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2008-09 regular season

Wild at Rangers

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

Rangers beat Wild 2–1 at Madison Square Garden on March 24, 2009.

MIN – NYR
19–30
Shots on goal
28–32
Hits
10–12
Blocked shots
3–11
Takeaways
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The game

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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🗽 NYR
Nikolay Zherdev
1 G, 1 A
3 shots · 18:09 TOI
2nd star 🗽 NYR
Scott Gomez
1 G
2 shots · 18:56 TOI
3rd star 🗽 NYR
Wade Redden
1 A
3 shots · 20:39 TOI

Scoring

3 goals · in order
1st period
🗽 Nikolay Zherdev Go-ahead 1st · 19:55
Assists: Wade Redden, Dan Girardi · beat Niklas Backstrom
0–1
2nd period
🌲 Marian Gaborik Tying 2nd · 01:31
Assists: Marek Zidlicky, Peter Olvecky · beat Henrik Lundqvist
1–1
🗽 Scott Gomez Go-ahead 2nd · 02:24
Assists: Sean Avery, Nikolay Zherdev · beat Niklas Backstrom
1–2

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🌲Wild
L1 Veilleux · Belanger · Gaborik 20:52
L2 Brunette · Fritsche · Nolan 15:07
L3 Sheppard · Bouchard · Clutterbuck 12:56
L4 Olvecky · Gillies · Miettinen 10:47
D1 Johnsson · Zidlicky 27:17
D2 Skoula · Schultz 20:55
D3 Foster · Bergeron 12:00
🗽Rangers
L1 Gomez · Drury · Callahan 18:55
L2 Avery · Antropov · Zherdev 18:09
L3 Sjostrom · Naslund · Dubinsky 15:38
L4 Korpikoski · Betts · Orr 5:41
D1 Girardi · Staal 25:36
D2 Redden · Morris 20:03
D3 Mara · Sauer 14:32

Team stats

Away left · home right
🌲MIN NYR🗽
19 Shots on goal 30
28 Hits 32
10 Blocked shots 12
3 Takeaways 11
3 Giveaways 6
22 Penalty minutes 16
MIN shooting 5.3% (1/19) NYR shooting 6.7% (2/30)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🌲Wild
Niklas Backstrom
28/30
.933 SV% · 2 GA · 59:24 TOI
🗽Rangers
Henrik Lundqvist
18/19
.947 SV% · 1 GA · 59:49 TOI

Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–1
Wild
Wild — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 2-7-4 (15% win rate, 13 games)
Rangers
Rangers — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 10-5-2 (59% win rate, 17 games)
After 2nd — 1–2
Wild
Wild — trailing by 1 goal after 2nd: 3-10-2 (20% win rate, 15 games)
Rangers
Rangers — leading by 1 goal after 2nd: 16-1-1 (89% win rate, 18 games)

Last meetings

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Rangers lead the season series 1–0
Dec 202007 🗽NYR @ 🌲MIN 3–6 Dec 52005 🌲MIN @ 🗽NYR 1–3 Feb 42004 🌲MIN @ 🗽NYR 4–3 Oct 102003 🗽NYR @ 🌲MIN 3–5 Feb 192003 🗽NYR @ 🌲MIN 4–2
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Who won Wild vs Rangers on March 24, 2009?

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

Who scored for Wild?

Marian Gaborik.

Who scored for Rangers?

Nikolay Zherdev, Scott Gomez.

How did the Wild goalie play?

Niklas Backstrom made 28 saves on 30 shots (.933 save percentage).

How did the Rangers goalie play?

Henrik Lundqvist made 18 saves on 19 shots (.947 save percentage).

Where is Wild vs Rangers played?

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

What is the Wild 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
🌲 Wild
BeforeMar 22 🛢️EDM @ 🌲MIN 0–3 AfterMar 25 🌲MIN @ 🏝️NYI 6–2
🗽 Rangers
BeforeMar 22 🏛️OTT @ 🗽NYR 2–1 AfterMar 26 🗽NYR @ 🐦ATL 4–5
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