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NY Rangers 4, Carolina 2

Recap Box Score Play-By-Play GameCast Conversation

	1	2	3	T
NYR(42-27-13)	2	1	1	4
CAR(43-33-6)	0	1	1	2

Final

7:00 PM ET, February 28, 2008

RBC Center

Raleigh, North Carolina

THREE STARS

N. Dawes
Rangers (LW)

Goals: 0
Assists: 2

H. Lundqvist
Rangers (G )

Saves: 26
Save Pct.: .929

E. Cole
Hurricanes (LW)

Goals: 2
Assists: 0

Game Information
Arena: RBC Center Location: Raleigh, North Carolina	Referees: GordDwyer, BillMcCreary Linesmen: BradKovachik, TimNowak
Attendance: 16,041 (85.6% full)

TEAM STATISTICAL COMPARISON

Key:

NY Rangers

Carolina

Total Shots
	28
	28

PIM
	27
	21

Hits
	17
	25

Giveaways
	3
	4

Takeaways
	10
	9

Faceoffs Won
	32
	22

1st Period Summary
TIME	TEAM	SCORING DETAIL	SCORE
3:50		Brandon Dubinsky (13) Assists: Jaromir Jagr	NY Rangers 1-0
19:16		Sean Avery (11) Assists: Daniel Girardi	NY Rangers 2-0
TIME	TEAM	PENALTY DETAIL
5:01		Marek Malik: 2 Minutes for Hooking Matt Cullen
13:19		Eric Staal: 2 Minutes for Hooking Michal Rozsival

2nd Period Summary
TIME	TEAM	SCORING DETAIL	SCORE
2:14		Chris Drury (21) Assists: Marc Staal, Nigel Dawes	NY Rangers 3-0
7:39		Erik Cole (16) Assists: Bret Hedican, Patrick Eaves	NY Rangers 3-1
TIME	TEAM	PENALTY DETAIL
0:10		Bret Hedican: 2 Minutes for Delaying Game - Puck over Glass
5:25		Christian Backman: 2 Minutes for High-sticking Wade Brookbank
12:15		Ryan Callahan: 5 Minute Major for Fighting Tim Conboy
12:15		Tim Conboy: 5 Minute Major for Fighting Ryan Callahan
17:04		Scott Walker: 10 Minute Misconduct Sean Avery
17:04		Sean Avery: 10 Minute Misconduct Scott Walker

3rd Period Summary
TIME	TEAM	SCORING DETAIL	SCORE
4:54		Erik Cole (17) (Power Play) Unassisted	NY Rangers 3-2
7:28		Brendan Shanahan (21) Assists: Nigel Dawes, Scott Gomez	NY Rangers 4-2
TIME	TEAM	PENALTY DETAIL
1:58		Marc Staal: 4 Minute Double Minor for High sticking Erik Cole
4:54		Christian Backman: 2 Minutes for Holding Erik Cole
9:00		Christian Backman: 2 Minutes for Roughing Tuomo Ruutu
19:01		Eric Staal: 2 Minutes for Cross checking Fredrik Sjostrom

Player Summary

New York Rangers												Time On Ice					Faceoffs
PLAYER	G	A	+/-	SOG	MS	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHF	TOT	PP	SH	EV	FW	FL	%
S. Avery LW	1	0	1	3	2	0	1	10	0	0	1	17	12:21	0:00	0:00	12:21	0	0	00.0
C. Backman D	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	6	0	0	0	22	14:22	0:00	1:01	13:21	0	0	00.0
B. Betts C	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	17	13:10	0:00	4:15	8:55	3	5	37.5
R. Callahan RW	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	2	0	0	18	13:41	0:06	2:36	10:59	0	0	00.0
N. Dawes LW	0	2	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	17	12:19	1:55	0:00	10:24	0	0	00.0
C. Drury C	1	0	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	24	18:47	3:02	4:49	10:56	12	8	60.0
B. Dubinsky C	1	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	17	14:28	1:43	0:00	12:45	9	5	64.3
D. Girardi D	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	28	21:01	2:54	4:39	13:28	0	0	00.0
S. Gomez C	0	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	23	17:25	3:16	2:26	11:43	7	4	63.6
R. Hollweg LW	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	7:06	0:00	0:00	7:06	1	0	100.0
J. Jagr RW	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	18	14:42	2:05	0:00	12:37	0	0	00.0
M. Malik D	0	0	2	0	1	1	1	2	2	0	0	32	22:41	0:00	5:50	16:51	0	0	00.0
M. Rozsival D	0	0	2	2	0	3	0	0	0	3	0	33	25:10	2:05	6:02	17:03	0	0	00.0
B. Shanahan LW	1	0	1	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	26	17:27	2:50	4:47	9:50	0	0	00.0
F. Sjostrom RW	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	14	11:27	0:00	0:00	11:27	0	0	00.0
M. Staal D	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	4	1	0	0	23	15:35	0:02	1:47	13:46	0	0	00.0
M. Straka LW	0	0	0	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	22	18:39	3:13	2:59	12:27	0	0	00.0
F. Tyutin D	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	3	0	0	26	18:43	1:44	3:19	13:40	0	0	00.0
New York Rangers Scratches
PLAYER									REASON
J Strudwick									Healthy
C Orr									Sternum Injury
P Prucha									Shoulder

