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2008-09 regular season

Avalanche at Rangers

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

Rangers beat Avalanche 6–1 at Madison Square Garden on February 28, 2009.

COL – NYR
24–30
Shots on goal
0/2–1/5
Power play
29–31
Hits
11–14
Blocked shots
⚔️ Head-to-head

The game

The stars, every goal, the box score and the recap
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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🗽 NYR
Scott Gomez
1 G, 2 A
4 shots · 18:59 TOI
2nd star 🗽 NYR
Chris Drury
1 G, 1 A
4 shots · 19:42 TOI
3rd star 🗽 NYR
Nikolay Zherdev
1 G, 1 A
4 shots · 18:43 TOI

Scoring

7 goals · in order
1st period
🗽 Ryan Callahan Go-ahead 1st · 00:28
Assists: Brandon Dubinsky, Chris Drury · beat Peter Budaj
0–1
🗽 Nikolay Zherdev 1st · 01:08
Assists: Lauri Korpikoski · beat Peter Budaj
0–2
🗽 Petr Prucha 1st · 13:24
Assists: Lauri Korpikoski, Paul Mara · beat Peter Budaj
0–3
🗽 Scott Gomez 1st · 15:02
Assists: Marc Staal, Nikolay Zherdev · beat Andrew Raycroft
0–4
2nd period
🗽 Chris Drury PP 2nd · 04:56
Assists: Scott Gomez, Markus Naslund · beat Andrew Raycroft
0–5
🏔️ Ryan Smyth 2nd · 13:05
Assists: Milan Hejduk, John-Michael Liles · beat Henrik Lundqvist
1–5
3rd period
🗽 Markus Naslund 3rd · 14:49
Assists: Scott Gomez, Dmitri Kalinin · beat Andrew Raycroft
1–6

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🏔️Avalanche
L1 Smyth · Stastny · Hejduk 19:41
L2 Wolski · Arnason · Svatos 13:01
L3 McLeod · Guite · Tucker 12:43
L4 McCormick · Stewart · Laperriere 10:09
D1 Salei · Hannan 21:00
D2 Clark · Liles 20:02
D3 Leopold · Foote 19:03
🗽Rangers
L1 Dubinsky · Drury · Callahan 20:21
L2 Naslund · Gomez · Zherdev 18:43
L3 Korpikoski · Betts · Prucha 10:29
L4 Sjostrom · Dawes · Orr 9:03
D1 Rozsival · Redden 23:20
D2 Staal · Girardi 19:16
D3 Mara · Kalinin 17:26

Team stats

Away left · home right
🏔️COL NYR🗽
24 Shots on goal 30
0/2 Power play (goals / chances) 1/5
29 Hits 31
11 Blocked shots 14
5 Takeaways 4
1 Giveaways 3
48 Penalty minutes 32
COL shooting 4.2% (1/24) NYR shooting 20.0% (6/30)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🏔️Avalanche
Andrew Raycroft
18/21
.857 SV% · 3 GA · 46:36 TOI
Peter Budaj
6/9
.667 SV% · 3 GA · 13:24 TOI
🗽Rangers
Henrik Lundqvist
23/24
.958 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI

Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–4
Avalanche
Avalanche: no games found in this situation this year.
Rangers
Rangers — leading by 4 goals after 1st: 1-0 (100% win rate, 1 game)

Last meetings

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Rangers lead the season series 1–0
Dec 212007 🗽NYR @ 🏔️COL 3–4 OT Dec 182005 🏔️COL @ 🗽NYR 2–1 Nov 202003 🗽NYR @ 🏔️COL 3–4 Nov 22003 🏔️COL @ 🗽NYR 3–2 OT Feb 232003 🗽NYR @ 🏔️COL 1–4
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Who won Avalanche vs Rangers on February 28, 2009?

Rangers won 6–1. The final score was Avalanche 1, Rangers 6.

Who scored for Avalanche?

Ryan Smyth.

Who scored for Rangers?

Chris Drury, Markus Naslund, Nikolay Zherdev, Petr Prucha, Ryan Callahan, Scott Gomez.

How did the Avalanche goalie play?

Andrew Raycroft made 18 saves on 21 shots (.857 save percentage).

How did the Rangers goalie play?

Henrik Lundqvist made 23 saves on 24 shots (.958 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?

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

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🏔️ Avalanche
BeforeFeb 26 🏔️COL @ 😈NJD 0–4 AfterMar 2 🏔️COL @ 🏝️NYI 2–4
🗽 Rangers
BeforeFeb 26 🐆FLA @ 🗽NYR 2–1 AfterMar 5 🗽NYR @ 🏝️NYI 4–2
Also on February 28
🦅WSH 4–3 🐻BOS 🐆FLA 2–7 😈NJD 🦆ANA 4–3 ⭐DAL 🦈SJS 2–3 🇨🇦MTL 🍁TOR 4–3 🏛️OTT ⚔️BUF 0–2 🏝️NYI 🌪️CAR 3–5 🐦ATL 🐙DET 0–8 🐯NSH
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