National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
NY Rangers 5, Pittsburgh 2
When: 7:00 PM ET, Tuesday, March 18, 2008
Where: Madison Square Garden, New York, New York
Referees: Kerry Fraser, Rob Martell
Linesmen: Scott Driscoll, Jean Morin
Attendance: 18200
Final Scoring Summary
 
Final123T
Pittsburgh 0202
NY Rangers 2125
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
11:07 - Rangers Sean Avery (EV) Assists: Jaromir Jagr , Michal Rozsival
11:47 - Rangers Ryan Callahan (EV) Assists: Chris Drury , Martin Straka
Penalties
7:32 - Rangers Scott Gomez (2) Hooking
2nd Period
Scoring
1:38 - Penguins Jarkko Ruutu (EV) Assists: Ryan Whitney , Darryl Sydor
3:11 - Penguins Jordan Staal (EV) Assists: Pascal Dupuis , Marian Hossa
3:55 - Rangers Fredrik Sjostrom (EV) Unassisted
Penalties
6:27 - Rangers Sean Avery (2) Unsportsmanlike conduct
 6:27 - Penguins Ryan Malone (2) Unsportsmanlike conduct
 8:26 - Penguins Pascal Dupuis (2) Hooking
 15:20 - Penguins Jordan Staal (2) Tripping
3rd Period
Scoring
5:37 - Rangers Sean Avery (EV) Assists: Daniel Girardi , Brandon Dubinsky
11:29 - Rangers Martin Straka (EV) Assists: Chris Drury
Penalties
None.
Pittsburgh Penguins
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Marc-Andre Fleury G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Ty Conklin G 0 0 0 0 0 60:00 54:00 2:00 4:00 0 0 - - - - -
Hal Gill D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 24 19:32 18:00 0:04 1:28 0 0 - - - - -
Darryl Sydor D 0 1 1 -3 0 0 23 17:18 17:09 0:00 0:09 0 0 - - - - -
Pascal Dupuis LW 0 1 1 -2 2 1 24 19:38 18:22 0:00 1:16 0 0 - - 0 1 0
Jordan Staal C 1 0 1 -2 2 2 25 18:23 17:05 0:11 1:07 0 0 - - 4 14 22
Ryan Malone RW 0 0 0 -1 2 4 23 17:19 14:44 0:52 1:43 0 0 - - - - -
Petr Sykora RW 0 0 0 -1 0 3 22 16:28 15:19 1:09 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Marian Hossa RW 0 1 1 -2 0 5 25 17:25 15:02 1:48 0:35 0 0 - - 0 1 0
Ryan Whitney D 0 1 1 -3 0 0 22 18:58 16:49 2:00 0:09 0 0 - - - - -
Maxime Talbot C 0 0 0 E 0 0 22 15:49 14:16 0:00 1:33 0 0 - - 3 6 33
Connor James LW 0 0 0 E 0 0 10 7:13 7:02 0:11 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Jarkko Ruutu LW 1 0 1 E 0 1 18 13:47 13:13 0:00 0:34 0 0 - - - - -
Jeff Taffe LW 0 0 0 E 0 1 12 7:51 7:51 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - 1 1 50
Chris Minard LW 0 0 0 E 0 0 9 5:33 5:33 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Brooks Orpik D 0 0 0 +1 0 1 27 20:40 18:17 0:00 2:23 0 0 - - - - -
Tyler Kennedy C 0 0 0 E 0 5 20 14:56 14:56 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Sergei Gonchar D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 28 25:22 21:03 1:56 2:23 0 0 - - - - -
Kris Letang D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 23 18:04 16:36 0:00 1:28 0 0 - - - - -
Evgeni Malkin C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 23 19:44 16:44 1:49 1:11 0 0 - - 8 9 47
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 54:00 4:00 2:00 0 0 - - - - -
Stephen Valiquette G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Michal Rozsival D 0 1 1 +2 0 2 30 24:27 21:22 2:34 0:31 0 0 - - - - -
Daniel Girardi D 0 1 1 +1 0 0 31 17:42 15:57 1:00 0:45 0 0 - - 0 1 0
Marek Malik D 0 0 0 +3 0 1 27 18:08 17:37 0:00 0:31 0 0 - - - - -
Nigel Dawes LW 0 0 0 -1 0 4 19 13:03 13:03 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Brendan Shanahan LW 0 0 0 -1 0 2 22 16:44 14:08 1:44 0:52 0 0 - - - - -
Blair Betts C 0 0 0 +1 0 0 12 8:17 7:31 0:00 0:46 0 0 - - 6 2 75
Sean Avery LW 2 0 2 +2 2 3 21 17:07 17:01 0:06 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Brandon Dubinsky C 0 1 1 +2 0 2 21 18:19 16:29 1:50 0:00 0 0 - - 9 5 64
Marc Staal D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 23 19:36 18:52 0:00 0:44 0 0 - - - - -
Scott Gomez C 0 0 0 -1 2 2 23 17:56 15:46 2:10 0:00 0 0 - - 6 2 75
Fredrik Sjostrom RW 1 0 1 +1 0 2 11 9:21 9:21 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - 0 1 0
Chris Drury C 0 2 2 +1 0 3 23 18:28 14:58 2:16 1:14 0 0 - - 11 4 73
Colton Orr RW 0 0 0 +1 0 0 11 8:29 8:29 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Ryan Callahan RW 1 0 1 +1 0 3 18 12:58 12:36 0:00 0:22 0 0 - - - - -
Fedor Tyutin D 0 0 0 +1 0 1 31 19:08 16:45 1:38 0:45 0 0 - - - - -
Christian Backman D 0 0 0 E 0 1 25 20:59 17:27 2:48 0:44 0 0 - - - - -
Jaromir Jagr RW 0 1 1 +2 0 1 22 19:51 17:51 2:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Martin Straka RW 1 1 2 +1 0 2 21 15:27 12:48 1:53 0:46 0 0 - - 0 1 0
Goaltending
Pittsburgh
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Ty Conklin L (18-8-5) 30 25 5 .833 0 60:00
NY Rangers
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Henrik Lundqvist W (37-24-10) 24 22 2 .917 0 60:00