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2005-06 regular season

Avalanche at Rangers

🗓 📍 Madison Square Garden, New York 🔁 Avalanche lead the season series 1–0

Avalanche beat Rangers 2–1 at Madison Square Garden on December 18, 2005.

COL – NYR
17–30
Shots on goal
1/4–0/3
Power play
18–17
Hits
22–9
Blocked shots
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The game

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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🏔️ COL
Joe Sakic
2 G
3 shots · 20:13 TOI
2nd star 🏔️ COL
John-Michael Liles
1 A
1 shots · 17:01 TOI
3rd star 🗽 NYR
Ryan Hollweg
1 G
3 shots · 09:51 TOI

Scoring

3 goals · in order
2nd period
🏔️ Joe Sakic PP Go-ahead 2nd · 13:52
Assists: John-Michael Liles, Vitaly Kolesnik · beat Kevin Weekes
1–0
🏔️ Joe Sakic 2nd · 14:11
Unassisted · beat Kevin Weekes
2–0
🗽 Ryan Hollweg 2nd · 19:40
Assists: Jaromir Jagr, Dominic Moore · beat Vitaly Kolesnik
2–1

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🏔️Avalanche
L1 Laaksonen · Tanguay · Sakic 18:46
L2 Laperriere · Svatos · Hejduk 17:20
L3 Brunette · Turgeon · Hinote 14:07
L4 May · McLean 8:26
D1 Skrastins · Blake 24:44
D2 Clark · Brisebois 21:31
D3 Liles · Vaananen 15:31
D4 Boughner 6:05
🗽Rangers
L1 Nylander · Straka · Jagr 22:10
L2 Rucinsky · Moore · Prucha 13:59
L3 Hossa · Rucchin · Betts 12:50
L4 Hollweg · Ward · Ortmeyer 9:51
D1 Malik · Rozsival 23:06
D2 Poti · Tyutin 19:23
D3 Kondratiev · Kasparaitis 15:40

Team stats

Away left · home right
🏔️COL NYR🗽
17 Shots on goal 30
1/4 Power play (goals / chances) 0/3
18 Hits 17
22 Blocked shots 9
7 Takeaways 2
11 Giveaways 11
13 Penalty minutes 15
COL shooting 11.8% (2/17) NYR shooting 3.3% (1/30)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🏔️Avalanche
Vitaly Kolesnik
29/30
.967 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI
🗽Rangers
Kevin Weekes
15/17
.882 SV% · 2 GA · 59:14 TOI

Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Avalanche
Avalanche — tied after 1st: 5-3-1 (56% win rate, 9 games)
Rangers
Rangers — tied after 1st: 6-4-3 (46% win rate, 13 games)
After 2nd — 2–1
Avalanche
Avalanche — leading by 1 goal after 2nd: 4-1 (80% win rate, 5 games)
Rangers
Rangers — trailing by 1 goal after 2nd: 3-2-2 (43% win rate, 7 games)

Last meetings

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Avalanche lead the season series 1–0
Nov 202003 🗽NYR @ 🏔️COL 3–4 Nov 22003 🏔️COL @ 🗽NYR 3–2 OT Feb 232003 🗽NYR @ 🏔️COL 1–4 Jan 302003 🏔️COL @ 🗽NYR 4–3 OT Jan 32002 🗽NYR @ 🏔️COL 2–3 OT
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Who won Avalanche vs Rangers on December 18, 2005?

Avalanche won 2–1. The final score was Avalanche 2, Rangers 1.

Who scored for Avalanche?

Joe Sakic (2).

Who scored for Rangers?

Ryan Hollweg.

How did the Avalanche goalie play?

Vitaly Kolesnik made 29 saves on 30 shots (.967 save percentage).

How did the Rangers goalie play?

Kevin Weekes made 15 saves on 17 shots (.882 save percentage).

Where is Avalanche vs Rangers played?

At Madison Square Garden in New York, the Rangers home rink.

What is the Avalanche vs Rangers season series?

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

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🏔️ Avalanche
BeforeDec 17 🏔️COL @ 🏝️NYI 4–5 AfterDec 20 🏔️COL @ 🐯NSH 2–3
🗽 Rangers
BeforeDec 13 🐋VAN @ 🗽NYR 3–2 AfterDec 20 😈NJD @ 🗽NYR 3–1
Also on December 18
🐆FLA 3–2 🦅WSH ⭐DAL 5–3 🪶CHI 🦈SJS 4–5 🦆ANA
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