5 Mars

2 , 2
Shots: 28 - 17
NYR PP: 0 of 3 (7 shots), Passing:72/83=86 %, Challenges:51/73=68 %
PIT PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:65/87=74 %, Challenges:37/46=78 %
Attendance: 9613 of 18200 (Madison Square Garden)
Ticket income: 436431 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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18:25 1-0 NYR Maxime Talbot [6] (Brent Sopel, Marek Malik)
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29:29 1-1 PIT Jason Allison [14] (Dan McGillis, Danny Markov)
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42:03 2-1 NYR Scott Gomez [21] (Pierre-Marc Bouchard, Marc Staal)
57:09 2-2 PIT Pavel Datsyuk [16] (Shane Doan, Nikita Alexeev)
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Penalty summary:
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02:23 PIT Jordan Leopold (2 min for boarding)
11:51 PIT Nikita Alexeev (2 min for high-sticking)
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26:13 PIT Niklas Nordgren (2 min for hooking)
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New York Rangers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Alexei Cherepanov 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 7.00 6
R Ryan Callahan 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 15.10 6
R Pierre-Marc Bouchard 0 1 3 0 0 1 0 1 22.50 8
R Marco Sturm 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 -1 20.10 6
C Jason Krog 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 7.00 5
C Blair Betts 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13.30 4
C Scott Gomez 1 0 5 2 1 0 0 1 22.40 10
C Patrice Bergeron 0 0 5 0 2 0 0 -1 22.00 7
L Marcel Hossa 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 7.00 4
L Maxime Talbot 1 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 14.40 7
L Vaclav Prospal 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 1 22.30 6
L Martin Straka 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 -1 21.00 5
D Brent Sopel 0 1 2 2 3 3 0 0 18.50 7
D Marek Malik 0 1 0 1 2 1 0 1 20.00 7
D Michal Rozsival 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 -1 26.20 7
D Thomas Pöck 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 13.50 7
D Marc Staal 0 1 0 1 4 1 0 1 24.10 5
D Paul Mara 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 -1 27.10 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Henrik Lundqvist 2 0 15 0 0 65.00 6
G David Aebischer 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Pittsburgh Penguins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Nikita Alexeev 0 1 1 4 1 4 2 0 10.10 6
R Jason Allison 1 0 3 2 1 2 0 1 13.10 7
R Tuomo Ruutu 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 20.10 5
R Shane Doan 0 1 3 2 0 2 0 -1 21.40 8
C Jeff Taffe 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 10.10 7
C Michael Nylander 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 13.10 6
C Nik Antropov 0 0 3 5 1 1 0 0 19.30 8
C Mike Modano 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 -1 18.40 6
L Niklas Nordgren 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 10.10 7
L Gilbert Brulé 0 0 1 2 3 2 0 1 16.50 7
L Ryan Malone 0 0 1 5 0 3 0 0 15.50 8
L Pavel Datsyuk 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 -1 18.40 9
D Kristopher Letang 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 19.30 6
D Sheldon Souray 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 19.30 5
D Danny Markov 0 1 2 2 0 3 0 -1 29.50 7
D Dan McGillis 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 17.20 6
D Jordan Leopold 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 17.10 5
D Kenny Jönsson 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -1 27.00 4
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marty Turco 2 0 26 0 0 65.00 9
G Dany Sabourin 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Scott Gomez
2nd star: Marty Turco
3rd star: Jason Allison

Notes for New York Rangers:
-Maxime Talbot has marked a new career high in goals with 6 tallies.
-Scott Gomez finally ended his 10 game goal drought.
-Maxime Talbot finally ended his 11 game goal drought.
-Maxime Talbot finally ended his 11 game point drought.

Notes for Pittsburgh Penguins:
-Pavel Datsyuk finally ended his 12 game goal drought.
-Danny Markov ended his 7 game point drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Hartford Wolfpack 2( 19) , Wilkes-Barre Penguins 1( 12)
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1-0 HFD Joe Barnes (Hugh Jessiman)
2-0 HFD Hugh Jessiman (Hannu Pikkarainen)
2-1 WIL Josh Langfeld (Stephen Dixon, Mark Eaton)

