Columbus vs NY Rangers

Is a series in the 2016 playoffs. It is between the Columbus Blue Jackets and New York Rangers. The Blue Jackets have a record of 69-13-0. The Rangers have a record of 60-10-12. The Blue Jackets are the first seed in the east, while Rangers are the eighth seed in the east. The Blue Jackets beated the Rangers in five games.

## Game 1

The Blue Jackets started Nathan Horton, Gregory Campbell, Scott Hartnell, Dalton Prout, Jack Johnson, and Sergei Bobrovsky. The Rangers started Martin St. Louis, Derrick Stepan, Mats Zuccarello , Ryan McDonagh, Dan Girardi, and Henrik Lundqvist. The game started after Stephan defeated Hartnell on the opening faceoff. 8:54 into the first period, Dalton Prout passed it to Nathan Horton who shot into the back of the net. After the first, it was 1-0 Blue Jackets, the shots were 16-6 in favor of the Blue Jackets. In the second, Brandon Dubinsky passed the puck to Gregory Campbell who scored to make it 2-0. In the third period, the Jackets scored their third goal of the evening after Hartnell scored on a backhand shot after an assist by Campbell. Dalton Prout got the empty net goal after Girardi lost the puck and Prout recovered and scored. The final score was Blue Jackets 4, Rangers 0.

 NY Rangers
 Columbus

## Game 2

The Blue Jackets started Nathan Horton, Gregory Campbell, Scott Hartnell, Dalton Prout, Jack Johnson, and Sergei Bobrovsky. The Rangers started Martin St. Louis, Derrick Stepan, Mats Zuccarello , Ryan McDonagh, Dan Girardi, and Henrik Lundqvist. The game started off with the Rangers scoring on their fifth shot of the game. After the Rangers scored, Nathan Horton, Gregory Campbell and Scott Hartnell scored for the Blue Jackets to make it 3-1 Columbus. After the first and the 3-1 score, the shots were 11-6 in favor of the Blue Jackets. In the second period after the Rangers scored after Dan Girardi passed the puck to Rick Nash for the goal, Jack Johnson scored right after Scott Hartnell beat Martin St. Louis on the faceoff in the Rangers. Going into the third, the Blue Jackets led 4-2 and had 18 shots on the net to the Rangers 13. In the period after the Rangers pulled Henrik Lundqvist, Brandon Dubnisky scored a empty net goal. Then, :49 seconds later, Dalton Prout scored after the Rangers once again pulled Lundqvist. The final score was Columbus 6, NY Rangers 2.

 NY Rangers
 Columbus

## Game 3

The Blue Jackets started Nathan Horton, Gregory Campbell, Scott Hartnell, Dalton Prout, Jack Johnson, and Sergei Bobrovsky. The Rangers started Martin St. Louis, Derrick Stepan, Mats Zuccarello , Ryan McDonagh, Dan Girardi, and Henrik Lundqvist. In the first, the Rangers got a goal from Derrick Stepan after Rick Nash setted him up for the goal. Mark Staal then scored after Dalton Prout and allowed Staal to go backhand on Bobrovsky. The Rangers then scored on the power play when Nathan Horton turned it over and Mats Zuccarello and Martin St. Louis on a breakaway and Zuccarello scored. After the first, the score was Rangers 3, Blue Jackets 0 The shots were Rangers 14, Blue Jackets 9. In the second, Nathan Horton passed the puck to Gregory Campbell and Campbell scored. After the second and the Rangers led 3-1, the shots were 27 to 23 in favor of the Rangers. In the third, the Rangers' defense man Ryan McDonagh scored an empty net goal to make it 4-1. Chris Kreider scored a second empty net goal to make it 5-1 Rangers.

 Columbus
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## Game 4

The Blue Jackets started Nathan Horton, Gregory Campbell, Scott Hartnell, Dalton Prout, Jack Johnson, and Sergei Bobrovsky. The Rangers started Martin St. Louis, Derrick Stepan, Mats Zuccarello , Ryan McDonagh, Dan Girardi, and Henrik Lundqvist. The game started off with the Rangers getting shots off but, they could not score. After one, the score was tied at 0 with the shots at 15-8 in favor of the Blue Jackets. As the first, the second period saw no goals but, they saw 31 shots for Columbus, and 25 for the Rangers. In the third, it was like the rest of the game with no action. Before overtime stsrted, the shots were 41 Columbus, 37 NY Rangers. After 4:51 of overtime, Cam Atkinson scored to win the game for Columbus.

 Columbus
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## Game 5

The Blue Jackets started Nathan Horton, Gregory Campbell, Scott Hartnell, Dalton Prout, Jack Johnson, and Sergei Bobrovsky. The Rangers started Martin St. Louis, Derrick Stepan, Mats Zuccarello , Ryan McDonagh, Dan Girardi, and Henrik Lundqvist. In the first Chris Kreider scored to make 1-0 Rangers. Then, Gregory Campbell scored to make it 1-1. After the first, the score was 1-1 and the shots were 17-16 in favor of the Blue Jackets. In the second, Dan Girardi slapashotted the puck behind Bobrovsky. Then, Cam Atkinson scored on the backhand to make it 2-2. Then, Martin St. Louis scored twice on the powerplay and both goals was assisted by Mats Zuccarello. Then, after Dalton Prout got a four minute major for boarding, the Blue Jackets forward Nathan Horton scored shorthanded to make it 4-3. Then, Jack Johnson scored again shorthanded to tie it at 4. After two periods with the score tied at 4, the shots were 34-30 in favor of Columbus. In the third, Chris Kreider scored on the power play to make it 5-4. After the Jackets pulled Bobrovsky, Seth Jones scored after the Jackets were on a 6 to 4 man powerplay. Going into overtime with the game tie at 4, the shots were 44 for Columbus and 43 for the Rangers. In the first overtime after no team scored, the shot in the period was 9 for Columbus and 6 for New York. In the second overtime, the Rangers got two power plays but, they could not score. The shots in the period were 17 for the Rangers and 15 for Columbus. In the third overtime after no team scored, the shots for the period were 19 for Columbus and 7 for the Rangers. :56 into the fourth is when the game ended and the Rangers season was over. Brandon Dubnisky scored to win the game for Columbus 6-5 in quadruple overtime. The Jackets won the series 4 games to 1.

 NY Rangers
 Columbus

## Total shots

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## Goals by game

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