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BOXSCORE | PLAY-BY-PLAY | RECAP
Minnesota 7, NY Rangers 4
When: 7:00 PM ET, Friday, December 23, 2016
Where: Madison Square Garden, New York, New York
Referees: Kendrick Nicholson, Dan O'Rourke
Linesmen: Shandor Alphonso, Tony Sericolo
Attendance: 18006
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Minnesota 1517
NY Rangers 1214
Periods:
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  • 2
  • 3
1
Minnesota   NY Rangers
Mikko Koivu wins the face-off against Kevin Hayes. 0:00  
Matt Dumba shoots. Saved by Henrik Lundqvist. 1:59  
Patrick Cannone wins the face-off against Marek Hrivik. 1:59  
  2:44 Dan Girardi shoots. Saved by Darcy Kuemper.
Mikko Koivu wins the face-off against Kevin Hayes. 3:14  
  3:54
(0-1)
Chris Kreider scores. Assisted by Mats Zuccarello. Assisted by Derek Stepan.
  3:54 Oscar Lindberg wins the face-off against Eric Staal.
  4:01 Oscar Lindberg wins the face-off against Eric Staal.
Tyler Graovac wins the face-off against Derek Stepan. 4:42  
  4:59 Mats Zuccarello shoots. Saved by Darcy Kuemper.
  5:08 Mats Zuccarello shoots. Saved by Darcy Kuemper.
  6:06 Kevin Hayes wins the face-off against Mikko Koivu.
  6:17 Kevin Hayes wins the face-off against Mikko Koivu.
  6:25 J.T. Miller wins the face-off against Mikko Koivu.
Mikael Granlund shoots. Saved by Henrik Lundqvist. 7:03  
  7:03 Derek Stepan wins the face-off against Eric Staal.
  7:14 Derek Stepan shoots. Saved by Darcy Kuemper.
Tyler Graovac shoots. Saved by Henrik Lundqvist. 8:19  
Tyler Graovac wins the face-off against Oscar Lindberg. 8:21  
Mikko Koivu wins the face-off against Kevin Hayes. 9:48  
Mikael Granlund scores. Assisted by Jason Zucker. Assisted by Mikko Koivu. 9:53
(1-1)
 
Mikko Koivu wins the face-off against Kevin Hayes. 9:53  
Eric Staal wins the face-off against Derek Stepan. 10:48  
Eric Staal wins the face-off against Derek Stepan. 10:49  
Charlie Coyle shoots. Saved by Henrik Lundqvist. 11:20  
Eric Staal shoots. Saved by Henrik Lundqvist. 11:43  
Marco Scandella shoots. Saved by Henrik Lundqvist. 12:51  
Patrick Cannone wins the face-off against Marek Hrivik. 13:08  
  15:06 Chris Kreider shoots. Saved by Darcy Kuemper.
  15:07 Eric Staal wins the face-off against Derek Stepan.
Tyler Graovac wins the face-off against Oscar Lindberg. 15:41  
Tyler Graovac wins the face-off against Oscar Lindberg. 15:57  
Jared Spurgeon shoots. Saved by Henrik Lundqvist. 16:24  
  16:25 Marek Hrivik wins the face-off against Patrick Cannone.
  16:44 Nick Holden shoots. Saved by Darcy Kuemper.
  16:57 Kevin Hayes wins the face-off against Mikko Koivu.
  17:07 Kevin Hayes shoots. Saved by Darcy Kuemper.
Mikko Koivu wins the face-off against Kevin Hayes. 17:08  
Mikael Granlund shoots. Saved by Henrik Lundqvist. 17:21  
  17:21 Derek Stepan wins the face-off against Mikko Koivu.
  18:03 Mats Zuccarello shoots. Saved by Darcy Kuemper.
Mikko Koivu wins the face-off against Derek Stepan. 19:37  
2
Minnesota   NY Rangers
Mikko Koivu wins the face-off against Kevin Hayes. 0:00  
Mikko Koivu scores. Assisted by Jason Zucker. 0:40
(2-1)
 
  0:40 Derek Stepan wins the face-off against Eric Staal.
Charlie Coyle shoots. Saved by Henrik Lundqvist. 0:58  
Nino Niederreiter scores. Assisted by Charlie Coyle. Assisted by Eric Staal. 0:58
(3-1)
 
  0:58 Oscar Lindberg wins the face-off against Tyler Graovac.
  1:59 Dan Girardi shoots. Saved by Darcy Kuemper.
  2:08 Derek Stepan wins the face-off against Tyler Graovac.
  2:17
(3-2)
Ryan McDonagh scores. Assisted by Derek Stepan. Assisted by Chris Kreider.
Patrick Cannone wins the face-off against Marek Hrivik. 2:17  
Marco Scandella scores. Assisted by Charlie Coyle. Assisted by Mikko Koivu. 4:55
(4-2)
 
