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NY Rangers 2, Buffalo 4

Recap Box Score Play-By-Play GameCast Conversation

	1	2	3	T
NYR(43-30-9)	0	0	2	2
BUF(41-32-9)	2	1	1	4

Final

7:00 PM ET, February 21, 2009

HSBC Arena

Buffalo, New York

THREE STARS

D. Roy
Sabres (C )

Goals: 1
Assists: 2

D. Paille
Sabres (LW)

Goals: 1
Assists: 0

T. Connolly
Sabres (C )

Goals: 0
Assists: 1

Game Information
Arena: HSBC Arena Location: Buffalo, New York	Referees: Paul Devorski, Dan O'Rourke Linesmen: Anthony Sericolo, Mark Shewchyk
Attendance: 18,690 (100.0% full)

TEAM STATISTICAL COMPARISON

Key:

NY Rangers

Buffalo

Total Shots
	33
	33

PIM
	8
	4

Hits
	29
	18

Giveaways
	4
	12

Takeaways
	4
	2

Faceoffs Won
	25
	30

1st Period Summary
TIME	TEAM	SCORING DETAIL	SCORE
15:50		Daniel Paille (7) Assists: Derek Roy, Chris Butler	Buffalo 1-0
18:40		Andrej Sekera (2) Assists: Derek Roy, Jaroslav Spacek	Buffalo 2-0
TIME	TEAM	PENALTY DETAIL
9:00		Michal Rozsival: 2 Minutes for Holding Derek Roy

2nd Period Summary
TIME	TEAM	SCORING DETAIL	SCORE
13:42		Derek Roy (22) (Power Play) Assists: Paul Gaustad, Craig Rivet	Buffalo 3-0
TIME	TEAM	PENALTY DETAIL
6:10		Craig Rivet: 2 Minutes for Interference of Nigel Dawes
12:42		Erik Reitz: 2 Minutes for Tripping Daniel Paille
13:53		Colton Orr: 2 Minutes for Roughing Paul Gaustad

3rd Period Summary
TIME	TEAM	SCORING DETAIL	SCORE
2:22		Markus Naslund (18) (Power Play) Assists: Scott Gomez, Chris Drury	Buffalo 3-1
11:53		Jochen Hecht (7) Assists: Tim Connolly, Henrik Tallinder	Buffalo 4-1
15:17		Nigel Dawes (10) Assists: Nikolai Zherdev, Dmitri Kalinin	Buffalo 4-2
TIME	TEAM	PENALTY DETAIL
1:04		Craig Rivet: 2 Minutes for Hooking Scott Gomez
5:58		Markus Naslund: 2 Minutes for Roughing Patrick Kaleta

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	%
B. Betts C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0	14	8:33	0:00	3:29	5:04	3	9	25.0
R. Callahan RW	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	5	1	0	24	18:23	1:06	3:14	14:03	0	0	00.0
N. Dawes LW	1	0	-1	7	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	22	17:43	2:12	0:00	15:31	0	0	00.0
C. Drury C	0	1	-1	1	1	4	0	0	1	0	0	26	21:37	2:32	2:52	16:13	8	10	44.4
B. Dubinsky C	0	0	-2	4	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	20	15:28	1:06	0:25	13:57	1	2	33.3
D. Girardi D	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	31	23:59	0:46	4:04	19:09	0	0	00.0
S. Gomez C	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	25	21:32	2:12	0:09	19:11	12	8	60.0
D. Kalinin D	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	20	12:01	0:00	0:43	11:18	0	0	00.0
L. Korpikoski LW	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	15	11:31	0:00	0:25	11:06	1	1	50.0
M. Naslund LW	1	0	-1	3	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	23	20:29	2:12	0:09	18:08	0	0	00.0
C. Orr RW	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	8	4:32	0:00	0:00	4:32	0	0	00.0
P. Prucha LW	0	0	-1	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	19	14:22	0:00	0:00	14:22	0	0	00.0
W. Redden D	0	0	-2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	30	25:21	2:25	4:10	18:46	0	0	00.0
E. Reitz D	0	0	1	0	0	3	1	2	1	0	0	14	8:51	0:00	0:09	8:42	0	0	00.0
M. Rozsival D	0	0	-1	2	3	1	1	2	0	0	0	31	22:46	0:53	2:13	19:40	0	0	00.0
F. Sjostrom RW	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	13	8:07	0:00	3:17	4:50	0	0	00.0
M. Staal D	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	31	23:35	0:00	2:41	20:54	0	0	00.0
N. Zherdev RW	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	19	15:13	1:06	0:00	14:07	0	0	00.0
New York Rangers Scratches
PLAYER									REASON
P Mara									Scratched
A Voros									Scratched

