GAME THREAD: GAME THREAD: NHL: NY RANGERS (13-9) at FLORIDA (10-13)

NHL: NY RANGERS at FLORIDA

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FLORIDA 2 5:00 LEFT, 3RD PRD</div>

 

NHL: NY RANGERS at FLORIDA

<div class="pre">NHL NY RANGERS 2
FLORIDA 2
3RD PRD: NYR - (PP) CHRIS DRURY 5 (SCOTT GOMEZ, BRENDAN SHANAHAN)
16:10</div>

 

NHL: NY RANGERS at FLORIDA

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FLORIDA 2 2:30 LEFT, 3RD PRD</div>

 

NHL: NY RANGERS at FLORIDA

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FLORIDA 2 4:44 LEFT, OT</div>

 

NHL: NY RANGERS at FLORIDA

<div class="pre">NHL NY RANGERS 2
FLORIDA 2 4:44 LEFT, OT</div>

 

NHL: NY RANGERS at FLORIDA

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FLORIDA 2 2:05 LEFT, OT</div>

 

NHL: NY RANGERS at FLORIDA

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FLORIDA 2 1:00 LEFT, OT</div>

 

NHL: NY RANGERS at FLORIDA

<div class="pre">NHL END OF OT 1ST 2ND 3RD OT TOTAL
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NY RANGERS 1 0 1 0 2
FLORIDA 0 1 1 0 2 END OF OT

GOAL SCORING:

1ST PRD: NYR - CHRIS DRURY 4 (MICHAL ROZSIVAL, PETR PRUCHA) 19:52
2ND PRD: FLA - DAVID BOOTH 6 (STEVE MONTADOR, JASSEN CULLIMORE) 10:53
3RD PRD: FLA - (PP) STEPHEN WEISS 3 (JAY BOUWMEESTER, TOMAS VOKOUN)
1:06
NYR - (PP) CHRIS DRURY 5 (SCOTT GOMEZ, BRENDAN SHANAHAN)
16:10
OT: NONE

SHOTS ON GOAL: 1ST 2ND 3RD OT TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
NYR 6 10 12 2 30
FLA 19 7 8 2 36

GOALIES: NYR - STEPHEN VALIQUETTE
FLA - TOMAS VOKOUN</div>

 

NHL: NY RANGERS at FLORIDA

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Ny Rangers 1 0 1 0 --2
Florida 0 1 1 0 --2
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FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring: 1, Ny Rangers, Chris Drury 4 (Michal Rozsival,
Petr Prucha),19:52. Penalties: P Mara, Nyr (holding), 3:43.

SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring: 2, Florida, David Booth 6 (Steve Montador,
Jassen Cullimore),10:53. Penalties: S Montador, Fla (hooking), 2:29;
J Cullimore, Fla (tripping), 6:06; B Mezei, Fla (interference), 8:26;
F Tyutin, Nyr (hooking), 19:57.

THIRD PERIOD -- Scoring: 3, Florida, Stephen Weiss 3 (power play) (Jay
Bouwmeester, Tomas Vokoun)1:06. 4, Ny Rangers, Chris Drury 5 (power
play) (Scott Gomez, Brendan Shanahan)16:10. Penalties: D Girardi, Nyr
(elbowing), 11:51; J Cullimore, Fla (holding), 14:08; B Allen, Fla
(delay of game), 15:00.

OVERTIME -- Scoring: None. Penalties: R Zednik, Fla (holding), 2:20.

Shots on goal:
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Ny Rangers 6 10 12 2 --30
Florida 19 7 8 2 --36
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Goalies : Ny Rangers, Stephen Valiquette (36 shots, 34 saves).
Florida, Tomas Vokoun (30 shots, 28 saves). Referees: Brad Meier, Rob
Martell. Linesmen: Mark Pare, Pierre Racicot.</div>

 

NHL: NY RANGERS at FLORIDA

<div class="pre">NHL FINAL IN SHOOTOUT 1ST 2ND 3RD OT TOTAL
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NY RANGERS 1 0 1 0 (0) 2
FLORIDA 0 1 1 0 (1) 3 FINAL IN SHOOTOUT

GOAL SCORING:

