Washington Capitals vs New York Rangers

Regular season · Wednesday, January 28, 2004 · Madison Square Garden

2–1

24–33

Game summary

The Washington Capitals beat the New York Rangers 2–1 on Wednesday, January 28, 2004 at Madison Square Garden. The Rangers outshot the Capitals 33–24.

Goals came from Jeff Halpern, Trent Whitfield and Martin Rucinsky.

Olie Kolzig made 32 saves on 33 shots for the win; Jussi Markkanen stopped 22 of 24.

Goals
WSH	1	1	0	2	24
NYR	0	0	1	1	33

Scoring

1st period

Jeff Halpern (9)Jason Doig (9), Robert Lang (36)1–009:29 WSH

2nd period

Trent Whitfield (3)Unassisted2–004:08 WSH

3rd period

Martin Rucinsky (12)Petr Nedved (13), Brian Leetch (13)2–105:21 NYR

Team stats

WSHNYR

2433

66%34%

0/20/3

119

2017

610

212

Penalties

2:31 into the first periodDale Purinton · boarding2 min
13:26 into the first periodJan Hlavac · high sticking2 min
10:53 into the second periodEric Lindros · fighting5 min
10:53 into the second periodJason Doig · fighting5 min
6:52 into the third periodJoel Kwiatkowski · boarding2 min
7:56 into the third periodRick Berry · holding2 min
13:34 into the third periodJason Doig · interference2 min

Season series

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

11Jeff HalpernC	1	0	1	+1	1	2	1	0	67	22:02
20Robert LangC	0	1	1	+1	1	1	0	0	83	18:57
23Trent WhitfieldC	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	69	17:31
3Jason DoigD	0	1	1	0	2	2	0	7	–	19:01
9Dainius ZubrusC	0	0	0	0	5	2	0	0	59	21:25
12Peter BondraR	0	0	0	−1	1	0	0	0	–	15:30
13Bates BattagliaL	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	–	12:40
18Matt PettingerL	0	0	0	+1	2	3	0	0	–	07:41
22Anson CarterR	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	0	–	16:56
25Mike GrierR	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	–	21:25
28Alexander SeminR	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	–	11:04
51Stephen PeatR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	06:20
76Darcy VerotC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	60	05:03
2Josef BoumedienneD	0	0	0	+1	1	1	1	0	–	16:28
4Rick BerryD	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	2	–	19:19
19Brendan WittD	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	–	24:15
29Joel KwiatkowskiD	0	0	0	+1	3	0	0	2	–	18:59
38Todd RohloffD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	18:17

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie
1Rastislav StanaG		0	0	0	–	–
37Olie KolzigG	W	33	32	1	.970	60:00

New York Rangers

New York Rangers skaters

26Martin RucinskyL	1	0	1	0	4	1	0	0	–	18:23
93Petr NedvedC	0	1	1	0	5	0	0	0	21	20:05
2Brian LeetchD	0	1	1	+1	5	1	1	0	–	16:08
11Mark MessierC	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	25	19:09
16Bobby HolikC	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	36	15:31
17Chris SimonL	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	0	–	15:00
21Jamie LundmarkC	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	–	15:36
27Alex KovalevR	0	0	0	−1	2	0	0	0	–	16:52
36Matthew BarnabyR	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	09:59
37Jan HlavacL	0	0	0	−1	0	0	0	2	–	08:35
41Jed OrtmeyerR	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	–	07:33
68Jaromir JagrR	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	–	24:22
88Eric LindrosC	0	0	0	−1	1	2	1	5	57	09:37
3Tom PotiD	0	0	0	+1	2	1	2	0	–	25:58
5Dale PurintonD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	–	09:11
24Jamie PushorD	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	08:53
29Boris MironovD	0	0	0	−2	1	0	1	0	–	21:37
74Joel BouchardD	0	0	0	−2	1	2	1	0	–	18:27

New York Rangers goalies
Goalie
30Mike DunhamG		0	0	0	–	00:07
40Jussi MarkkanenG	L	24	22	2	.917	58:49