Eric Staal wins the face-off against Oscar Lindberg. 4:55  
  6:57 Dan Girardi shoots. Saved by Darcy Kuemper.
Jared Spurgeon shoots. Saved by Antti Raanta. 7:26  
  7:27 Derek Stepan wins the face-off against Eric Staal.
  7:48 Marek Hrivik wins the face-off against Patrick Cannone.
Jonas Brodin shoots. Saved by Antti Raanta. 8:26  
  8:45 Ryan McDonagh shoots. Saved by Darcy Kuemper.
  8:45 Kevin Hayes wins the face-off against Mikko Koivu.
  9:57 Chris Kreider shoots. Saved by Darcy Kuemper.
  10:00 Chris Kreider shoots. Saved by Darcy Kuemper.
Eric Staal wins the face-off against Derek Stepan. 10:07  
  10:40 Derek Stepan shoots. Saved by Darcy Kuemper.
Jason Zucker scores. Assisted by Mikael Granlund. 12:14
(5-2)
 
  12:14 Kevin Hayes wins the face-off against Eric Staal.
  13:47 Chris Kreider shoots. Saved by Darcy Kuemper.
Jason Zucker shoots. Saved by Antti Raanta. 14:56  
  14:56 Oscar Lindberg wins the face-off against Eric Staal.
  15:45 J.T. Miller shoots. Saved by Darcy Kuemper.
  16:10 Kevin Klein shoots. Saved by Darcy Kuemper.
Eric Staal wins the face-off against Kevin Hayes. 16:11  
  16:18 Jesper Fast penalty for Tripping - 2 mins.
Eric Staal wins the face-off against Derek Stepan. 16:18  
  16:38 Kevin Hayes wins the face-off against Eric Staal.
Charlie Coyle shoots. Saved by Antti Raanta. 17:21  
Matt Dumba shoots. Saved by Antti Raanta. 17:23  
Matt Dumba scores a power play goal. Assisted by Charlie Coyle. Assisted by Eric Staal. 17:24
(6-2)
 
  17:24 Marek Hrivik wins the face-off against Tyler Graovac.
Tyler Graovac wins the face-off against Marek Hrivik. 17:30  
  17:49 Marek Hrivik shoots. Saved by Darcy Kuemper.
Mikko Koivu wins the face-off against Derek Stepan. 18:16  
  19:00
(6-3)
Derek Stepan scores. Assisted by Mats Zuccarello. Assisted by Kevin Klein.
Eric Staal wins the face-off against Kevin Hayes. 19:00  
Eric Staal wins the face-off against Kevin Hayes. 19:08  
  19:48 Jesper Fast shoots. Saved by Darcy Kuemper.
  19:54 Ryan McDonagh shoots. Saved by Darcy Kuemper.
3
Minnesota   NY Rangers
Mikko Koivu wins the face-off against Derek Stepan. 0:00  
  1:17 Kevin Hayes shoots. Saved by Darcy Kuemper.
Eric Staal wins the face-off against Oscar Lindberg. 1:26  
  1:35 Jesper Fast shoots. Saved by Darcy Kuemper.
  1:37 Oscar Lindberg wins the face-off against Tyler Graovac.
  3:51 Ryan McDonagh shoots. Saved by Darcy Kuemper.
Eric Staal wins the face-off against Derek Stepan. 5:20  
  5:44 Nick Holden shoots. Saved by Darcy Kuemper.
Mikko Koivu wins the face-off against Kevin Hayes. 5:45  
  6:25 Dan Girardi shoots. Saved by Darcy Kuemper.
Mikko Koivu wins the face-off against Derek Stepan. 6:26  
  6:45 Derek Stepan shoots. Saved by Darcy Kuemper.
  6:45 Oscar Lindberg wins the face-off against Eric Staal.
Mikko Koivu wins the face-off against Kevin Hayes. 8:08  
Eric Staal wins the face-off against Derek Stepan. 9:01  
Eric Staal penalty for Interference - 2 mins. 9:10  
  9:10 Brandon Pirri wins the face-off against Mikko Koivu.
  11:11 Marc Staal shoots. Saved by Darcy Kuemper.
  11:57 Jesper Fast shoots. Saved by Darcy Kuemper.
Chris Stewart penalty for Tripping - 2 mins. 14:46  
Mikko Koivu wins the face-off against Brandon Pirri. 14:46  
  15:48 Chris Kreider shoots. Saved by Darcy Kuemper.
  16:07 Mats Zuccarello shoots. Saved by Darcy Kuemper.
  16:07 Oscar Lindberg wins the face-off against Eric Staal.
Mikko Koivu wins the face-off against Derek Stepan. 16:43  
  16:51 Chris Kreider shoots. Saved by Darcy Kuemper.
Derek Stepan wins the face-off against Mikko Koivu. 16:51  
  17:00
(6-4)
Chris Kreider scores. Assisted by Mats Zuccarello. Assisted by Ryan McDonagh.
  17:00 Derek Stepan wins the face-off against Mikko Koivu.
Charlie Coyle scores on an empty net. Assisted by Nino Niederreiter. 18:51
(7-4)
 
Tyler Graovac wins the face-off against Oscar Lindberg. 18:51