National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
NY Rangers 4, Buffalo 3
When: 7:00 PM ET, Saturday, February 23, 2008
Where: First Niagara Center, Buffalo, New York
Referees: Greg Kimmerly, Dan Marouelli
Linesmen: Greg Devorski, Brad Kovachik
Attendance: 18690
Final Scoring Summary
 
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NY Rangers 2114
Buffalo 1203
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
6:10 - Rangers Jaromir Jagr (EV) Assists: Fedor Tyutin , Brandon Dubinsky
8:48 - Sabres Ales Kotalik (EV) Assists: Derek Roy , Henrik Tallinder
9:49 - Rangers Nigel Dawes (EV) Assists: Chris Drury , Michal Rozsival
Penalties
3:12 - Rangers Marc Staal (2) Roughing
 17:04 - Rangers Sean Avery (2) Holding
 19:58 - Rangers Sean Avery (5) Fighting
 19:58 - Sabres Patrick Kaleta (5) Fighting
2nd Period
Scoring
4:05 - Sabres Jason Pominville (EV) Assists: Toni Lydman , Tim Connolly
10:11 - Sabres Ales Kotalik (EV) Assists: Derek Roy , Thomas Vanek
10:45 - Rangers Brandon Dubinsky (EV) Assists: Michal Rozsival , Sean Avery
Penalties
6:46 - Sabres Jaroslav Spacek (2) Holding
 10:50 - Sabres Marc-Andre Gragnani (2) Hooking
3rd Period
Scoring
14:55 - Rangers Sean Avery (EV) Assists: Brendan Shanahan
Penalties
1:05 - Sabres Marc-Andre Gragnani (2) Hooking
 3:39 - Rangers Marek Malik (2) High sticking
 19:37 - Rangers Michal Rozsival (2) Interference
New York Rangers
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Henrik Lundqvist G 0 0 0 0 0 60:00 47:37 6:00 6:23 0 0 - - - - -
Stephen Valiquette G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Michal Rozsival D 0 2 2 +2 2 1 35 26:09 20:03 2:38 3:28 0 0 - - - - -
Daniel Girardi D 0 0 0 E 0 1 33 24:11 18:48 2:59 2:24 0 0 - - - - -
Marek Malik D 0 0 0 E 2 1 29 21:24 19:06 0:00 2:18 0 0 - - - - -
Nigel Dawes LW 1 0 1 E 0 2 19 14:05 12:14 1:51 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Brendan Shanahan LW 0 1 1 +2 0 0 24 19:31 13:45 2:38 3:08 0 0 - - - - -
Blair Betts C 0 0 0 E 0 1 16 8:19 6:51 0:00 1:28 0 0 - - 4 4 50
Sean Avery LW 1 1 2 +2 7 2 18 14:12 12:57 1:15 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Brandon Dubinsky C 1 1 2 E 0 9 21 17:44 15:06 2:38 0:00 0 0 - - 10 8 56
Marc Staal D 0 0 0 E 2 0 24 18:10 14:48 1:26 1:56 0 0 - - - - -
Scott Gomez C 0 0 0 +1 0 3 21 19:22 14:13 3:22 1:47 0 0 - - 6 7 46
Chris Drury C 0 1 1 E 0 3 26 19:13 12:54 2:59 3:20 0 0 - - 5 12 29
Paul Mara D 0 0 0 E 0 0 2 1:29 1:29 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Colton Orr RW 0 0 0 E 0 0 11 7:14 6:51 0:23 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Ryan Callahan RW 0 0 0 E 0 3 22 13:44 12:01 0:00 1:43 0 0 - - - - -
Ryan Hollweg C 0 0 0 -1 0 3 12 6:37 6:37 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - 0 1 0
Fedor Tyutin D 0 1 1 E 0 2 33 25:20 21:05 1:35 2:40 0 0 - - - - -
Jaromir Jagr RW 1 0 1 -1 0 2 21 18:05 15:11 2:54 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Martin Straka RW 0 0 0 E 0 2 24 18:48 14:06 3:22 1:20 0 0 - - - - -
Buffalo Sabres
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Ryan Miller G 0 0 0 0 0 58:47 46:47 6:00 6:00 0 0 - - - - -
Jocelyn Thibault G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Nolan Pratt D 0 0 0 E 0 0 16 12:27 10:54 0:00 1:33 0 0 - - - - -
Toni Lydman D 0 1 1 E 0 0 24 20:14 16:12 0:14 3:48 0 0 - - - - -
Jaroslav Spacek D 0 0 0 -1 2 1 25 23:58 19:22 3:28 1:08 0 0 - - - - -
Derek Roy C 0 2 2 +1 0 3 25 21:35 15:16 3:45 2:34 0 0 - - 7 6 54
Henrik Tallinder D 0 1 1 E 0 0 23 18:39 15:07 0:13 3:19 0 0 - - - - -
Ales Kotalik RW 2 0 2 +1 0 3 25 18:17 15:30 2:47 0:00 0 0 - - 4 3 57
Marc-Andre Gragnani LW 0 0 0 -1 4 0 11 6:28 6:28 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Tim Connolly C 0 1 1 -1 0 1 25 20:22 14:36 3:45 2:01 0 0 - - 7 6 54
Daniel Paille LW 0 0 0 -2 0 4 23 15:23 13:28 0:00 1:55 0 0 - - - - -
Adam Mair RW 0 0 0 E 0 1 15 11:17 10:50 0:27 0:00 0 0 - - 2 2 50
Thomas Vanek LW 0 1 1 +1 0 5 22 19:03 14:40 4:23 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Paul Gaustad C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 24 17:21 14:17 1:33 1:31 0 0 - - 11 8 58
Jason Pominville RW 1 0 1 E 0 2 24 21:21 16:12 2:41 2:28 0 0 - - - - -
Patrick Kaleta C 0 0 0 E 5 0 6 3:52 3:38 0:14 0:00 0 0 - - 1 0 100
Clarke MacArthur LW 0 0 0 -1 0 1 23 19:20 15:11 2:38 1:31 0 0 - - - - -
Dmitri Kalinin D 0 0 0 E 0 3 17 16:01 14:10 1:51 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Brian Campbell D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 26 25:16 18:45 4:19 2:12 0 0 - - - - -
Andrew Peters LW 0 0 0 E 0 2 7 4:19 4:19 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Goaltending
NY Rangers
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Henrik Lundqvist W (37-24-10) 29 26 3 .897 0 60:00
Buffalo
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Ryan Miller L (36-27-10) 35 31 4 .886 0 58:47