota Wild skaters

10Marian GaborikR	1	0	1	0	5	4	0	2	–	20:52
28Peter OlveckyL	0	1	1	+1	1	0	0	0	33	10:47
3Marek ZidlickyD	0	1	1	+1	1	0	1	2	–	26:22
11Owen NolanR	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	5	40	14:36
15Andrew BrunetteL	0	0	0	+1	1	2	0	0	–	15:57
18Colton GilliesC	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	–	03:02
19Stephane VeilleuxL	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	0	–	16:39
20Antti MiettinenR	0	0	0	-1	1	1	0	2	–	11:10
22Cal ClutterbuckR	0	0	0	0	2	8	1	5	–	13:12
25Eric BelangerC	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	42	22:44
49Dan FritscheC	0	0	0	-1	0	3	1	0	30	15:07
51James SheppardC	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	33	12:56
96Pierre-Marc BouchardC	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	–	12:36
5Kim JohnssonD	0	0	0	-2	0	2	1	2	–	28:12
26Kurtis FosterD	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	13:05
41Martin SkoulaD	0	0	0	+1	1	1	2	0	–	22:57
47Marc-Andre BergeronD	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	–	10:56
55Nick SchultzD	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	2	–	18:53

Minnesota Wild goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
29Josh HardingG		0	0	0	–	–
32Niklas BackstromG	L	30	28	2	.933	59:24

New York Rangers

New York Rangers skaters

13Nikolay ZherdevR	1	1	2	+2	3	1	0	0	–	18:09
16Sean AveryL	0	1	1	+1	3	1	0	5	100	16:39
19Scott GomezC	1	0	1	+1	2	1	1	0	71	18:56
5Dan GirardiD	0	1	1	0	1	7	1	0	–	26:19
6Wade ReddenD	0	1	1	+2	3	1	0	0	–	20:39
15Blair BettsC	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	60	07:28
17Brandon DubinskyC	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	2	56	15:38
20Fredrik SjostromL	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	–	15:40
23Chris DruryC	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	61	18:55
24Ryan CallahanR	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	0	–	18:46
28Colton OrrR	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	7	–	04:06
29Lauri KorpikoskiL	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	–	05:41
80Nik AntropovC	0	0	0	-1	5	2	1	0	–	18:26
91Markus NaslundL	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	–	15:26
18Marc StaalD	0	0	0	-1	3	5	2	0	–	24:52
27Paul MaraD	0	0	0	0	1	3	2	0	–	15:31
53Derek MorrisD	0	0	0	+1	1	0	1	2	–	19:27
56Michael SauerD	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	–	13:33

New York Rangers goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30Henrik LundqvistG	W	19	18	1	.947	59:49
40Steve ValiquetteG		0	0	0	–	–