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2005-06 regular season

Rangers at Blackhawks

🗓 📍 United Center, Chicago 🔁 Blackhawks lead the season series 1–0

Blackhawks beat Rangers 2–1 in overtime at United Center on December 7, 2005.

NYR – CHI
31–19
Shots on goal
0/9–1/4
Power play
20–16
Hits
9–13
Blocked shots
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The game

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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🪶 CHI
Tyler Arnason
1 G
2 shots · 14:54 TOI
2nd star 🪶 CHI
Jaroslav Spacek
1 G
1 shots · 19:15 TOI
3rd star 🪶 CHI
Nikolai Khabibulin
30 saves
0.968 SV% · 1 GA

Scoring

3 goals · in order
2nd period
🗽 Petr Prucha Go-ahead 2nd · 08:53
Assists: Michael Nylander · beat Nikolai Khabibulin
1–0
🪶 Jaroslav Spacek Tying 2nd · 09:11
Assists: Matthew Barnaby, Jim Dowd · beat Henrik Lundqvist
1–1
Overtime
🪶 Tyler Arnason PP Go-ahead OT · 01:20
Assists: Brent Seabrook · beat Henrik Lundqvist
1–2

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🗽Rangers
L1 Rucinsky · Straka · Jagr 22:16
L2 Nylander · Rucchin · Prucha 17:52
L3 Moore · Ward · Ortmeyer 12:31
L4 Hollweg · Betts · Orr 6:08
D1 Rozsival · Poti 22:54
D2 Malik · Tyutin 18:52
D3 Kasparaitis · Strudwick 13:37
🪶Blackhawks
L1 Calder · Sharp · Bell 18:17
L2 Brown · Arnason · Bourque 15:02
L3 Holmqvist · Barnaby · Lapointe 14:36
L4 Hilbert · Dowd 10:27
D1 Keith · Vandermeer 26:26
D2 Spacek · Seabrook 18:32
D3 Babchuk · Simpson 11:56
D4 Cullimore 8:57

Team stats

Away left · home right
🗽NYR CHI🪶
31 Shots on goal 19
0/9 Power play (goals / chances) 1/4
20 Hits 16
9 Blocked shots 13
2 Takeaways 5
7 Giveaways 4
10 Penalty minutes 18
NYR shooting 3.2% (1/31) CHI shooting 10.5% (2/19)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🗽Rangers
Henrik Lundqvist
17/19
.895 SV% · 2 GA · 61:07 TOI
🪶Blackhawks
Nikolai Khabibulin
30/31
.968 SV% · 1 GA · 61:20 TOI

Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Rangers
Rangers — tied after 1st: 5-3-2 (50% win rate, 10 games)
Blackhawks
Blackhawks — tied after 1st: 4-5-1 (40% win rate, 10 games)
After 2nd — 1–1
Rangers
Rangers — tied after 2nd: 4-3 (57% win rate, 7 games)
Blackhawks
Blackhawks — tied after 2nd: 2-3-1 (33% win rate, 6 games)

Last meetings

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Blackhawks lead the season series 1–0
Nov 162003 🗽NYR @ 🪶CHI 2–2 OT Dec 112002 🪶CHI @ 🗽NYR 4–3 Mar 72002 🗽NYR @ 🪶CHI 1–5 Feb 192001 🪶CHI @ 🗽NYR 2–4 Oct 182000 🗽NYR @ 🪶CHI 4–2
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Who won Rangers vs Blackhawks on December 7, 2005?

Blackhawks won 2–1 in overtime. The final score was Rangers 1, Blackhawks 2.

Who scored for Rangers?

Petr Prucha.

Who scored for Blackhawks?

Jaroslav Spacek, Tyler Arnason.

How did the Rangers goalie play?

Henrik Lundqvist made 17 saves on 19 shots (.895 save percentage).

How did the Blackhawks goalie play?

Nikolai Khabibulin made 30 saves on 31 shots (.968 save percentage).

Where is Rangers vs Blackhawks played?

At United Center in Chicago, the Blackhawks home rink.

What is the Rangers vs Blackhawks season series?

Blackhawks lead the season series 1–0 after 1 game.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🗽 Rangers
BeforeDec 5 🌲MIN @ 🗽NYR 1–3 AfterDec 8 🗽NYR @ 🐯NSH 5–1
🪶 Blackhawks
BeforeDec 3 🪶CHI @ 🐆FLA 3–4 AfterDec 11 🪶CHI @ 🐦ATL 5–4
Also on December 7
🐯NSH 5–2 🦅WSH 🔥CGY 4–1 😈NJD 🐆FLA 3–4 ⭐DAL 🐻BOS 1–4 🏔️COL
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