GAME THREAD: NHL: WASHINGTON (5-6) at NY RANGERS (4-7)

NHL: WASHINGTON at NY RANGERS

<div class="pre">NHL WASHINGTON 0
NY RANGERS 1 6:48 LEFT, 2ND PRD</div>

 

NHL: WASHINGTON at NY RANGERS

<div class="pre">NHL WASHINGTON 0
NY RANGERS 1 0:30 LEFT, 2ND PRD</div>

 

NHL: WASHINGTON at NY RANGERS

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

GOAL SCORING:

1ST PRD: NONE
2ND PRD: NYR - CHRIS DRURY 2 (MARC STAAL, BRENDAN SHANAHAN) 6:45

SHOTS ON GOAL: 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
--- --- --- -----
WAS 11 9 20
NYR 7 11 18

GOALIES: WAS - OLAF KOLZIG
NYR - HENRIK LUNDQVIST</div>

 

NHL: WASHINGTON at NY RANGERS

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Washington 0 0 --0
Ny Rangers 0 1 --1
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FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring: None. Penalties: M Malik, Nyr (holding), 11:12.

SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring: 1, Ny Rangers, Chris Drury 2 (Marc Staal,
Brendan Shanahan), 6:45.

Shots on goal:
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Washington 11 9 --20
Ny Rangers 7 11 --18
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Goalies : Washington, Olaf Kolzig (18 shots, 17 saves). Ny Rangers,
Henrik Lundqvist (20 shots, 20 saves). Referees: Brian Pochmara,
Kevin Pollock. Linesmen: Greg Devorski, Scott Driscoll.</div>

 

NHL: WASHINGTON at NY RANGERS

<div class="pre">NHL WASHINGTON 0
NY RANGERS 1 19:55 LEFT, 3RD PRD</div>

 

NHL: WASHINGTON at NY RANGERS

<div class="pre">NHL WASHINGTON 0
NY RANGERS 1 18:52 LEFT, 3RD PRD</div>

 

NHL: WASHINGTON at NY RANGERS

<div class="pre">NHL WASHINGTON 0
NY RANGERS 1 15:00 LEFT, 3RD PRD</div>

 

NHL: WASHINGTON at NY RANGERS

<div class="pre">NHL WASHINGTON 0
NY RANGERS 1 13:19 LEFT, 3RD PRD</div>

 

NHL: WASHINGTON at NY RANGERS

<div class="pre">NHL WASHINGTON 0
NY RANGERS 1 10:42 LEFT, 3RD PRD</div>

 

NHL: WASHINGTON at NY RANGERS

<div class="pre">NHL WASHINGTON 0
NY RANGERS 2
3RD PRD: NYR - (PP) MICHAL ROZSIVAL 3 (SCOTT GOMEZ, CHRIS DRURY) 9:34
(TWO-MAN ADVANTAGE)</div>

 

NHL: WASHINGTON at NY RANGERS

<div class="pre">NHL WASHINGTON 0
NY RANGERS 2 1:22 LEFT, 3RD PRD</div>

 

NHL: WASHINGTON at NY RANGERS

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

GOAL SCORING:

1ST PRD: NONE
2ND PRD: NYR - CHRIS DRURY 2 (MARC STAAL, BRENDAN SHANAHAN) 6:45
3RD PRD: NYR - (PP) MICHAL ROZSIVAL 3 (SCOTT GOMEZ, CHRIS DRURY) 9:34

SHOTS ON GOAL: 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
--- --- --- -----
WAS 10 10 11 31
NYR 7 11 10 28

GOALIES: WAS - OLAF KOLZIG
NYR - HENRIK LUNDQVIST</div>

 

NHL: WASHINGTON at NY RANGERS

<div class="pre">NHL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
--- --- --- -----
WASHINGTON 0 0 0 0
NY RANGERS 0 1 1 2 FINAL

GOAL SCORING:

1ST PRD: NONE
2ND PRD: NYR - CHRIS DRURY 2 (MARC STAAL, BRENDAN SHANAHAN) 6:45
3RD PRD: NYR - (PP) MICHAL ROZSIVAL 3 (SCOTT GOMEZ, CHRIS DRURY) 9:34

POWER-PLAY CONVERSIONS: WAS - 0 OF 4, NYR - 1 OF 3.