Carolina Hurricanes												Time On Ice					Faceoffs
PLAYER	G	A	+/-	SOG	MS	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHF	TOT	PP	SH	EV	FW	FL	%
K. Aucoin C	0	0	-1	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	19	14:56	3:19	0:00	11:37	3	7	30.0
R. Bayda LW	0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	19	13:05	2:18	0:00	10:47	0	0	00.0
W. Brookbank LW	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	5	4:01	0:00	0:00	4:01	0	0	00.0
E. Cole LW	2	0	-2	3	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	28	23:43	5:50	2:30	15:23	0	1	00.0
T. Conboy RW	0	0	-1	0	1	1	1	5	2	1	0	17	10:45	0:00	2:11	8:34	0	0	00.0
J. Corvo D	0	0	-2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	24	24:48	6:54	0:00	17:54	0	0	00.0
M. Cullen C	0	0	-1	3	0	1	0	0	1	3	1	23	23:24	8:03	1:26	13:55	7	8	46.7
P. Eaves RW	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	10	6:36	0:14	0:00	6:22	0	0	00.0
B. Hedican D	0	1	-2	0	0	3	1	2	1	0	1	30	17:44	0:50	1:37	15:17	0	0	00.0
F. Kaberle D	0	0	-1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	22	20:23	3:51	1:12	15:20	0	0	00.0
T. Letowski RW	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	11	7:21	0:14	2:01	5:06	3	1	75.0
T. Ruutu RW	0	0	-1	2	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	23	18:07	3:00	0:59	14:08	0	0	00.0
S. Samsonov LW	0	0	-1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	23	20:25	5:13	0:00	15:12	0	0	00.0
E. Staal C	0	0	-1	7	3	0	2	4	1	1	0	26	24:49	7:51	1:20	15:38	9	15	37.5
S. Walker RW	0	0	0	2	2	1	1	10	2	1	0	19	15:53	2:17	1:43	11:53	0	0	00.0
N. Wallin D	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	26	18:43	0:14	2:48	15:41	0	0	00.0
G. Wesley D	0	0	-1	2	1	3	0	0	2	0	0	24	17:11	0:00	2:10	15:01	0	0	00.0
R. Whitney LW	0	0	-1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	18	14:17	4:32	0:39	9:06	0	0	00.0
Carolina Hurricanes Scratches
PLAYER									REASON
T Gleason									Head Injury

Goaltending Summary

New York Rangers Goaltending
PLAYER	SA	GA	SAVES	SV%	TOI	PIM
H. Lundqvist	28	2	26	.929	60:00	0

Carolina Hurricanes Goaltending
PLAYER	SA	GA	SAVES	SV%	TOI	PIM
C. Ward	28	4	24	.857	58:46	0

Shots On Goal
TEAM	1st	2nd	3rd	T
New York Rangers	15	11	2	28
Carolina	5	10	13	28

POWER PLAY SUMMARY
TEAM	PPG / PPO
New York Rangers	0 of 0
Carolina	1 of 0

* - A player receives a "plus" if he is on the ice when his Club scores an even-strength or shorthand goal. He receives a "minus" if he is on the ice for an even-strength or shorthand goal scored by the opposing Club. The difference in these numbers is considered the player's plus-minus statistic.

NHL Scores

Thursday, February 28th

Pittsburgh	1	Final
Boston	5

NY Rangers	4	Final
Carolina	2

Ottawa	1	Final
Philadelphia	3

NY Islanders	5	Final
Atlanta	4	OT

Chicago	4	Final
Dallas	7

Phoenix	2	Final
St. Louis	1

Los Angeles	4	Final
Edmonton	5

ESPN NHL

NY Rangers 4, Carolina 2

Final

NHL Scores

Thursday, February 28th