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2008-09 regular season

Islanders at Rangers

🗓 📍 Madison Square Garden, New York 🔁 Season series tied 1–1

Islanders beat Rangers 2–1 at Madison Square Garden on November 4, 2008.

NYI – NYR
19–36
Shots on goal
27–19
Hits
32–12
Blocked shots
4–8
Takeaways
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The game

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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🏝️ NYI
Richard Park
1 G
3 shots · 19:30 TOI
2nd star 🏝️ NYI
Nate Thompson
1 G
1 shots · 13:19 TOI
3rd star 🏝️ NYI
Joey MacDonald
35 saves
0.972 SV% · 1 GA

Scoring

3 goals · in order
3rd period
🏝️ Nate Thompson SH Go-ahead 3rd · 03:18
Assists: Frans Nielsen, Thomas Pock · beat Henrik Lundqvist
1–0
🏝️ Richard Park SH 3rd · 08:00
Unassisted · beat Henrik Lundqvist
2–0
🗽 Markus Naslund 3rd · 18:19
Assists: Wade Redden, Dan Girardi · beat Joey MacDonald
2–1

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🏝️Islanders
L1 Hilbert · Weight · Park 18:53
L2 Hunter · Guerin · Okposo 16:27
L3 Comrie · Thompson · Nielsen 13:19
L4 Sim · Tambellini · Fritz 10:40
D1 Gervais · Streit 24:31
D2 Sutton · Campoli 21:11
D3 Pock · Skinner 13:46
🗽Rangers
L1 Naslund · Gomez · Drury 21:56
L2 Dubinsky · Zherdev · Callahan 14:47
L3 Dawes · Voros · Prucha 11:41
L4 Sjostrom · Betts · Orr 9:54
D1 Girardi · Redden 23:34
D2 Rozsival · Mara 18:46
D3 Kalinin · Staal 17:49

Team stats

Away left · home right
🏝️NYI NYR🗽
19 Shots on goal 36
27 Hits 19
32 Blocked shots 12
4 Takeaways 8
4 Giveaways 7
14 Penalty minutes 10
NYI shooting 10.5% (2/19) NYR shooting 2.8% (1/36)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🏝️Islanders
Joey MacDonald
35/36
.972 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI
🗽Rangers
Henrik Lundqvist
17/19
.895 SV% · 2 GA · 58:05 TOI

Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Islanders
Islanders — tied after 1st: 1-2 (33% win rate, 3 games)
Rangers
Rangers — tied after 1st: 4-0 (100% win rate, 4 games)
After 2nd — 0–0
Islanders
Islanders: no games found in this situation this year.
Rangers
Rangers — tied after 2nd: 1-1 (50% win rate, 2 games)

Last meetings

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Season series tied 1–1
Oct 272008 🗽NYR @ 🏝️NYI 4–2 Apr 42008 🏝️NYI @ 🗽NYR 4–3 SO Apr 32008 🗽NYR @ 🏝️NYI 3–0 Mar 62008 🗽NYR @ 🏝️NYI 4–1 Mar 42008 🏝️NYI @ 🗽NYR 4–3 SO
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Who won Islanders vs Rangers on November 4, 2008?

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

Who scored for Islanders?

Nate Thompson, Richard Park.

Who scored for Rangers?

Markus Naslund.

How did the Islanders goalie play?

Joey MacDonald made 35 saves on 36 shots (.972 save percentage).

How did the Rangers goalie play?

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

Where is Islanders vs Rangers played?

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

What is the Islanders vs Rangers season series?

Season series tied 1–1 after 2 games.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🏝️ Islanders
BeforeNov 3 🧥CBJ @ 🏝️NYI 3–4 AfterNov 6 🏝️NYI @ 🐦ATL 3–4
🗽 Rangers
BeforeNov 1 🗽NYR @ 🍁TOR 2–5 AfterNov 6 ⚡TBL @ 🗽NYR 2–5
Also on November 4
🌪️CAR 5–4 🍁TOR 🦅WSH 1–2 🏛️OTT 🌵PHX 4–2 🔥CGY 🐯NSH 0–4 🐋VAN 🦆ANA 1–0 👑LAK 🌲MIN 1–3 🦈SJS
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