SHOTS ON GOAL: 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
--- --- --- -----
WAS 10 10 11 31
NYR 7 11 10 28

GOALIES: WAS - OLAF KOLZIG
NYR - HENRIK LUNDQVIST

OFFICIALS: REF - BRIAN POCHMARA, KEVIN POLLOCK
LIN - GREG DEVORSKI, SCOTT DRISCOLL

ATT: 18,200</div>

 

NHL: WASHINGTON at NY RANGERS

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Washington 0 0 0 --0
Ny Rangers 0 1 1 --2
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FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring: None. Penalties: M Malik, Nyr (holding), 11:12.

SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring: 1, Ny Rangers, Chris Drury 2 (Marc Staal,
Brendan Shanahan), 6:45.

THIRD PERIOD -- Scoring: 2, Ny Rangers, Michal Rozsival 3 (power play)
(Scott Gomez, Chris Drury), 9:34. Penalties: C Drury, Nyr (hooking),
1:24; M Nylander, Was (hooking), 4:37; B Sutherby, Was (hooking),
9:01; J Erskine, Was (elbowing), 9:01; F Tyutin, Nyr (double minor
hooking, slashing), 12:52.

Shots on goal:
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Washington 10 10 11 --31
Ny Rangers 7 11 10 --28
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Power-play Conversions: Washington - 0 of 4, Ny Rangers - 1 of 3.
Goalies : Washington, Olaf Kolzig (28 shots, 26 saves; record: 4-4-0).
Ny Rangers, Henrik Lundqvist (31 shots, 31 saves; record: 5-6-0). A:
18,200. Referees: Brian Pochmara, Kevin Pollock. Linesmen: Greg
Devorski, Scott Driscoll.</div>

 

NHL: WASHINGTON at NY RANGERS

<div class="pre">** CONFIRMED **
NHL
WASHINGTON 0
NY RANGERS 2</div>

 

By Larry Fleisher
PA SportsTicker Contributing Writer


NEW YORK (Ticker) -- The New York Rangers still are looking forgoals, but at least they finally have a winning streak.

Chris Drury scored 6:45 into the second period and HenrikLundqvist made 31 saves as the Rangers inched closer to the .500mark with a 2-0 victory over the Washington Captials onThursday at Madison Square Garden.


Last in the NHL with just 21 goals, the Rangers have struggledto consistently find the net and, as a result, had yet to putconsecutive victories together until improving to 3-1-0 on asix-game homestand. They needed two power-play goals in thethird period to record a 3-1 victory over Tampa Bay on Mondayand have been held to two tallies or fewer in eight of theirfirst 11 contests.


One of the instances in which they managed three goals was anOctober 12 meeting with Washington. New York scored three timeson the man advantage en route to a 3-1 win in that one but cameinto this contest just 2-4-1 in its previous seven, scoringjust 10 times in that span.


After not getting a shot in the first nine-plus minutes of thegame and only seven in a scoreless first period, the Rangersbegan to control play in the second. They had the first fourshots but were kept off the scoreboard as goaltender Olaf Kolzigstopped Brendan Shanahan on a breakaway, dived to rob Drury ofa goal and got his glove on a point-blank attempt by captainJaromir Jagr.


The Rangers finally broke through moments after Shanahan andDrury failed to execute a give-and-go near the doorstep.Shanahan was able to intercept a clearing attempt and dished thepuck to Marc Staal.


Drury parked himself in front of Kolzig and tipped the rookiedefenseman's blast from the left point for a 1-0 lead. It wasDrury's second goal as a Ranger and first since scoring thegame-winner in the season opener against the Florida Panthers onOctober 4.


Drury also set up New York's second goal, which was scoredduring a 5-on-3 advantage with 10:26 remaining in the contest.

Defenseman Michal Rozsival finished the play when he convertedScott Gomez's cross-crease pass from the left side of thecrease. The Rangers nearly scored again on the power play, butKolzig denied Petr Prucha.


Lundqvist continued his stellar play for the Rangers as herecorded 10 saves in each of the first two periods and 11 in thethird. It was the Swede's third shutout of the season and 10thcareer.


In the first period, Lundqvist made two nice saves on Capitalsstar Alex Ovechkin. He robbed former teammate Michael Nylanderand defenseman Brian Pothier in a 28-second span in the middlesession and ended the period with consecutive stops on MattPettinger.


During a four-minute power play for Washington late in thethird, Lundqvist made consecutive saves on blue-liner Mike Greenand Viktor Kozlov to preserve the shutout.


Kolzig finished with 26 saves for Washington, which has droppedits last seven visits to Madison Square Garden dating to January28, 2004. He also withstood a collision with Drury andPettinger at 10:53 of the opening period.


The Capitals were blanked for the first time this season andhave dropped seven of their last nine games since opening thecampaign with three straight wins.

