NHL: Rangers slip past Thrashers in Playoff opener

Thursday, April 12, 2007

Rangers lead series 1-0. (Best of Seven)

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The New York Rangers scored the first two goals and never looked back, defeating the Thrashers before 18,857 at Philips Arena in Atlanta, Georgia. The game was the first in the best-of-seven series. Never since their inception into the NHL in 1997, have the Thrashers advanced to the playoffs until this season, and will have to wait for their first ever playoff victory. Despite a desperate last minute power play, Atlanta couldn't manage to beat Rangers goaltender Henrik Lundqvist, who has shined this season. Lundqvist was solid again tonight, stopping 21 of 24 shots faced.

Pascal Dupuis of the Atlanta Thrashers was sent into the boards in the first period, and had to come off the ice for some time before returning to score the game's final goal. Kari Lehtonen, goaltender for the Thrashers entered the game with a 2.79 goals-against average. Lehtonen allowed four goals, while stopping 34 shots.

Scoring Summary

Scoring Summary
No.	Period	Time	Team	Scorer (No.)	Assists	Score
1	1st	12:50	NYR	Jaromir Jagr (1)	Michael Nylander, Fedor Tyutin	1-0
2	1st	16:47	NYR	Michal Rozsival (1) PP	Martin Straka, Jaromir Jagr	2-0
3	1st	19:01	ATL	Eric Belanger (1) PP	Niclas Havelid, Keith Tkachuk	2-1
4	2nd	10:52	NYR	Marcel Hossa (1)	Fedor Tyutin, Michael Nylander	3-1
5	2nd	12:19	ATL	Shane Hnidy (1)	Brad Larsen, Pascal Dupuis	3-2
6	2nd	16:56	NYR	Michael Nylander (1)	Petr Prucha, Thomas Pock	4-2
7	3rd	5:50	ATL	Pascal Dupuis (1)	Brad Larsen, Bobby Holik	4-3

Goaltending

Goaltending
Team	Player	Shots	Saves	Save Pct.
NYR	Henrik Lundqvist	24	21	.875
ATL	Kari Lehtonen	38	34	.895

Three Stars of the Game

#1 = Jaromir Jagr, C, New York Rangers - 1 Goal, 1 Assist
#2 = Pascal Dupuis, LW, Atlanta Thrashers - 1 Goal, 1 Assist
#3 = Michael Nylander, C, New York Rangers - 1 Goal, 2 Assists

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