Washington Capitals vs New York Rangers

Regular season · Thursday, March 16, 2006 · Madison Square Garden

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4–5

40–27

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Game summary

The New York Rangers beat the Washington Capitals 5–4 on Thursday, March 16, 2006 at Madison Square Garden. The Capitals outshot the Rangers 40–27.

Goals came from Steve Rucchin, Petr Prucha, Brian Sutherby, Brian Willsie, Petr Sykora, Bryan Muir, Chris Clark, Sandis Ozolinsh and Jaromir Jagr.

Goals
WSH	1	3	0	4	40
NYR	2	2	1	5	27

Scoring

1st period

Steve Rucchin (13)Sandis Ozolinsh (6), Martin Straka (50)0–106:36 NYR ·
Petr Prucha (26)Michael Nylander (40), Henrik Lundqvist (2)0–208:32 NYR
Brian Sutherby (13)Ben Clymer (10)1–217:19 WSH

2nd period

Brian Willsie (14)Jeff Halpern (27)2–201:17 WSH
Petr Sykora (17)Jaromir Jagr (51), Martin Straka (51)2–304:36 NYR ·
Bryan Muir (8)Ben Clymer (11), Brian Sutherby (13)3–308:32 WSH
Chris Clark (15)Dainius Zubrus (24), Ivan Majesky (6)4–313:36 WSH
Sandis Ozolinsh (4)Michael Nylander (41)4–418:41 NYR ·

3rd period

Jaromir Jagr (45)Marek Malik (14), Michael Nylander (42)4–507:08 NYR

Team stats

WSHNYR

4027

46%54%

0/63/6

1212

2220

922

611

411

Penalties

0:24 into the first periodMichael Nylander · high sticking2 min
0:24 into the first periodMichael Nylander · high sticking2 min
5:25 into the first periodIvan Majesky · hooking2 min
14:46 into the first periodJaromir Jagr · hooking2 min
19:01 into the first periodJeff Halpern · boarding2 min
3:14 into the second periodJamie Heward · delaying game2 min
18:37 into the second periodBrian Sutherby · interference2 min
19:56 into the second periodBen Clymer · hooking2 min
0:53 into the third periodPetr Prucha · interference goalkeeper2 min
6:07 into the third periodRyan Hollweg · hooking2 min
6:55 into the third periodDainius Zubrus · interference2 min
10:29 into the third periodSandis Ozolinsh · hooking2 min

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