Washington Capitals vs New York Rangers
Regular season · Friday, March 5, 2004 · Madison Square Garden
Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the Washington Capitals 3–2 on Friday, March 5, 2004 at Madison Square Garden. The Rangers outshot the Capitals 22–21.
Goals came from Chris Simon, Trent Whitfield, Kip Miller, Mark Messier and Bobby Holik.
Jason LaBarbera made 19 saves on 21 shots for the win; Sebastien Charpentier stopped 19 of 22.
Scoring
1st period
Chris Simon (14)Mark Messier (19), Tom Poti (13)0–116:10 NYR
2nd period
Trent Whitfield (4)Jeff Halpern (17)1–109:27 WSH · 
Kip Miller (7)Jeff Halpern (18)2–111:48 WSH · 
Mark Messier (17)Matthew Barnaby (20), Fedor Tyutin (2)2–213:33 NYR
3rd period
Bobby Holik (19)Jaromir Jagr (39), Jason LaBarbera (1)2–310:44 NYR ·
Team stats
WSHNYR
2122
52%48%
1/41/6
2420
1926
169
67
710
Penalties
- 1:09 into the first period
Matthew Barnaby · fighting5 min - 1:09 into the first period
Darcy Verot · slashing2 min - 1:09 into the first periodDarcy Verot · fighting5 min
- 4:10 into the first periodJoel Kwiatkowski · tripping obstruction2 min
- 8:32 into the first periodMatthew Barnaby · cross checking2 min
- 17:33 into the first periodChris Simon · holding stick obstruction2 min
- 2:16 into the second periodBrad Norton · roughing2 min
- 4:35 into the second periodGarth Murray · fighting5 min
- 4:35 into the second periodDarcy Verot · fighting5 min
- 7:32 into the second periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 10:53 into the second periodChris Simon · interference2 min
- 16:05 into the second periodMatthew Barnaby · roughing2 min
- 16:05 into the second periodDarcy Verot · roughing2 min
- 17:46 into the second periodTodd Rohloff · hooking2 min
- 4:32 into the third periodKen Gernander · hooking2 min
- 9:58 into the third periodKip Miller · hooking2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 11Jeff HalpernC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 25:12 |
| 14Kip MillerC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14:07 |
| 23Trent WhitfieldC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 16:09 |
| 9Dainius ZubrusC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:11 |
| 13Bates BattagliaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 10:19 |
| 18Matt PettingerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:58 |
| 22Anson CarterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 22:33 |
| 24Brian WillsieR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:05 |
| 25Mike GrierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 20:25 |
| 28Alexander SeminR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 14:33 |
| 51Stephen PeatR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 05:56 |
| 76Darcy VerotC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 05:38 |
| 2Josef BoumedienneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 30:18 |
| 3Jason DoigD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 01:57 |
| 19Brendan WittD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 25:17 |
| 29Joel KwiatkowskiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25:13 |
| 38Todd RohloffD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:55 |
| 41Brad NortonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 14:48 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Sebastien CharpentierG | L | 22 | 3 | .864 |
| 37Olie KolzigG | 0 | 0 | – |
New York Rangers
| 11Mark MessierC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 19:58 |
| 16Bobby HolikC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | 22:22 |
| 17Chris SimonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 4 | 18:24 |
| 36Matthew BarnabyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 15:47 |
| 68Jaromir JagrR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | 21:34 |
| 3Tom PotiD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 20:05 |
| 51Fedor TyutinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 20:55 |
| 10Garth MurrayC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 04:43 |
| 12Ken GernanderR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 04:49 |
| 21Jamie LundmarkC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:03 |
| 22Benoit DusablonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 05:22 |
| 26Martin RucinskyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 22:48 |
| 39Dan LacoutureL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:31 |
| 41Jed OrtmeyerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:41 |
| 4Greg De VriesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:39 |
| 5Dale PurintonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 17:26 |
| 23Vladimir MalakhovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 20:10 |
| 29Boris MironovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 20:54 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Mike DunhamG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 34Jason LaBarberaG | W | 21 | 2 | .905 |