Final
Rangers rally to win preseason finale
Oct 1, 2008 - 10:31 PM BERN, Switzerland (Ticker) -- The New York Rangers rallied for a 4-3 victory over Metallburg Magnitogorsk of the Russian Kontinental Hockey League in their preseason finale Wednesday.Dan Fritsche, Chris Drury and Ryan Callahan scored in the third period for the Rangers, who erased a 3-0 deficit late in the second. Callahan tallied the game-winner with 20 seconds remaining.
The Rangers, who concluded their exhibition slate with a 3-5 record, open the regular season this weekend with a pair of games against the Tampa Bay Lightning in Prague.
Magnitogorsk is ranked 12th out of 24 teams in the KHL.
Wednesday marked the first time an NHL team faced a Russian club outside of North America.
- AT BERN SWITZERLAND
NHL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
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NY RANGERS 0 1 3 4
METALLURG 2 1 0 3 FINAL
GOAL SCORING:
1ST PRD: NONE
2ND PRD: NONE
3RD PRD: NONE
POWER-PLAY CONVERSIONS: NYR - 0 OF 0, MET - 0 OF 0.
SHOTS ON GOAL: 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
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NYR 1 1 2 4
MET 2 1 0
Rangers 4, Metallurg Magnitogorsk 3 FinalOct 1 3:56 PM - AT BERN SWITZERLAND
NHL NY RANGERS 2
METALLURG 3 13:30 LEFT, 3RD PRD
Rangers 2, Metallurg Magnitogorsk 3 3rd - 13:30Oct 1 3:23 PM - AT BERN SWITZERLAND
NHL END OF THE 2ND 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
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NY RANGERS 0 1 1
METALLURG 2 1 3 END OF THE 2ND
GOAL SCORING:
1ST PRD: NONE
2ND PRD: NONE
SHOTS ON GOAL: 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
--- --- --- -----
NYR 1 1 2
MET 2 1 3
GOALIES: NONE
Rangers 1, Metallurg Magnitogorsk 3 End of 2ndOct 1 2:59 PM - AT BERN SWITZERLAND
NHL NY RANGERS 0
METALLURG 3 9:30 LEFT, 2ND PRD
Rangers 0, Metallurg Magnitogorsk 3 2nd - 9:30Oct 1 2:37 PM - AT BERN SWITZERLAND
NHL END OF THE 1ST 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
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NY RANGERS 0 0
METALLURG 2 2 END OF THE 1ST
GOAL SCORING:
1ST PRD: NONE
SHOTS ON GOAL: 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
--- --- --- -----
NYR 1 1
MET 2 2
GOALIES: NONE
Rangers 0, Metallurg Magnitogorsk 2 End of 1stOct 1 2:35 PM
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