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8/11/2007
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Atlanta Thrashers 5 , New York Rangers 4
Shots: 39 - 28
PP: 5 of 11 (26 shots), Passing:77/90=85 %, Challenges:46/54=83 %
PP: 1 of 4 (12 shots), Passing:59/80=73 %, Challenges:32/38=82 %
Attendance: 18517 of 18517 (Philips Arena)
Ticket income: 501811 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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07:36 1-0
Éric Perrin [4] (Ilya Kovalchuk)PP
08:52 2-0
Ilya Kovalchuk [10] (Éric Perrin, Ron Hainsey)PP
14:02 3-0
Todd White [7] (Niclas Hävelid, Steve McCarthy)PP
15:38 3-1
Scott Gomez [9] (Michal Rozsival)
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29:09 3-2
Nikolai Zherdev [1] (Markus Näslund, Scott Gomez)PP
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42:32 3-3
Brendan Shanahan [5] (Micheal Del Zotto, Marek Malik)
46:35 4-3
Steve McCarthy [2] (Niclas Hävelid, Todd White)PP
59:51 4-4
Markus Näslund [10] (Scott Gomez, Nikolai Zherdev) WG
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63:02 5-4
Niclas Hävelid [1] (Steve McCarthy, Colby Armstrong)PP
Penalty summary:
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02:18
Nikolai Zherdev (2 min for hooking)
05:48
Nikolai Zherdev (2 min for tripping)
07:53
Dan Fritsche (2 min for high-sticking)
12:58
Nikolai Zherdev (2 min for boarding)
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24:09
Brendan Shanahan (2 min for cross-checking)
27:59
Colby Armstrong (2 min for tripping)
34:51
Micheal Del Zotto (2 min for holding the stick)
37:28
Éric Perrin (2 min for roughing)
39:38
Nikolai Zherdev (2 min for tripping)
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44:58
Markus Näslund (2 min for high-sticking)
46:22
Darius Kasparaitis (2 min for hooking)
50:46
Ryan Callahan (2 min for tripping)
54:02
Erik Christensen (2 min for high-sticking)
55:55
Eric Boulton (2 min for hooking)
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62:18
Petr Prucha (2 min for high-sticking)
Atlanta Thrashers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jesse Schultz 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6.40 6
R Milan Bartovic 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 12.10 6
R Darren Haydar 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 -1 19.00 7
R Colby Armstrong 0 1 2 5 1 0 2 -2 22.20 8
C Éric Perrin 1 1 7 1 0 0 2 0 19.40 8
C Erik Christensen 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 8.50 5
C Todd White 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 -1 12.00 8
C Steve Rucchin 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 -1 17.50 6
L Eric Boulton 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 9.50 6
L Brad Larsen 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 -1 13.50 8
L Vyacheslav Kozlov 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -2 18.10 5
L Ilya Kovalchuk 1 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 20.10 8
D Mark Popovic 0 0 6 1 0 1 0 0 22.50 7
D Steve McCarthy 1 2 4 2 0 0 0 -2 18.50 8
D Ron Hainsey 0 1 4 0 1 0 0 0 30.10 8
D Garnet Exelby 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 13.00 8
D Ken Klee 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 11.20 5
D Niclas Hävelid 1 2 1 0 1 1 0 -3 30.10 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Kari Lehtonen 4 0 24 0 0 63.00 6
G Johan Hedberg 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
New York Rangers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Colton Orr 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 7.00 5
R Ryan Callahan 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 10.50 5
R Fredrik Sjöström 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 11.10 5
R Nikolai Zherdev 1 1 4 1 0 0 8 1 16.50 8
C Dan Fritsche 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 5.30 6
C Petr Prucha 0 0 2 1 0 1 2 1 12.00 7
C Scott Gomez 1 2 5 2 0 0 0 2 22.50 9
C Chris Drury 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 21.30 7
L Josh Gratton 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 14.00 7
L Brendan Shanahan 1 0 3 2 0 0 2 1 22.30 8
L Martin Straka 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7.30 4
L Markus Näslund 1 1 5 0 0 0 2 1 20.30 9
D Micheal Del Zotto 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 15.50 6
D Marek Malik 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 12.40 5
D Paul Mara 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 1 23.40 6
D Darius Kasparaitis 0 0 1 1 0 4 2 1 25.10 6
D Michal Rozsival 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 19.50 6
D Wade Redden 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 1 29.10 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Henrik Lundqvist 5 0 34 0 0 62.20 5
G David LeNeveu 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Steve McCarthy
2nd star: Niclas Hävelid
3rd star: Éric Perrin
Notes for Atlanta Thrashers:
-Ilya Kovalchuk scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Ron Hainsey notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Colby Armstrong notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Steve Rucchin had his 5 game point streak snapped.
Notes for New York Rangers:
-Scott Gomez notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Markus Näslund scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Chris Drury had his 7 game point streak snapped.
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Chicago Wolves 3( 34) , Hartford Wolfpack 4( 30)
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1-0 CHW Chris Thorburn (Joey Crabb, Pierre Hedin)
1-1 HFD Brandon Dubinsky (Thomas Pöck, Scott Sheppard)
2-1 CHW Olivier Legault (Kevin Doell)
2-2 HFD Greg Moore (Ryan Hollweg)
3-2 CHW Joey Crabb (Chris Thorburn)
3-3 HFD Brandon Dubinsky (Nigel Dawes)
3-4 HFD Andrew Hutchinson (Nigel Dawes)
Goalies: Fred Brathwaite - Stephen Valiquette