NY Rangers 3, 
Detroit 4
| Game Information | |
| Arena: Joe Louis Arena Location: Detroit, Michigan | Referees: Chris Ciamaga , Don Vanmassenhoven Linesmen: Greg Devorski , Steve Miller |
| Attendance: 13,180 (65.7% full) | |
| First Period Summary | ||
| TEAM | TIME | SCORING DETAIL |
 | 7:26 | Artem Anisimov (Assist: Wade Redden) |
| TEAM | TIME | PENALTY DETAIL |
 | 4:13 | B Lebda (holding) |
| 7:55 | C Emmerton (tripping) |
| 15:19 | M Rozsival (interference) |
| 19:10 | - Bench (too many men served by J Williams) |
| Second Period Summary | ||
| TEAM | TIME | SCORING DETAIL |
| 3:39 | Enver Lisin (Assist: Evgeny Grachev, Artem Anisimov) |
| TEAM | TIME | PENALTY DETAIL |
| 12:27 | W Redden (holding) |
| 19:00 | M Rozsival (holding) |
| Third Period Summary | ||
| TEAM | TIME | SCORING DETAIL |
| :30 | Valtteri Filppula - power play (Assist: Niklas Kronwall, Dan Cleary) |
| 1:23 | Brett Lebda (Assist: Francis Pare, Justin Abdelkader) |
| 8:02 | Jeremy Williams (Assist: Ville Leino, Derek Meech) |
| 16:18 | Justin Abdelkader (Assist: Ville Leino, Jeremy Williams) |
| 18:00 | Ryan Callahan - with extra attacker (Unassisted) |
| TEAM | TIME | PENALTY DETAIL |
| 8:40 | A Semenov (interference) |
| 13:28 | D Janik (holding) |
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| Shots On Goal | |||||
| TEAM | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | T | |
| NY Rangers | 11 | 11 | 9 | 31 | |
| Detroit | 12 | 11 | 10 | 33 | |
| POWER PLAY SUMMARY | |
| TEAM | PPG / PPO |
| New York Rangers | 0 of 4 |
| Detroit | 1 of 4 |
* - 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
Friday, September 18th
| Nashville | 4 | Final |
| Carolina | 2 |
| NY Rangers | 3 | Final |
| Detroit | 4 |
| Ottawa | 1 | Final |
| Montreal | 2 |
| Toronto | 4 | Final |
| Pittsburgh | 3 |
| Atlanta | 1 | Final |
| Tampa Bay | 2 | OT |
| Colorado | 2 | Final |
| St. Louis | 6 |
| Columbus | 0 | Final |
| Minnesota | 2 |
| Florida | 0 | Final |
| Edmonton | 4 |
| Anaheim | 4 | Final |
| Phoenix | 3 | OT |
| Vancouver | 6 | Final |
| San Jose | 2 |