 

NHL: WASHINGTON at NY RANGERS

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Washington 0 0 0 --0
Ny Rangers 0 1 1 --2
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FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring: None. Penalties: M Malik, Nyr (holding), 11:12.

SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring: 1, Ny Rangers, Chris Drury 2 (Marc Staal,
Brendan Shanahan), 6:45.

THIRD PERIOD -- Scoring: 2, Ny Rangers, Michal Rozsival 3 (power play)
(Scott Gomez, Chris Drury), 9:34. Penalties: C Drury, Nyr (hooking),
1:24; M Nylander, Was (hooking), 4:37; B Sutherby, Was (hooking),
9:01; J Erskine, Was (elbowing), 9:01; F Tyutin, Nyr (double minor
hooking, slashing), 12:52.

Shots on goal:
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Washington 10 10 11 --31
Ny Rangers 7 11 10 --28
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Power-play Conversions: Washington - 0 of 4, Ny Rangers - 1 of 3.
Goalies : Washington, Olaf Kolzig (28 shots, 26 saves; record: 4-4-0).
Ny Rangers, Henrik Lundqvist (31 shots, 31 saves; record: 5-6-0). A:
18,200. Referees: Brian Pochmara, Kevin Pollock. Linesmen: Greg
Devorski, Scott Driscoll.</div>

 

NHL: WASHINGTON at NY RANGERS

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WASHINGTON 0 0 0 --0
NY RANGERS 0 1 1 --2
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FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring: None. Penalties: M Malik, Nyr (holding), 11:12.

SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring: 1, Ny Rangers, Chris Drury 2 (Marc Staal,
Brendan Shanahan), 6:45.

THIRD PERIOD -- Scoring: 2, Ny Rangers, Michal Rozsival 3 (power play)
(Scott Gomez, Chris Drury), 9:34. Penalties: C Drury, Nyr (hooking),
1:24; M Nylander, Was (hooking), 4:37; B Sutherby, Was (hooking),
9:01; J Erskine, Was (elbowing), 9:01; F Tyutin, Nyr (double minor
hooking, slashing), 12:52.

Shots on goal:
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WASHINGTON 10 10 11 --31
NY RANGERS 7 11 10 --28
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Power-play Conversions: WAS - 0 of 4, NYR - 1 of 3. Goalies :
Washington, Olaf Kolzig (28 shots, 26 saves; record: 4-4-0). Ny
Rangers, Henrik Lundqvist (31 shots, 31 saves; record: 5-6-0). A:
18,200. Referees: Brian Pochmara, Kevin Pollock. Linesmen: Greg
Devorski, Scott Driscoll.

INDIVIDUAL PLAYER STATISTICS

WASHINGTON NY RANGERS
G A +/- Shots G A +/- Shots
M Bradley 0 0 -1 1 B Shanahan 0 1 +1 6
B Gordon 0 0 even 1 B Betts 0 0 even 0
B Sutherby 0 0 -1 0 B Dubinsky 0 0 even 1
M Pettinger 0 0 even 3 M Staal 0 1 +1 1
N Backstrom 0 0 even 3 S Gomez 0 1 even 0
B Pothier 0 0 even 2 C Drury 1 1 +1 8
B Laich 0 0 even 1 P Prucha 0 0 even 2
M Jurcina 0 0 even 0 P Mara 0 0 +1 0
V Kozlov 0 0 even 8 C Orr 0 0 even 0
S Morrisonn 0 0 even 1 M Rozsival 1 0 even 1
D Steckel 0 0 even 0 J Strudwick 0 0 even 0
J Erskine 0 0 -1 2 R Hollweg 0 0 even 1
T Fleischmann 0 0 -1 0 D Girardi 0 0 even 3
M Green 0 0 -1 1 F Tyutin 0 0 even 0
J Schultz 0 0 even 0 J Jagr 0 0 even 1
A Ovechkin 0 0 even 6 M Malik 0 0 even 3
D Brashear 0 0 even 1 M Hossa 0 0 even 1
M Nylander 0 0 even 1 N Dawes 0 0 +1 0
T Poti GROIN
C Clark EAR INJURY
A Semin ANKLE INJURY</div>

 

By Larry Fleisher
PA SportsTicker Contributing Writer


NEW YORK (Ticker) - The New York Rangers still are looking forgoals, but at least they finally have a winning streak.

Chris Drury scored 6:45 into the second period and HenrikLundqvist made 31 saves as the Rangers inched closer to the .500mark with a 2-0 victory over the Washington Capitals onThursday at Madison Square Garden.


