An unbelievable nine minutes of injury time was played at the end of the first half, but the game as a whole was fairly flat, probably as a result of the early injury to Leighton.
"People will look back at the chance Rangers had to get back into the game before the end of the first-half, " said the BBC Scotland pundit.
The Rays were 3-0 down at the end of the first period against Nottingham but hauled themselves back into the game to trail 5-4 just a minute into the final period after Kozak's brace and further strikes from Jeff Glowa and Matt Reynolds but the Panthers showed their class to go top of the table with two late goals.
Shorn of meaningful possession, Charlton took their time to get into the game after Berbatov scored but towards the end of the first half the home side began to threaten.
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Wigan came back into the game towards the end of the first half and Heskey's header revived the home side's hopes.
And as United pressed at the very end of the game, it took goal-line clearances from Ashley Cole and Andriy Shevchenko to deny first Cristiano Ronaldo and then Darren Fletcher and ensure Chelsea claimed a vital three points.
But the Elite League's leading points-scorer David-Alexandre Beauregard then pulled Phoenix back into the game with a powerplay strike before the end of the first period.
Most prevalent and entertaining was not the game, which lost its drama by the end of the first quarter when the score was 21-0.
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One of Scotland's goalscoring heroes, James McFadden, will miss the game against the Netherlands after being booked at the end of the first half by referee Wolfgang Stark.
The relentless end-to-end play looked reminiscent of Pittsburgh's ugly six-game loss to Philadelphia in the first round a year ago, when the Flyers scored whenever they wanted thanks to a Penguins defense that hardly seemed interested in doing the dirty work.
It was a disappointing end for Ards who had come into the game with their confidence boosted by getting their first win of the campaign six days earlier.
Game revenue for the first quarter grew 11% because of older games coming to the end of their life cycle.
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