New York Rangers at Tampa Bay Lightning

Wednesday, November 26, 2008, 7:30 PM ET St. Pete Times Forum, Tampa Regular Season Final/SO

Final score

The New York Rangers beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 3–2 in a shootout on Wednesday, November 26, 2008 on the road.

Final score, New York Rangers at Tampa Bay Lightning
Team	Goals	2008-2009 record
New York Rangers	3	43-30-9
at Tampa Bay Lightning	2	24-40-18

Goals by period, New York Rangers at Tampa Bay Lightning
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Overtime	Shootout	Total
New York Rangers	0	2	0	0	0	3
Tampa Bay Lightning	0	1	1	0	0	2

Shots on goal by period, New York Rangers at Tampa Bay Lightning
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Overtime	Shootout	Total
New York Rangers	11	10	11	3	0	35
Tampa Bay Lightning	5	15	9	0	0	29

Scoring summary

Every goal, New York Rangers at Tampa Bay Lightning. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period	Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Type	Score
2nd	02:40	New York Rangers	Markus Naslund (8)	Michal Rozsival (9), Nikolay Zherdev (14)	Even strength	NYR 1, TBL 0
2nd	04:09	Tampa Bay Lightning	Ryan Malone (5)	Vincent Lecavalier (8), Steve Eminger (7)	Power play	NYR 1, TBL 1
2nd	17:57	New York Rangers	Markus Naslund (9)	Michal Rozsival (10), Nikolay Zherdev (15)	Power play	NYR 2, TBL 1
3rd	19:10	Tampa Bay Lightning	Mark Recchi (5)	Martin St. Louis (11), Andrej Meszaros (6)	Even strength	NYR 2, TBL 2

Numbers in brackets are the player's season totals after the goal.

Shootout attempts in order
Round	Team	Shooter	Result
1	Tampa Bay Lightning	Radim Vrbata	Saved
1	New York Rangers	Markus Naslund	Goal
2	Tampa Bay Lightning	Jussi Jokinen	Saved
2	New York Rangers	Nikolay Zherdev	Goal

New York Rangers skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Power-play goals	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 13 N. Zherdev	R	0	2	2	+1	7	2	1	0	0		17:46
Number 15 B. Betts	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	35.3%	12:36
Number 17 B. Dubinsky	C	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	0	50%	19:55
Number 19 S. Gomez	C	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	2	0	40%	22:57
Number 20 F. Sjostrom	L	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	1	0		11:56
Number 23 C. Drury	C	0	0	0	-1	0	4	0	1	0		23:00
Number 24 R. Callahan	R	0	0	0	-1	0	5	2	0	0		18:52
Number 28 C. Orr	R	0	0	0	0	9	1	1	0	0		05:27
Number 29 L. Korpikoski	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100%	07:45
Number 34 A. Voros	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0		08:03
Number 49 D. Fritsche	C	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0		08:15
Number 91 M. Naslund	L	2	0	2	+1	0	5	0	0	1		23:00
Number 3 M. Rozsival	D	0	2	2	+1	0	3	1	0	0		22:54
Number 5 D. Girardi	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0	0		24:13
Number 6 W. Redden	D	0	0	0	-1	2	1	2	1	0		23:17
Number 18 M. Staal	D	0	0	0	+1	2	2	1	0	0		20:55
Number 27 P. Mara	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0		21:04
Number 45 D. Kalinin	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0		17:56

New York Rangers goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 30 H. Lundqvist	29	27	2	.931	65:00	Win

Tampa Bay Lightning skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Power-play goals	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 4 V. Lecavalier	C	0	1	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	73.1%	22:44
Number 8 M. Recchi	R	1	0	1	+1	0	4	3	0	0		17:54
Number 12 R. Malone	L	1	0	1	0	4	2	2	1	1		19:29
Number 17 R. Vrbata	R	0	0	0	+1	2	3	0	1	0		19:00
Number 18 A. Hall	R	0	0	0	-1	2	0	1	0	0	16.7%	08:58
Number 20 V. Prospal	L	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	75%	22:34
Number 26 M. St. Louis	R	0	1	1	+1	0	3	0	0	0		23:25
Number 33 D. Koci	L	0	0	0	0	5	0	1	0	0		02:02
Number 34 R. Craig	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	1	0	50%	05:10
Number 36 J. Jokinen	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	75%	16:18
Number 76 E. Artyukhin	R	0	0	0	0	2	2	7	0	0		11:12
Number 91 S. Stamkos	C	0	0	0	0	5	1	3	0	0	16.7%	16:06
Number 2 L. Krajicek	D	0	0	0	+1	2	0	2	3	0		17:16
Number 14 A. Meszaros	D	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	3	0		25:28
Number 22 M. Malik	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	0		18:41
Number 39 M. Lundin	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0		11:54
Number 44 S. Eminger	D	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0		26:15
Number 54 P. Ranger	D	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	2	0		25:01

Tampa Bay Lightning goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 41 M. Smith	35	33	2	.943	64:34	OT loss

