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2008-09 regular season

Rangers at Sharks

🗓 📍 SAP Center at San Jose, San Jose 🔁 Sharks lead the season series 1–0

Sharks beat Rangers 3–2 at SAP Center at San Jose on December 20, 2008.

NYR – SJS
34–30
Shots on goal
0/2–2/5
Power play
38–38
Hits
10–20
Blocked shots
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The game

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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🦈 SJS
Joe Thornton
2 A
1 shots · 20:09 TOI
2nd star 🦈 SJS
Dan Boyle
1 G
4 shots · 23:15 TOI
3rd star 🦈 SJS
Evgeni Nabokov
32 saves
0.941 SV% · 2 GA

Scoring

5 goals · in order
1st period
🦈 Dan Boyle PP Go-ahead 1st · 04:27
Assists: Joe Thornton, Rob Blake · beat Henrik Lundqvist
0–1
🦈 Ryane Clowe PP 1st · 04:52
Assists: Jonathan Cheechoo, Joe Pavelski · beat Henrik Lundqvist
0–2
🗽 Nikolay Zherdev SH 1st · 10:34
Unassisted · beat Evgeni Nabokov
1–2
2nd period
🦈 Patrick Marleau 2nd · 06:20
Assists: Joe Thornton, Devin Setoguchi · beat Henrik Lundqvist
1–3
🗽 Ryan Callahan 2nd · 09:56
Assists: Brandon Dubinsky · beat Evgeni Nabokov
2–3

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🗽Rangers
L1 Dubinsky · Gomez · Drury 19:52
L2 Naslund · Callahan · Zherdev 16:24
L3 Sjostrom · Dawes · Korpikoski 12:53
L4 Voros · Betts · Orr 8:38
D1 Rozsival · Staal 21:54
D2 Redden · Girardi 20:44
D3 Mara · Kalinin 17:30
🦈Sharks
L1 Marleau · Thornton · Setoguchi 20:27
L2 Clowe · Goc · Grier 17:22
L3 Pavelski · Plihal · Cheechoo 15:24
L4 McGinn · Shelley · Cavanagh 5:08
D1 Boyle · Vlasic 22:56
D2 Ehrhoff · Blake 20:26
D3 Lukowich · Murray 16:38

Team stats

Away left · home right
🗽NYR SJS🦈
34 Shots on goal 30
0/2 Power play (goals / chances) 2/5
38 Hits 38
10 Blocked shots 20
4 Takeaways 9
10 Giveaways 13
10 Penalty minutes 4
NYR shooting 5.9% (2/34) SJS shooting 10.0% (3/30)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🗽Rangers
Henrik Lundqvist
27/30
.900 SV% · 3 GA · 59:18 TOI
🦈Sharks
Evgeni Nabokov
32/34
.941 SV% · 2 GA · 60:00 TOI

Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–2
Rangers
Rangers — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 5-2-2 (56% win rate, 9 games)
Sharks
Sharks — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 6-0-1 (86% win rate, 7 games)
After 2nd — 2–3
Rangers
Rangers — trailing by 1 goal after 2nd: 2-2-2 (33% win rate, 6 games)
Sharks
Sharks — leading by 1 goal after 2nd: 6-0-1 (86% win rate, 7 games)

Last meetings

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Sharks lead the season series 1–0
Feb 172008 🦈SJS @ 🗽NYR 1–3 Nov 22006 🗽NYR @ 🦈SJS 3–1 Nov 182003 🗽NYR @ 🦈SJS 2–2 OT Dec 162002 🦈SJS @ 🗽NYR 1–2 OT Nov 112002 🗽NYR @ 🦈SJS 5–4
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Who won Rangers vs Sharks on December 20, 2008?

Sharks won 3–2. The final score was Rangers 2, Sharks 3.

Who scored for Rangers?

Nikolay Zherdev, Ryan Callahan.

Who scored for Sharks?

Dan Boyle, Patrick Marleau, Ryane Clowe.

How did the Rangers goalie play?

Henrik Lundqvist made 27 saves on 30 shots (.900 save percentage).

How did the Sharks goalie play?

Evgeni Nabokov made 32 saves on 34 shots (.941 save percentage).

Where is Rangers vs Sharks played?

At SAP Center at San Jose in San Jose, the Sharks home rink.

What is the Rangers vs Sharks season series?

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

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🗽 Rangers
BeforeDec 17 🗽NYR @ 👑LAK 3–2 AfterDec 23 🦅WSH @ 🗽NYR 5–4
🦈 Sharks
BeforeDec 18 🦈SJS @ 🐙DET 0–6 AfterDec 23 🐋VAN @ 🦈SJS 0–5
Also on December 20
🦅WSH 1–7 🔔PHI 🌪️CAR 2–4 🐻BOS ⚔️BUF 3–4 🇨🇦MTL 🍁TOR 7–3 🐧PIT ⚡TBL 3–4 🐦ATL 👑LAK 4–6 🐙DET ⭐DAL 4–5 🏛️OTT 🏝️NYI 0–1 🐯NSH
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