New York Rangers vs Phoenix Coyotes
Regular season · Saturday, December 17, 2011 · Jobing.com Arena
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Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the Phoenix Coyotes 3–2 on Saturday, December 17, 2011 at Jobing.com Arena. The Rangers outshot the Coyotes 30–23.
Marian Gaborik scored twice. Lauri Korpikoski, Cal O'Reilly and Brad Richards also scored.
Martin Biron made 21 saves on 23 shots for the win; Mike Smith stopped 27 of 30.
| Goals | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 NYR | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 30 |
 PHX | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 23 |
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Marian Gaborik (1)Michael Del Zotto (1), Derek Stepan (1)1–008:34 NYR · 
Lauri Korpikoski (1)Boyd Gordon (1)1–119:51 PHX ·
2nd period
Cal O'Reilly (1)Shane Doan (1), Radim Vrbata (1)1–219:08 PHX ·
3rd period
- Marian Gaborik (2)Unassisted2–201:09 NYR
Brad Richards (1)Ryan McDonagh (1), Ryan Callahan (1)3–219:59 NYR
Team stats
NYRPHX
3023
32%68%
1/61/2
614
2935
137
35
37
Penalties
- 8:15 into the first periodTaylor Pyatt · hooking2 min
- 11:47 into the first periodShane Doan · interference2 min
- 13:08 into the first periodMichal Rozsival · high sticking2 min
- 18:15 into the first periodRaffi Torres · roughing2 min
- 18:15 into the first periodMike Rupp · roughing2 min
- 18:15 into the first periodRaffi Torres · roughing2 min
- 7:54 into the second periodShane Doan · interference2 min
- 17:01 into the second periodRuslan Fedotenko · interference2 min
- 18:10 into the second periodAnton Stralman · tripping2 min
- 17:22 into the third periodOliver Ekman-Larsson · interference2 min
Season series
New York Rangers
| 10Marian GaborikR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 21:17 |
| 19Brad RichardsC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 4 | 20:35 |
| 21Derek StepanC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 21:12 |
| 24Ryan CallahanR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 20:31 |
| 4Michael Del ZottoD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 25:41 |
| 27Ryan McDonaghD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 24:25 |
| 8Brandon PrustL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:06 |
| 17Brandon DubinskyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18:48 |
| 22Brian BoyleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:03 |
| 26Ruslan FedotenkoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:33 |
| 34John MitchellC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:37 |
| 40Erik ChristensenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 06:42 |
| 62Carl HagelinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 14:31 |
| 71Mike RuppC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 08:41 |
| 5Dan GirardiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 29:35 |
| 6Jeff WoywitkaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 06:18 |
| 32Anton StralmanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20:01 |
| 44Steve EmingerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:26 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Henrik LundqvistG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 43Martin BironG | W | 23 | 2 | .913 |
Phoenix Coyotes
| 15Boyd GordonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 17:33 |
| 17Radim VrbataR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 3 | 21:05 |
| 19Shane DoanR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 15:07 |
| 26Cal O'ReillyC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10:30 |
| 28Lauri KorpikoskiL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 16:05 |
| 11Martin HanzalC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 18:36 |
| 13Ray WhitneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 16:20 |
| 14Taylor PyattL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:12 |
| 22Daymond LangkowC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13:13 |
| 24Kyle ChipchuraC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:40 |
| 37Raffi TorresL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:04 |
| 89Mikkel BoedkerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 14:11 |
| 3Keith YandleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 21:55 |
| 6David SchlemkoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 23:38 |
| 20Chris SummersD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:16 |
| 23Oliver Ekman-LarssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:34 |
| 32Michal RozsivalD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 18:17 |
| 33Adrian AucoinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:25 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Justin PoggeG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 41Mike SmithG | L | 30 | 3 | .900 |