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2008-09 regular season

Rangers at Kings

🗓 📍 Crypto.com Arena, Los Angeles 🔁 Rangers lead the season series 1–0

Rangers beat Kings 3–2 in overtime at Crypto.com Arena on December 17, 2008.

NYR – LAK
30–41
Shots on goal
1/2–1/4
Power play
42–31
Hits
9–8
Blocked shots
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The game

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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🗽 NYR
Michal Rozsival
2 G
4 shots · 22:01 TOI
2nd star 🗽 NYR
Chris Drury
1 G, 1 A
5 shots · 19:00 TOI
3rd star 🗽 NYR
Steve Valiquette
39 saves
0.951 SV% · 2 GA

Scoring

5 goals · in order
1st period
👑 Patrick O'Sullivan PP Go-ahead 1st · 14:24
Assists: Anze Kopitar, Dustin Brown · beat Steve Valiquette
0–1
🗽 Chris Drury Tying 1st · 19:16
Assists: Nigel Dawes, Dan Girardi · beat Jason LaBarbera
1–1
2nd period
🗽 Michal Rozsival PP Go-ahead 2nd · 12:33
Unassisted · beat Jason LaBarbera
2–1
3rd period
👑 Dustin Brown Tying 3rd · 02:27
Assists: Kyle Calder, Sean O'Donnell · beat Steve Valiquette
2–2
Overtime
🗽 Michal Rozsival Go-ahead OT · 03:41
Assists: Marc Staal, Chris Drury · beat Jason LaBarbera
3–2

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🗽Rangers
L1 Naslund · Gomez · Drury 20:04
L2 Dubinsky · Zherdev · Callahan 16:55
L3 Dawes · Sjostrom · Voros 14:04
L4 Korpikoski · Betts · Orr 9:39
D1 Staal · Rozsival 22:59
D2 Mara · Girardi 20:53
D3 Redden · Kalinin 20:02
👑Kings
L1 Frolov · O'Sullivan · Stoll 22:25
L2 Kopitar · Handzus · Brown 21:52
L3 Calder · Simmonds · Moller 14:02
L4 Purcell · Ivanans · Zeiler 2:38
D1 Doughty · Quincey 25:54
D2 Greene · O'Donnell 23:38
D3 Harrold · Gauthier 12:14

Team stats

Away left · home right
🗽NYR LAK👑
30 Shots on goal 41
1/2 Power play (goals / chances) 1/4
42 Hits 31
9 Blocked shots 8
4 Takeaways 4
13 Giveaways 12
8 Penalty minutes 4
NYR shooting 10.0% (3/30) LAK shooting 4.9% (2/41)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🗽Rangers
Steve Valiquette
39/41
.951 SV% · 2 GA · 63:34 TOI
👑Kings
Jason LaBarbera
27/30
.900 SV% · 3 GA · 63:13 TOI

Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–1
Rangers
Rangers — tied after 1st: 10-3 (77% win rate, 13 games)
Kings
Kings — tied after 1st: 2-5-2 (22% win rate, 9 games)
After 2nd — 2–1
Rangers
Rangers — leading by 1 goal after 2nd: 8-0 (100% win rate, 8 games)
Kings
Kings — trailing by 1 goal after 2nd: 1-5-1 (14% win rate, 7 games)

Last meetings

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Rangers lead the season series 1–0
Feb 52008 👑LAK @ 🗽NYR 4–2 Oct 302006 🗽NYR @ 👑LAK 1–4 Dec 302003 🗽NYR @ 👑LAK 3–2 OT Oct 252002 👑LAK @ 🗽NYR 6–2 Jan 92002 👑LAK @ 🗽NYR 4–0
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Who won Rangers vs Kings on December 17, 2008?

Rangers won 3–2 in overtime. The final score was Rangers 3, Kings 2.

Who scored for Rangers?

Michal Rozsival (2), Chris Drury.

Who scored for Kings?

Dustin Brown, Patrick O'Sullivan.

How did the Rangers goalie play?

Steve Valiquette made 39 saves on 41 shots (.951 save percentage).

How did the Kings goalie play?

Jason LaBarbera made 27 saves on 30 shots (.900 save percentage).

Where is Rangers vs Kings played?

At Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, the Kings home rink.

What is the Rangers vs Kings season series?

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

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🗽 Rangers
BeforeDec 16 🗽NYR @ 🦆ANA 3–1 AfterDec 20 🗽NYR @ 🦈SJS 2–3
👑 Kings
BeforeDec 15 🦈SJS @ 👑LAK 3–2 AfterDec 19 👑LAK @ ⚔️BUF 0–5
Also on December 17
😈NJD 5–3 ⚔️BUF 🦈SJS 1–2 🧥CBJ 🔥CGY 3–2 🌲MIN 🛢️EDM 2–4 🐋VAN
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