Penalties, New York Rangers at Tampa Bay Lightning
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Minutes
1st	03:18	Tampa Bay Lightning	Bench	Too many men on the ice (bench minor)	2
1st	06:19	Tampa Bay Lightning	Radim Vrbata	Hooking	2
1st	06:56	New York Rangers	Nikolay Zherdev	Hooking	2
1st	15:14	New York Rangers	Nikolay Zherdev	Fighting (major)	5
1st	15:14	Tampa Bay Lightning	Steven Stamkos	Fighting (major)	5
1st	18:31	New York Rangers	Colton Orr	Roughing	2
1st	18:31	New York Rangers	Colton Orr	Roughing	2
1st	18:31	Tampa Bay Lightning	Evgeny Artyukhin	Roughing	2
2nd	03:59	New York Rangers	Dan Fritsche	Hooking	2
2nd	06:54	Tampa Bay Lightning	Lukas Krajicek	High sticking	2
2nd	13:37	New York Rangers	Colton Orr	Fighting (major)	5
2nd	13:37	Tampa Bay Lightning	David Koci	Fighting (major)	5
2nd	16:58	Tampa Bay Lightning	Ryan Malone	Hooking	2
3rd	02:21	New York Rangers	Fredrik Sjostrom	Holding	2
3rd	05:05	Tampa Bay Lightning	Adam Hall	Interference	2
3rd	09:49	New York Rangers	Marc Staal	Tripping	2
3rd	10:21	Tampa Bay Lightning	Ryan Malone	Cross checking	2
3rd	16:15	New York Rangers	Wade Redden	Tripping	2

New York Rangers head coach: Tom Renney
Tampa Bay Lightning head coach: Rick Tocchet
Referees: Rob Martell, Brad Meier
Linesmen: Scott Cherrey, Jonny Murray
New York Rangers scratches: Petr Prucha, Patrick Rissmiller, Corey Potter, Nigel Dawes, Michael Sauer, Artem Anisimov
Tampa Bay Lightning scratches: Gary Roberts, Jamie Heward, Chris Gratton, Jason Ward, Jeff Halpern, Andrew Hutchinson, Matt Pettinger, Brandon Bochenski, Brandon Segal, Zenon Konopka, Matt Smaby, Janne Niskala, Karri Ramo, Vladimir Mihalik, Kevin Quick, Ty Wishart, Paul Szczechura

Every New York Rangers and Tampa Bay Lightning game in the 2008-2009 season
Matchup	Status	Details
New York Rangers 2 at Tampa Bay Lightning 1	Final	Game page: New York Rangers at Tampa Bay Lightning, Sat, Oct 4, 2008
Tampa Bay Lightning 1 at New York Rangers 2	Final	Game page: Tampa Bay Lightning at New York Rangers, Sun, Oct 5, 2008
Tampa Bay Lightning 2 at New York Rangers 5	Final	Game page: Tampa Bay Lightning at New York Rangers, Thu, Nov 6, 2008
New York Rangers 3 at Tampa Bay Lightning 2	Final/SO	Game page: New York Rangers at Tampa Bay Lightning, Wed, Nov 26, 2008

Other NHL games on Wednesday, November 26, 2008
Matchup	Status	Details
Boston Bruins 2 at Buffalo Sabres 3	Final	Game page: Boston Bruins at Buffalo Sabres, Wed, Nov 26, 2008
Pittsburgh Penguins 5 at New York Islanders 3	Final	Game page: Pittsburgh Penguins at New York Islanders, Wed, Nov 26, 2008
Atlanta Thrashers 3 at Washington Capitals 5	Final	Game page: Atlanta Thrashers at Washington Capitals, Wed, Nov 26, 2008
Philadelphia Flyers 3 at Carolina Hurricanes 1	Final	Game page: Philadelphia Flyers at Carolina Hurricanes, Wed, Nov 26, 2008
Phoenix Coyotes 3 at Columbus Blue Jackets 2	Final	Game page: Phoenix Coyotes at Columbus Blue Jackets, Wed, Nov 26, 2008
New Jersey Devils 3 at Florida Panthers 2	Final/OT	Game page: New Jersey Devils at Florida Panthers, Wed, Nov 26, 2008
Montreal Canadiens 3 at Detroit Red Wings 1	Final	Game page: Montreal Canadiens at Detroit Red Wings, Wed, Nov 26, 2008
Dallas Stars 4 at Minnesota Wild 3	Final	Game page: Dallas Stars at Minnesota Wild, Wed, Nov 26, 2008
St. Louis Blues 1 at Colorado Avalanche 3	Final	Game page: St. Louis Blues at Colorado Avalanche, Wed, Nov 26, 2008
Los Angeles Kings 2 at Edmonton Oilers 1	Final	Game page: Los Angeles Kings at Edmonton Oilers, Wed, Nov 26, 2008
Chicago Blackhawks 2 at San Jose Sharks 3	Final/OT	Game page: Chicago Blackhawks at San Jose Sharks, Wed, Nov 26, 2008