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30/12/2012
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New York Rangers 4 , Buffalo Sabres 5
Shots: 27 - 24
PP: 0 of 3 (6 shots), Passing:67/75=89 %, Challenges:34/45=73 %
PP: 1 of 3 (8 shots), Passing:63/73=86 %, Challenges:39/50=76 %
Attendance: 18200 of 18200 (Madison Square Garden)
Ticket income: 560560 Match televised: No
Boxscore for the game:
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17:57 0-1
Paul Gaustad [7] (Zack Kassian, Chris Butler)PP
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21:16 1-1
Brandon Prust [5] (Petteri Nokelainen, Shawn Horcoff)
31:23 1-2
Nicklas Bäckström [6] (Tim Connolly, Erik Johnson)
36:28 1-3
Jacob Lagace [3] (Tyler Ennis, Nicklas Bäckström)
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46:07 2-3
Todd Fedoruk [2] (Michael Del Zotto, Cam Barker)
47:03 3-3
John Tavares [18] (Nathan Horton, Pierre-Marc Bouchard)
47:54 3-4
Vaclav Prospal [2] (Aleksey Morozov, Wade Redden)
48:21 4-4
Mikael Granlund [9] (Michael Grabner, Milan Jurcina)
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60:26 4-5
Mark Pysyk [1] (Wade Redden, Vaclav Prospal)
Penalty summary:
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06:16
Mikael Granlund (2 min for high-sticking)
09:49
Vaclav Prospal (2 min for high-sticking)
17:13
Michael Del Zotto (2 min for tripping)
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42:27
Paul Gaustad (2 min for high-sticking)
48:46
Mikael Granlund (2 min for cross-checking)
51:36
Wade Redden (2 min for elbowing)
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New York Rangers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Brandon Prust 1 0 1 2 2 1 0 2 11.10 7
R Ryan Callahan 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 -1 16.50 6
R Michael Grabner 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 15.20 6
R Nathan Horton 0 1 5 4 1 3 0 -2 17.10 9
C Petteri Nokelainen 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 2 7.40 6
C Shawn Horcoff 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 -1 19.40 5
C Mikael Granlund 1 0 1 0 0 0 4 1 16.00 6
C John Tavares 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 -2 17.10 7
L Todd Fedoruk 1 0 2 2 1 2 0 2 7.40 8
L Milan Lucic 0 0 2 3 1 2 0 -1 19.20 7
L Martin Havlat 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 15.20 6
L Pierre-Marc Bouchard 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 -2 17.10 5
D Cam Barker 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 -1 24.10 5
D Robyn Regehr 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 14.10 6
D Michael Del Zotto 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 -1 22.10 6
D Shaone Morrisonn 0 0 2 6 0 2 0 0 18.10 8
D Milan Jurcina 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 16.30 6
D Dennis Wideman 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 -2 21.40 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Michal Neuvirth 5 0 19 0 0 60.30 4
G Jacob Markstrom 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Buffalo Sabres scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Zack Kassian 0 1 2 0 2 1 0 -1 9.20 6
R Aleksey Morozov 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 2 15.00 7
R Jason Pominville 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 16.20 6
C Tim Connolly 0 1 5 0 0 0 0 -1 19.30 7
C Nathan Gerbe 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 7.30 6
C Vaclav Prospal 1 1 2 0 0 0 2 2 12.10 7
C Paul Gaustad 1 0 4 0 0 0 2 0 18.40 7
C Nicklas Bäckström 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 -1 18.20 8
L Luke Adam 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 -1 5.30 5
L Jochen Hecht 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 12.10 7
L Jacob Lagace 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 21.20 8
L Tyler Ennis 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 -1 19.30 7
D Wade Redden 0 2 1 3 1 6 2 2 20.10 8
D Chris Butler 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 18.10 6
D Jordan Leopold 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 -2 28.10 4
D Mark Pysyk 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 13.40 6
D Vyacheslav Voinov 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 14.50 5
D Erik Johnson 0 1 0 3 0 2 0 -2 26.00 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Ryan Miller 4 0 23 0 0 60.30 5
G Antti Niemi 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Vaclav Prospal
2nd star: Nicklas Bäckström
3rd star: Wade Redden
Notes for New York Rangers:
-Cam Barker notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Nathan Horton had his 3 game goal streak snapped.
Notes for Buffalo Sabres:
-Tyler Ennis notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Vaclav Prospal ended his 6 game goal drought.
-Nicklas Bäckström finally ended his 11 game goal drought.
-Jacob Lagace finally ended his 15 game goal drought.
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Hartford Wolf Pack 4( 27) , Portland Pirates 3( 13)
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0-1 POR Aaron Snow (Mark Mancari, Nathan Moon)
0-2 POR Mark Mancari (Dennis Persson, Aaron Snow)
1-2 HAR Eric Hunter (Ryan McDonagh)
2-2 HAR Evgeny Grachev (Jyri Niemi)
3-2 HAR Christian Thomas (Evgeny Grachev, Jyri Niemi)
4-2 HAR Ethan Werek (Mihail Pashnin)
4-3 POR Aaron Snow (Nathan Moon)
Goalies: Reto Berra - Jhonas Enroth