1ST PRD: NYR - CHRIS DRURY 4 (MICHAL ROZSIVAL, PETR PRUCHA) 19:52
2ND PRD: FLA - DAVID BOOTH 6 (STEVE MONTADOR, JASSEN CULLIMORE) 10:53
3RD PRD: FLA - (PP) STEPHEN WEISS 3 (JAY BOUWMEESTER, TOMAS VOKOUN)
1:06
NYR - (PP) CHRIS DRURY 5 (SCOTT GOMEZ, BRENDAN SHANAHAN)
16:10
OT: NONE
SO: FLA - VILLE PELTONEN (MISSED), NATHAN HORTON (SAVED),
JOZEF STUMPEL (MISSED), ROSTISLAV OLESZ (SAVED),
OLLI JOKINEN (GOAL)
NYR - BRENDAN SHANAHAN (MISSED), MARCEL HOSSA (SAVED),
JAROMIR JAGR (SAVED), PETR PRUCHA (SAVED),
CHRIS DRURY (MISSED)

POWER-PLAY CONVERSIONS: NYR - 1 OF 6, FLA - 1 OF 3.

SHOTS ON GOAL: 1ST 2ND 3RD OT TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
NYR 6 10 12 2 30
FLA 19 7 8 2 36

GOALIES: NYR - STEPHEN VALIQUETTE
FLA - TOMAS VOKOUN

OFFICIALS: REF - BRAD MEIER, ROB MARTELL
LIN - MARK PARE, PIERRE RACICOT

ATT: 19,250</div>

 

NHL: NY RANGERS at FLORIDA

<div class="pre">NHL FINAL IN SHOOTOUT 1ST 2ND 3RD OT TOTAL
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NY RANGERS 1 0 1 0 (0) 2
FLORIDA 0 1 1 0 (1) 3 FINAL IN SHOOTOUT

GOAL SCORING:

1ST PRD: NYR - CHRIS DRURY 4 (MICHAL ROZSIVAL, PETR PRUCHA) 19:52
2ND PRD: FLA - DAVID BOOTH 6 (STEVE MONTADOR, JASSEN CULLIMORE) 10:53
3RD PRD: FLA - (PP) STEPHEN WEISS 3 (JAY BOUWMEESTER, TOMAS VOKOUN)
1:06
NYR - (PP) CHRIS DRURY 5 (SCOTT GOMEZ, BRENDAN SHANAHAN)
16:10
OT: NONE
SO: FLA - VILLE PELTONEN (MISSED), NATHAN HORTON (SAVED),
JOZEF STUMPEL (MISSED), ROSTISLAV OLESZ (SAVED),
OLLI JOKINEN (GOAL)
NYR - BRENDAN SHANAHAN (MISSED), MARCEL HOSSA (SAVED),
JAROMIR JAGR (SAVED), PETR PRUCHA (SAVED),
CHRIS DRURY (MISSED)

POWER-PLAY CONVERSIONS: NYR - 1 OF 6, FLA - 1 OF 3.

SHOTS ON GOAL: 1ST 2ND 3RD OT TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
NYR 6 10 12 2 30
FLA 19 7 8 2 36

GOALIES: NYR - STEPHEN VALIQUETTE
FLA - TOMAS VOKOUN

OFFICIALS: REF - BRAD MEIER, ROB MARTELL
LIN - MARK PARE, PIERRE RACICOT

ATT: 19,250</div>

 

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Ny Rangers 1 0 1 0 (0) --2
Florida 0 1 1 0 (1) --3
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FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring: 1, Ny Rangers, Chris Drury 4 (Michal Rozsival,
Petr Prucha),19:52. Penalties: P Mara, Nyr (holding), 3:43.

SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring: 2, Florida, David Booth 6 (Steve Montador,
Jassen Cullimore),10:53. Penalties: S Montador, Fla (hooking), 2:29;
J Cullimore, Fla (tripping), 6:06; B Mezei, Fla (interference), 8:26;
F Tyutin, Nyr (hooking), 19:57.

THIRD PERIOD -- Scoring: 3, Florida, Stephen Weiss 3 (power play) (Jay
Bouwmeester, Tomas Vokoun)1:06. 4, Ny Rangers, Chris Drury 5 (power
play) (Scott Gomez, Brendan Shanahan)16:10. Penalties: D Girardi, Nyr
(elbowing), 11:51; J Cullimore, Fla (holding), 14:08; B Allen, Fla
(delay of game), 15:00.

