Minnesota at NY Rangers

Shots
123OTT
Minnesota 13 8 7 0 28
NY Rangers 7 10 7 0 24
Goals
123OTT
Minnesota 2 2 1 0 5
NY Rangers 0 1 2 0 3


Scoring Summary


Period 1
1. MINNESOTA, KUBA 3 (BRUNETTE, DESJARDINS) (PP), 08:34
2. MINNESOTA, PARRISH 8 (EKMAN, MARKOV) (PP), 15:37

PENALTIES: F. KUBA MIN (BOARDING, Minor) 01:11, R. HOLLWEG NYR (HIGHSTICKING, Minor, Game Misconduct) 01:11 (Served by Paul Ranger), T. HOLMSTROM MIN (BOARDING, Minor) 02:34, N. EKMAN MIN (CROSS-CHECKING, Minor) 04:17, D. LEGWAND NYR (CHARGING, Major) 08:06, B. WITT NYR (HIGHSTICKING, Double Minor) 14:36

Period 2
3. NY RANGERS, BURNS 2 (RICCI, VARADA), 01:58
4. MINNESOTA, WILLIAMS 8 (ZHAMNOV, HOLMSTROM) (PP), 07:08
5. MINNESOTA, WILLIAMS 9 (HOLMSTROM, ZHAMNOV), 07:38

PENALTIES: N. EKMAN MIN (CROSS-CHECKING, Minor, Game Misconduct) 04:00 (Served by Alexandre Daigle), V. VARADA NYR (CHARGING, Minor) 04:00, P. RANGER NYR (ELBOWING, Minor) 06:05, A. KOVALEV MIN (HIGHSTICKING, Minor, Game Misconduct) 08:26 (Served by Eric Desjardins)

Period 3
6. NY RANGERS, CRAIG 10 (BLATNY, MICHALEK), 00:16
7. MINNESOTA, HOLMSTROM 6 (ZHAMNOV, STREIT), 09:28
8. NY RANGERS, CRAIG 11 (DVORAK, MICHALEK), 17:31

PENALTIES: G. EXELBY MIN (CROSS-CHECKING, Minor) 09:00, B. WITT NYR (UNSPORTSMANLIKE-CONDUCT, Minor) 09:00, D. MARKOV MIN (ELBOWING, Minor, Misconduct) 09:44, B. HEDICAN NYR (CHARGING, Minor) 09:44, A. LILJA MIN (FIGHTING) 15:46, B. WITT NYR (FIGHTING) 15:46

Goalie Statistics

Dwayne Roloson (MIN), 21 saves out of 24 shots, W, 10-10-3
Jussi Markkanen (NYR), 22 saves out of 27 shots, L, 4-17-2
Ty Conklin (NYR), 1 saves out of 1 shots

Power Play Conversions

Minnesota 3 for 3
NY Rangers 0 for 3

Game Stars

1 - Tomas Holmstrom (MIN)
2 - Ryan Craig (NYR)
3 - Jason Williams (MIN)

Player Statistics

Minnesota

                      G  A  P   +/- PIM  S  HT IT
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Trevor Linden         0  0  0  Even   0  0   0 17
Tomas Holmstrom       1  2  3    +2   2  2   3 22
Nils Ekman            0  1  1    -1  14  0   1  8
Danny Markov          0  1  1    +2  12  4   3 20
Andrew Brunette       0  1  1    -2   0  2   0 22
Alexandre Daigle      0  0  0  Even   0  1   1 11
Alexei Kovalev        0  0  0  Even  12  3   2 12
Garnet Exelby         0  0  0    -2   2  1   4 21
Grant Marshall        0  0  0    -1   0  1   0 15
Jason Williams        2  0  2    -1   0  5   0 21
Filip Kuba            1  0  1    -1   2  3   6 22
Bryan Smolinski       0  0  0  Even   0  0   0  0
Andreas Lilja         0  0  0    -1   5  2   1 19
Eric Desjardins       0  1  1    -2   0  1   1 20
Mike Ribeiro          0  0  0    -3   0  1   2 30
Alexei Zhamnov        0  3  3    +2   0  0   0 10
Mark Parrish          1  0  1    +2   0  2   1 14
Mark Streit           0  1  1    +1   0  0   0 11
   
NY Rangers

                      G  A  P   +/- PIM  S  HT IT
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David Legwand         0  0  0    -1   5  2   3 19
Paul Ranger           0  0  0  Even   2  1   2 28
Brendan Witt          0  0  0  Even  11  0   5 26
Oleg Kvasha           0  0  0  Even   0  4   2 21
Anton Babchuk         0  0  0  Even   0  1   1 10
Vaclav Varada         0  1  1    +1   2  1   2 10
Radek Dvorak          0  1  1    +2   0  4   1 20
Ryan Craig            2  0  2    +1   0  4   1 19
Mike Ricci            0  1  1    +1   0  0   1 11
Tim Taylor            0  0  0  Even   0  3   1 17
Josh Green            0  0  0  Even   0  0   0  8
Tomas Kloucek         0  0  0  Even   0  0   3 21
Ryan Hollweg          0  0  0  Even  12  0   0  0
Brent Burns           1  0  1    +1   0  1   1  8
Zdenek Blatny         0  1  1  Even   0  0   0 11
Milan Michalek        0  2  2  Even   0  2   0 21
Bret Hedican          0  0  0    +1   2  1   4 32
Dominic Moore         0  0  0  Even   0  0   0  8
   

Financial

Attendance: 9293
Net Profit: $535 277,00

Game Notes

Bryan Smolinski injured at 01:11 of the 1st Period
Ryan Hollweg ejected at 01:11 of the 1st Period
Brent Burns injured at 04:00 of the 2nd Period
Nils Ekman ejected at 04:00 of the 2nd Period
Anton Babchuk injured at 08:26 of the 2nd Period
Alexei Kovalev ejected at 08:26 of the 2nd Period
Ty Conklin enters game at 09:28 of 3rd period
Andreas Lilja and Brendan Witt fight to a draw
Ryan Hollweg receives 4 game suspension

Minor League Box Score

Houston        0
Hartford       5
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Colin Forbes 19 (Bryce Lampman, Filip Novak)
Blair Betts 16 (unknown, Ben Eager)
Blair Betts 17 (Braydon Coburn, Bates Battaglia)
Mike Mottau 7 (unknown, unknown)
Blair Betts 18 (unknown, unknown)

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Goalies
Houston: Josh Harding
Hartford: Corey Crawford
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