Buffalo Sabres												Time On Ice					Faceoffs
PLAYER	G	A	+/-	SOG	MS	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHF	TOT	PP	SH	EV	FW	FL	%
C. Butler D	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	22	16:20	0:00	0:00	16:20	0	0	00.0
T. Connolly C	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	26	21:32	4:28	1:18	15:46	6	10	37.5
M. Ellis LW	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	12	7:06	0:08	0:00	6:58	5	2	71.4
P. Gaustad C	0	1	-1	2	2	0	0	0	3	0	2	24	16:12	2:37	0:40	12:55	8	6	57.1
J. Hecht C	1	0	1	5	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	27	19:22	1:53	1:12	16:17	1	1	50.0
P. Kaleta RW	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	3	0	0	13	7:54	0:08	0:00	7:46	0	0	00.0
A. Kotalik RW	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	2	0	1	20	13:22	1:52	0:00	11:30	0	1	00.0
T. Lydman D	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	25	19:33	0:09	2:11	17:13	0	0	00.0
C. MacArthur LW	0	0	1	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	22	17:14	2:24	0:00	14:50	0	0	00.0
A. Mair C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	5:47	0:00	0:00	5:47	0	0	00.0
D. Paille LW	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	21	13:17	0:08	0:00	13:09	0	0	00.0
J. Pominville RW	0	0	2	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	23	21:38	4:59	2:00	14:39	0	0	00.0
C. Rivet D	0	1	0	3	0	0	2	4	0	0	1	27	18:04	1:57	0:00	16:07	0	0	00.0
D. Roy C	1	2	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	24	20:54	4:59	1:26	14:29	10	5	66.7
A. Sekera D	1	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	23	17:36	0:00	1:07	16:29	0	0	00.0
J. Spacek D	0	1	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	27	22:58	5:02	1:07	16:49	0	0	00.0
D. Stafford RW	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	4	1	0	24	19:12	4:15	0:00	14:57	0	0	00.0
H. Tallinder D	0	1	0	2	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	25	18:44	0:01	2:11	16:32	0	0	00.0
Buffalo Sabres Scratches
PLAYER									REASON
T Numminen									Scratched
N Paetsch									Scratched
A Peters									Scratched

Goaltending Summary

New York Rangers Goaltending
PLAYER	SA	GA	SAVES	SV%	TOI	PIM
H. Lundqvist	33	4	29	.879	58:57	0

Buffalo Sabres Goaltending
PLAYER	SA	GA	SAVES	SV%	TOI	PIM
P. Lalime	13	2	11	.846	18:06	0
R. Miller	20	0	20	1	41:51	0

Shots On Goal
TEAM	1st	2nd	3rd	T
New York Rangers	7	10	16	33
Buffalo	13	12	8	33

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

Saturday, February 21st

Pittsburgh	5	Final
Philadelphia	4

Chicago	3	Final
Dallas	1

Ottawa	3	Final
Montreal	5

Phoenix	6	Final
Los Angeles	3

Atlanta	1	Final
San Jose	3

NY Rangers	2	Final
Buffalo	4

New Jersey	0	Final
NY Islanders	4

Vancouver	3	Final
Toronto	2	SO

Boston	0	Final
Florida	2

Anaheim	5	Final
Columbus	2

Detroit	2	Final
Minnesota	5

Nashville	1	Final
St. Louis	0	OT

Calgary	3	Final
Edmonton	2	SO

ESPN NHL

NY Rangers 2, Buffalo 4

Final

NHL Scores

Saturday, February 21st