OVERTIME -- Scoring: None. Penalties: R Zednik, Fla (holding), 2:20.

SHOOTOUT -- Florida, Ville Peltonen (missed), Nathan
Horton (saved), Jozef Stumpel (missed), Rostislav Olesz (saved), Olli
Jokinen (goal). Ny Rangers, Brendan Shanahan (missed), Marcel Hossa
(saved), Jaromir Jagr (saved), Petr Prucha (saved), Chris Drury
(missed).

Shots on goal:
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Ny Rangers 6 10 12 2 --30
Florida 19 7 8 2 --36
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Power-play Conversions: Ny Rangers - 1 of 6, Florida - 1 of 3. Goalies
: Ny Rangers, Stephen Valiquette (36 shots, 34 saves; record: 1-1-0).
Florida, Tomas Vokoun (30 shots, 28 saves; record: 11-10-0). A:
19,250. Referees: Brad Meier, Rob Martell. Linesmen: Mark Pare,
Pierre Racicot.</div>

 

NHL: NY RANGERS at FLORIDA

<div class="pre">** CONFIRMED **
NHL
NY RANGERS 2
FLORIDA 3</div>

 

SUNRISE, Florida (Ticker) -- The Florida Panthers turned toOlli Jokinen to keep the team rolling.


Jokinen scored the lone goal in the fifth round of the shootoutand Tomas Vokoun made 28 saves to lead the Panthers to theirthird consecutive win, a 3-2 triumph over the New York Rangerson Friday night.


After four scoreless rounds, Jokinen sent a wrist shot betweenthe pads of Rangers goaltender Stephen Valiquette. Chris Druryhit the post on his ensuing attempt to end the game.

David Booth and Stephen Weiss tallied in regulation for Florida,which has won four of its last five games after losing fourstraight contests.


The Rangers tied the game at 2-2 just moments after Valiquettedenied Josef Stumpel on a breakaway. With a man advantage,Scott Gomez delivered a pass through the crease to Drury, whobanged in his second goal of the night with 3:50 left in thethird period.


Valiquette also stopped Stumpel on a breakaway in overtime.

The Panthers thought they had won the contest midway through theextra session when defenseman Steve Montador's slap shot wentin, but Richard Zednik was called for a holding penalty.

Florida dominated the first period everywhere but thescoreboard.


Valiquette made 19 saves and Drury tallied with eight secondsremaining to give the Rangers a 1-0 edge at intermission. Drurypoked a rebound of a Michal Rozsival slapshot into the leftcorner of the net past Vokoun.


Valiquette started his second game of the season in goal - andfirst-ever against the Panthers. Despite playing in just his14th career game, Valiquette was sharp for most of night, making33 saves and keeping the Rangers in the game.


Booth tied the game at 1-1 at 10:53 of the second when his shotglanced off the right post and into the net. It wasBooth's sixth goal of the season, which doubles his total in 48games from last season.


Weiss gave Florida a 2-1 advantage early in the third periodwith a power-play goal. It was Weiss' third goal of thecampaign.

 

NHL: NY RANGERS at FLORIDA

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Ny Rangers 1 0 1 0 (0) --2
Florida 0 1 1 0 (1) --3
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FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring: 1, Ny Rangers, Chris Drury 4 (Michal Rozsival,
Petr Prucha),19:52. Penalties: P Mara, Nyr (holding), 3:43.

SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring: 2, Florida, David Booth 6 (Steve Montador,
Jassen Cullimore),10:53. Penalties: S Montador, Fla (hooking), 2:29;
J Cullimore, Fla (tripping), 6:06; B Mezei, Fla (interference), 8:26;
F Tyutin, Nyr (hooking), 19:57.

THIRD PERIOD -- Scoring: 3, Florida, Stephen Weiss 3 (power play) (Jay
Bouwmeester, Tomas Vokoun)1:06. 4, Ny Rangers, Chris Drury 5 (power
play) (Scott Gomez, Brendan Shanahan)16:10. Penalties: D Girardi, Nyr
(elbowing), 11:51; J Cullimore, Fla (holding), 14:08; B Allen, Fla
(delay of game), 15:00.

