Detroit 2, 
NY Rangers 4
7:00 PM ET, September 21, 2009
Madison Square Garden
New York, New York
| Game Information | |
| Arena: Madison Square Garden Location: New York, New York | Referees: Ghislain Hebert , Stephane Auger Linesmen: Brian Murphy , Tony Sericolo |
| Attendance: 11,112 (61.1% full) | |
| First Period Summary | ||
| TEAM | TIME | SCORING DETAIL |
 | 5:13 | Vaclav Prospal - power play --Unassisted (Unassisted) |
| 9:00 | Enver Lisin - power play (Assist: Marian Gaborik, Bobby Sanguinetti) |
| 10:25 | Ryan Callahan (Assist: Evgeny Grachev) |
 | 18:17 | Ville Leino (Assist: Valtteri Filppula, Johan Ryno) |
| TEAM | TIME | PENALTY DETAIL |
| 1:34 | J Ericsson (hooking) |
| 5:10 | D Larsson (tripping served by T Holmstrom) |
| 7:12 | T Tatar (tripping) |
| 14:42 | J Kindl (holding) |
| 19:16 | P Datsyuk (cross checking) |
| Second Period Summary | ||
| TEAM | TIME | SCORING DETAIL |
| No Scoring this period | ||
| TEAM | TIME | PENALTY DETAIL |
| 4:33 | K Newbury (holding) |
| 4:54 | A Kotalik (tripping) |
| 10:54 | A Delmore (slashing) |
| 14:52 | A Voros (roughing) |
| 14:52 | D Cloutier (holding served by K Newbury) |
| 17:10 | V Leino (slashing) |
| 18:23 | A Kotalik (hooking) |
| Third Period Summary | ||
| TEAM | TIME | SCORING DETAIL |
| 9:34 | Kirk Maltby (Assist: Justin Abdelkader, Andy Delmore) |
| 19:45 | Artem Anisimov - empty net (Assist: Wade Redden, Daniel Girardi) |
| TEAM | TIME | PENALTY DETAIL |
| 6:49 | M Gilroy (hooking) |
| 13:33 | A Semenov (roughing) |
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| Shots On Goal | |||||
| TEAM | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | T | |
| Detroit | 4 | 16 | 10 | 30 | |
| NY Rangers | 18 | 4 | 8 | 30 | |
| POWER PLAY SUMMARY | |
| TEAM | PPG / PPO |
| Detroit | 0 of 4 |
| New York Rangers | 2 of 8 |
* - 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
Monday, September 21st
| Detroit | 2 | Final |
| NY Rangers | 4 |
| Buffalo | 2 | Final |
| Washington | 1 |
| Carolina | 2 | Final |
| Atlanta | 4 |
| Minnesota | 1 | Final |
| Columbus | 5 |
| Pittsburgh | 3 | Final |
| Montreal | 4 |
| Ottawa | 3 | Final |
| Tampa Bay | 1 |
| Calgary | 4 | Final |
| Vancouver | 5 | SO |
| San Jose | 2 | Final |
| Anaheim | 3 |