Goalies: Stephen Valiquette - Adam Munro

2 , 4
Shots: 20 - 23
PHI PP: 0 of 1 (1 shots), Passing:64/86=74 %, Challenges:22/42=51 %
OTT PP: 2 of 3 (9 shots), Passing:75/83=90 %, Challenges:17/56=29 %
Attendance: 18993 of 19519 (First Union Center)
Ticket income: 864182 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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05:11 0-1 OTT Ilya Kovalchuk [30] (Dany Heatley)
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26:16 1-1 PHI Mike Richards [19] (Simon Gagné, Riley Cote)
37:26 1-2 OTT Keith Tkachuk [29] (Tim Connolly, Joffrey Lupul)PP
39:07 1-3 OTT Ilya Kovalchuk [31] (Dany Heatley, Eric Staal)PP
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48:21 2-3 PHI Mike Richards [20] (Simon Gagné, Jason Smith)
58:28 2-4 OTT Steve Eminger [4] (Justin Pogge)SH EN
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Penalty summary:
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24:43 PHI Denis Gauthier (2 min for roughing)
24:43 OTT Dany Heatley (2 min for roughing)
34:41 PHI Riley Cote (5 min for attempt to injury)
34:41 PHI Riley Cote (10 min game misconduct)
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43:39 PHI Chris Chelios (2 min for elbowing)
56:37 OTT Vojtech Polak (2 min for roughing)
58:39 PHI Lasse Kukkonen (2 min for diving)
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Philadelphia Flyers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Stefan Ruzicka 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.20 5
R Nicklas Bergfors 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 -1 13.10 5
R Eric Lindros 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 14.40 6
R Aleksey Morozov 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 16.40 6
C Steve Downie 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 5.20 6
C Petr Prucha 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 -1 13.10 7
C Alex Tanguay 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 16.40 6
C Mike Richards 2 0 5 2 1 2 0 1 20.50 10
L Riley Cote 0 1 0 2 0 2 15 0 3.30 7
L Ben Eager 0 0 0 2 3 2 0 -1 19.30 6
L Alexander Frolov 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 -1 20.30 7
L Simon Gagné 0 2 3 2 1 4 0 2 20.30 9
D Lasse Kukkonen 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 -2 15.10 6
D Braydon Coburn 0 0 2 4 0 4 0 0 20.10 8
D Jason Smith 0 1 1 3 4 6 0 2 26.20 7
D Denis Gauthier 0 0 0 4 1 4 2 -1 17.50 7
D Chris Chelios 0 0 0 2 1 4 2 0 19.30 7
D Kimmo Timonen 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 21.50 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Martin Biron 4 0 19 0 0 59.30 5
G Andrew Raycroft 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Ottawa Senators scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jiri Novotny 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -1 7.30 5
R Radim Vrbata 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 12.40 6
R Joffrey Lupul 0 1 3 3 2 2 0 -1 19.10 7
R Dany Heatley 0 2 3 3 2 2 2 2 20.30 9
C Cody Bass 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 -1 7.30 5
C Kyle Chipchura 0 0 0 1 3 1 0 0 12.40 5
C Tim Connolly 0 1 2 0 3 0 0 -1 20.20 5
C Eric Staal 0 1 5 1 4 1 0 1 17.30 7
L Vojtech Polak 0 0 1 2 2 0 2 -1 7.30 6
L Milan Michalek 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 14.40 6
L Keith Tkachuk 1 0 3 4 6 2 0 -1 18.30 7
L Ilya Kovalchuk 2 0 3 5 2 5 0 1 20.20 9
D Henrik Tallinder 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 14.20 5
D Bryan Allen 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 -1 10.50 4
D Andrej Meszaros 0 0 1 3 1 1 0 0 29.00 7
D Vitaly Vishnevski 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 19.40 6
D Matt Carle 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 -1 22.00 6
D Steve Eminger 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 2 23.20 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Justin Pogge 2 1 18 0 0 60.00 8
G Dwayne Roloson 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Ilya Kovalchuk
2nd star: Dany Heatley
3rd star: Mike Richards

Notes for Philadelphia Flyers:
-Mike Richards scored his 20th goal of the season.
-Jason Smith ended his 5 game point drought.

Notes for Ottawa Senators:
-Ilya Kovalchuk scored his 30th goal of the season.
-Ilya Kovalchuk ended his 8 game goal drought.
-Steve Eminger finally ended his 17 game goal drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Philadelphia Phantoms 3( 22) , Grand Rapids Griffins 2( 10)
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0-1 GRD Tomás Kudelka (Arttu Luttinen, Ryan Vesce)
1-1 PHL Ilkka Pikkarainen (Gino Pisellini, Patrik Nilson)
2-1 PHL Brad Tapper (Denis Tolpeko)
2-2 GRD Justin Mapletoft (Tim Wallace, Michal Barinka)
3-2 PHL Brad Tapper (Denis Tolpeko)

Goalies: Martin Houle - Brian Elliott