OVERTIME -- Scoring: None. Penalties: R Zednik, Fla (holding), 2:20.

SHOOTOUT -- Florida, Ville Peltonen (missed), Nathan
Horton (saved), Jozef Stumpel (missed), Rostislav Olesz (saved), Olli
Jokinen (goal). Ny Rangers, Brendan Shanahan (missed), Marcel Hossa
(saved), Jaromir Jagr (saved), Petr Prucha (saved), Chris Drury
(missed).

Shots on goal:
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Ny Rangers 6 10 12 2 --30
Florida 19 7 8 1 --35
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Power-play Conversions: Ny Rangers - 1 of 6, Florida - 1 of 3. Goalies
: Ny Rangers, Stephen Valiquette (35 shots, 33 saves; record: 1-1-0).
Florida, Tomas Vokoun (30 shots, 28 saves; record: 11-10-0). A:
19,250. Referees: Brad Meier, Rob Martell. Linesmen: Mark Pare,
Pierre Racicot.</div>

 

NHL: NY RANGERS at FLORIDA

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NY RANGERS 1 0 1 0 (0) --2
FLORIDA 0 1 1 0 (1) --3
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FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring: 1, Ny Rangers, Chris Drury 4 (Michal Rozsival,
Petr Prucha),19:52. Penalties: P Mara, Nyr (holding), 3:43.

SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring: 2, Florida, David Booth 6 (Steve Montador,
Jassen Cullimore),10:53. Penalties: S Montador, Fla (hooking), 2:29;
J Cullimore, Fla (tripping), 6:06; B Mezei, Fla (interference), 8:26;
F Tyutin, Nyr (hooking), 19:57.

THIRD PERIOD -- Scoring: 3, Florida, Stephen Weiss 3 (power play) (Jay
Bouwmeester, Tomas Vokoun)1:06. 4, Ny Rangers, Chris Drury 5 (power
play) (Scott Gomez, Brendan Shanahan)16:10. Penalties: D Girardi, Nyr
(elbowing), 11:51; J Cullimore, Fla (holding), 14:08; B Allen, Fla
(delay of game), 15:00.

OVERTIME -- Scoring: None. Penalties: R Zednik, Fla (holding), 2:20.

SHOOTOUT -- Florida, Ville Peltonen (missed), Nathan
Horton (saved), Jozef Stumpel (missed), Rostislav Olesz (saved), Olli
Jokinen (goal). Ny Rangers, Brendan Shanahan (missed), Marcel Hossa
(saved), Jaromir Jagr (saved), Petr Prucha (saved), Chris Drury
(missed).

Shots on goal:
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NY RANGERS 6 10 12 2 --30
FLORIDA 19 7 8 1 --35
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Power-play Conversions: NYR - 1 of 6, FLA - 1 of 3. Goalies : Ny
Rangers, Stephen Valiquette (35 shots, 33 saves; record: 1-1-0).
Florida, Tomas Vokoun (30 shots, 28 saves; record: 11-10-0). A:
19,250. Referees: Brad Meier, Rob Martell. Linesmen: Mark Pare,
Pierre Racicot.

INDIVIDUAL PLAYER STATISTICS

NY RANGERS FLORIDA
G A +/- Shots G A +/- Shots
B Shanahan 0 1 even 7 D Booth 1 0 even 5
B Betts 0 0 -1 1 G Campbell 0 0 even 2
S Avery 0 0 even 2 O Jokinen 0 0 even 3
B Dubinsky 0 0 even 0 R Dvorak 0 0 even 2
M Staal 0 0 even 2 J Stumpel 0 0 even 2
S Gomez 0 1 even 2 N Horton 0 0 even 2
C Drury 2 0 +1 3 V Peltonen 0 0 even 3
P Prucha 0 1 +1 0 B Mezei 0 0 -1 1
P Mara 0 0 even 1 R Zednik 0 0 even 3
C Orr 0 0 -1 1 J Cullimore 0 1 +1 2
M Rozsival 0 1 +1 3 R Salei 0 0 -1 0
J Strudwick 0 0 even 0 T Vokoun 0 1 -- 0
R Hollweg 0 0 -1 1 J Bouwmeester 0 1 even 1
D Girardi 0 0 -1 2 B Allen 0 0 even 0
F Tyutin 0 0 even 1 K Kreps 0 0 even 2
J Jagr 0 0 even 2 G Murray 0 0 even 1
M Hossa 0 0 +1 1 S Montador 0 1 +1 1
M Straka 0 0 even 1 R Olesz 0 0 even 2
M Malik RIB INJURY S Weiss 1 0 even 3
I Baranka HEALTHY M Van Ryn WRIST INJURY
G Moore HEALTHY</div>