Last in the NHL with just 21 goals, the Rangers have struggledto consistently find the net and, as a result, had yet to puttogether consecutive victories until improving to 3-1-0 on asix-game homestand. They needed two power-play goals in thethird period to record a 3-1 win over Tampa Bay on Monday andhave been held to two tallies or fewer in eight of their first11 contests.


One of the instances in which they managed three goals was anOctober 12 meeting with Washington. New York scored three timeson the man advantage en route to a 3-1 win in that one but cameinto this contest just 2-4-1 in its previous seven, scoringjust 10 times in that span.


Rangers coach Tom Renney credited Drury's leadership abilitiesfor helping the team battle through its scoring funk.

"There really is a care and a desire to succeed together andprotect each other as we kind of fight through this," Renneysaid. "Chris has done that in a very quiet, professional way,and what it does is, it translates to his teammates to (play)the same level of hockey on the ice."


"We've kind of bounced back from a tough start," Drury added."Hopefully, we've learned a lot in October, and we are lookingfor better things in November."


After not getting a shot in the first nine-plus minutes of thegame and only seven in a scoreless first period, the Rangersbegan to control play in the second. They had the first fourshots but were kept off the scoreboard as goaltender Olaf Kolzigstopped Brendan Shanahan on a breakaway, dived to rob Drury ofa goal and got his glove on a point-blank attempt by captainJaromir Jagr.


The Rangers finally broke through moments after Shanahan andDrury failed to execute a give-and-go near the doorstep.Shanahan was able to intercept a clearing attempt and dished thepuck to Marc Staal.


Drury parked himself in front of Kolzig and tipped the rookiedefenseman's blast from the left point for a 1-0 lead. It wasDrury's second goal as a Ranger and first since scoring thegame-winner in the season opener against the Florida Panthers onOctober 4.


"It was a nice play by Shanny," Drury said. "He got it back toMarc and I was just in the right place, and I was able to get atip on it."


The assist was the first career point for Staal, who was drafted12th overall in 2005.


"It's been a few games," the 20-year-old said. "When you getthe first point, it feels pretty good. It was a great tip byDrury. It was a lot of fun."


Drury also set up New York's second goal, which was scoredduring a 5-on-3 advantage with 10:26 remaining in the contest.

Defenseman Michal Rozsival finished the play when he convertedScott Gomez's cross-crease pass from the left side of thecrease. The Rangers nearly scored again on the power play, butKolzig denied Petr Prucha.


Lundqvist continued his stellar play for the Rangers as herecorded 10 saves in each of the first two periods and 11 in thethird. It was the Swede's third shutout of the season and 10thcareer.


"I feel good," said Lundqvist, who has played in each of NewYork's 12 games this season. "I feel in great shape. It's allabout confidence, too, and I get confidence from the way theteam is playing. I feel like we're in more control in a lot ofgames this year than last year. Even though we haven't got thewins, we've been playing a solid hockey game."


Lundqvist's shutout was New York's first against Washingtonsince December 18, 1995. Since allowing three goals in thesecond period of Saturday's loss to Toronto, the netminder hasyielded just a penalty-shot tally by Tampa Bay's VincentLecavalier in two games.


"I think for any team, your goaltender always gives you a chanceto win," Shanahan said. "He's certainly been great from thevery start of the season. Tonight, he was the first star and hekept us in the game in the first period. He played greatthroughout, but in the first period, it was really just him."

In that first period, Lundqvist made two nice saves on Capitalsstar Alex Ovechkin. He robbed former teammate Michael Nylanderand defenseman Brian Pothier in a 28-second span in the middlesession and ended the period with consecutive stops on MattPettinger.


During a four-minute power play for Washington late in thethird, Lundqvist made consecutive saves on blue-liner Mike Greenand Viktor Kozlov to preserve the shutout.


"We had good chances in the first and in the third. He playedunbelievable," Ovechkin said of Lundqvist. "He won the gametonight for the Rangers."


"I can't complain about what we were doing," Capitals coach GlenHanlon said. "Viktor had eight shots on goal. We had lots ofscoring chances. I don't know what the final tallies are, butwe certainly had enough not to be shut out."


Kolzig finished with 26 saves for Washington, which has droppedits last seven visits to Madison Square Garden dating to January28, 2004. He also withstood a collision with Drury andPettinger at 10:53 of the opening period.


The Capitals were blanked for the first time this season andhave dropped seven of their last nine games since opening thecampaign with three straight wins.