NY Rangers 2, 
Ottawa 3
7:00 PM ET, September 20, 2008
Scotiabank Place
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
| Game Information | |
| Arena: Scotiabank Place Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada | Referees: Fred L'Ecuyer , Stephane Auger Linesmen: Derek Nansen , Steve Barton |
| Attendance: 17,616 (95.2% full) | |
| First Period Summary | ||
| TEAM | TIME | SCORING DETAIL |
 | 2:57 | Dany Heatley - with extra attacker (Assist: Jason Smith, Filip Kuba) |
| 13:17 | Jason Spezza - shorthanded --Unassisted (Unassisted) |
| TEAM | TIME | PENALTY DETAIL |
 | 7:16 | M Del Zotto (tripping) |
| 7:38 | J Spezza (tripping) |
| 9:31 | N Dawes (hooking) |
| 9:56 | C Schubert (slashing) |
| 11:45 | D Heatley (hooking) |
| 13:48 | C Neil (high sticking) |
| 14:56 | J Smith (hooking) |
| 18:09 | C Schubert (high sticking) |
| 19:05 | C Drury (hooking) |
| Second Period Summary | ||
| TEAM | TIME | SCORING DETAIL |
| 2:12 | Mike Fisher (Assist: Chris Phillips, Christoph Schubert) |
| 3:21 | Brandon Dubinsky - power play (Assist: Michal Rozsival) |
| TEAM | TIME | PENALTY DETAIL |
| 2:28 | F Kuba (hooking) |
| 4:19 | C Neil (slashing) |
| 9:05 | A Voros (hooking) |
| 14:22 | B Dubinsky (holding) |
| 16:18 | N Foligno (tripping) |
| 19:23 | C Orr (roughing) |
| Third Period Summary | ||
| TEAM | TIME | SCORING DETAIL |
| 15:16 | Brandon Dubinsky - shorthanded (Assist: Ryan Callahan) |
| TEAM | TIME | PENALTY DETAIL |
| :54 | R Callahan (hooking) |
| 4:53 | B Dubinsky (holding) |
| 8:50 | D Bois (cross checking) |
| 8:50 | M Rozsival (cross checking) |
| 14:31 | A Voros (roughing) |
| 17:49 | N Dawes (goalie interference) |
| PLAYER SUMMARY | |
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| Shots On Goal | |||||
| TEAM | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | T | |
| NY Rangers | 11 | 13 | 12 | 36 | |
| Ottawa | 7 | 7 | 5 | 19 | |
| POWER PLAY SUMMARY | |
| TEAM | PPG / PPO |
| New York Rangers | 1 of 9 |
| Ottawa | 0 of 10 |
* - 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
Saturday, September 20th
| NY Rangers | 2 | Final |
| Ottawa | 3 |
| Tampa Bay | 5 | Final |
| Pittsburgh | 4 | SO |