 

SUNRISE, Florida (Ticker) -- The Florida Panthers turned toOlli Jokinen to keep the team rolling.


Jokinen scored the lone goal in the fifth round of the shootoutand Tomas Vokoun made 28 saves to lead the Panthers to theirthird consecutive win, a 3-2 triumph over the New York Rangerson Friday night.


After four scoreless rounds, Jokinen sent a wrist shot betweenthe pads of Rangers goaltender Stephen Valiquette. Chris Druryhit the post on his ensuing attempt to end the game.

"It was well-deserved," Jokinen said. "I was practicing(penalty shots) for the first time in my life this summer. Itold a couple guys that I've got a couple of new moves. Theyasked me to show them those moves, but I said I'll wait for thegame. I don't think I've scored one in practice when I've beendoing my old stuff."


"Jokinen just got off a good shot," Valiquette said. "It wasone of those things. I never lost my focus; he just managed toget it past me."


David Booth and Stephen Weiss tallied in regulation for Florida,which has won four of its last five games after losing fourstraight contests.


Vokoun said there's no different mentality for having to facefive shooters.


"The mentality is to stop the puck all the time," Vokoun said."There's not much to it. It's always a pressure situation andthat's when you have a chance to make a difference. You can'tbe scared. You have to embrace a chance like that, try and bethe difference."


The Rangers tied the game at 2-2 just moments after Valiquettedenied Josef Stumpel on a breakaway. With a man advantage,Scott Gomez delivered a pass through the crease to Drury, whobanged in his second goal of the night with 3:50 left in thethird period.


"It was certainly nice to chip in, but it would also have beennice to extend the shootout," Drury said. "Some nights, you'llget good chances and get goals and other nights you can't buy agoal - so it all evens out."


Valiquette also stopped Stumpel on a breakaway in overtime. ThePanthers thought they had won the contest midway through theextra session when defenseman Steve Montador's slap shot wentin, but Richard Zednik was called for a holding penalty.

"I think we probably played the best game we've played allyear," Vokoun said. "We got some great chances. Their goalieplayed great. We played pretty good defensively for most of thenight. There's not much we could do on that one (5-on-3) powerplay, just try and kill it off."


Florida dominated the first period everywhere but thescoreboard.


Valiquette made 19 saves and Drury tallied with eight secondsremaining to give the Rangers a 1-0 edge at intermission. Drurypoked a rebound of a Michal Rozsival slapshot into the leftcorner of the net past Vokoun.


"We had that (against) Columbus," Weiss said of giving up a goalin the final seconds of a period. "We learned from it and hada good third period. We weren't going to let that beat us with40 minutes to go."


Valiquette started his second game of the season in goal - andfirst-ever against the Panthers. Despite playing in just his14th career game, Valiquette was sharp for most of night, making33 saves and keeping the Rangers in the game.


"He was terrific," Rangers coach Tom Renney said. "That's whyhe was here and we felt he was more than ready to play."

Booth tied the game at 1-1 at 10:53 of the second when his shotglanced off the right post and into the net. It was Booth'ssixth goal of the season, which doubles his total in 48 gamesfrom last season.


Weiss gave Florida a 2-1 advantage early in the third periodwith a power-play goal that he sent through Valiqutte's legsfrom just outside the crease. It was Weiss' third goal of thecampaign.


The Rangers had been 9-2 in November, but Renney said there wasjust one reason why his team lost.


"I'm not real happy with our overall effort," he said. "I don'tthink we came out prepared to compete and be mentally andphysically engaged to go up against a team (like Florida)."

 

NHL: NY RANGERS at FLORIDA

<div class="pre">** CONFIRMED **
NHL
NY RANGERS 2
FLORIDA 3</div>