Washington Capitals vs New York Rangers

Regular season · Tuesday, December 23, 2008 · Madison Square Garden

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5–4

36–28

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Game summary

The Washington Capitals beat the New York Rangers 5–4 in overtime on Tuesday, December 23, 2008 at Madison Square Garden. The Capitals outshot the Rangers 36–28.

Ryan Callahan scored twice and Alex Ovechkin scored twice. Markus Naslund, Michal Rozsival, Tomas Fleischmann, Viktor Kozlov and Shaone Morrisonn also scored.

Jose Theodore made 21 saves on 25 shots for the win; Henrik Lundqvist stopped 31 of 36.

Goals
WSH	0	1	3	1	5	36
NYR	3	1	0	0	4	28

Scoring

1st period

Markus Naslund (13)Nikolay Zherdev (21), Scott Gomez (17)0–103:38 NYR
Michal Rozsival (5)Chris Drury (11)0–211:04 NYR
Ryan Callahan (10)Chris Drury (12), Nigel Dawes (5)0–311:15 NYR

2nd period

Ryan Callahan (11)Nigel Dawes (6), Chris Drury (13)0–404:48 NYR
Alex Ovechkin (21)Nicklas Backstrom (25)1–412:35 WSH

3rd period

Tomas Fleischmann (12)Nicklas Backstrom (26), Brooks Laich (11)2–401:41 WSH ·
Viktor Kozlov (8)Nicklas Backstrom (27), Alex Ovechkin (24)3–407:04 WSH ·
Alex Ovechkin (22)Unassisted4–412:38 WSH

Overtime

Shaone Morrisonn (1)Michael Nylander (14), Sean Collins (1)5–400:59 WSH

Team stats

WSHNYR

3628

50%50%

2/50/3

610

3734

1112

108

Penalties

13:01 into the first periodNikolay Zherdev · charging2 min
14:21 into the first periodEric Fehr · hooking2 min
6:04 into the second periodTyler Sloan · hooking2 min
16:20 into the second periodFredrik Sjostrom · tripping2 min
18:59 into the second periodMilan Jurcina · hooking2 min
1:12 into the third periodMichal Rozsival · hooking2 min
6:07 into the third periodBlair Betts · kneeing2 min
8:55 into the third periodDan Girardi · tripping2 min

Season series

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

8Alex OvechkinL	2	1	3	−1	13	4	0	0	–	22:02
19Nicklas BackstromC	0	3	3	−1	1	3	1	0	50	20:41
14Tomas FleischmannL	1	0	1	−1	2	0	0	0	–	14:09
21Brooks LaichC	0	1	1	−1	2	3	0	0	43	16:07
25Viktor KozlovC	1	0	1	−2	1	2	1	0	–	19:52
92Michael NylanderC	0	1	1	+1	2	0	1	0	44	17:41
26Shaone MorrisonnD	1	0	1	+1	2	2	2	0	–	19:03
62Sean CollinsD	0	1	1	+1	1	1	2	0	–	16:18
10Matt BradleyR	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	–	11:29
15Boyd GordonC	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	50	14:38
16Eric FehrC	0	0	0	+1	1	0	0	2	–	15:51
33Alexandre GirouxL	0	0	0	0	3	4	0	0	–	14:22
39David SteckelC	0	0	0	0	1	6	0	0	80	11:56
63Andrew GordonR	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	–	07:12
23Milan JurcinaD	0	0	0	−3	1	2	1	2	–	18:01
27Karl AlznerD	0	0	0	−3	0	2	1	0	–	21:28
43Bryan HelmerD	0	0	0	+1	2	2	1	0	–	20:53
89Tyler SloanD	0	0	0	+1	0	4	1	2	–	16:24

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie
1Brent JohnsonG		3	3	0	1.000	08:45
60Jose TheodoreG	W	25	21	4	.840	52:03

New York Rangers

New York Rangers skaters

23Chris DruryC	0	3	3	+1	1	0	0	0	47	19:08
10Nigel DawesL	0	2	2	+2	0	3	0	0	–	11:52
24Ryan CallahanR	2	0	2	+1	5	4	0	0	–	18:51
13Nikolay ZherdevR	0	1	1	0	4	1	0	2	–	18:13
19Scott GomezC	0	1	1	0	4	1	0	0	53	19:39
91Markus NaslundL	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	–	18:29
3Michal RozsivalD	1	0	1	0	5	1	4	2	–	22:34
15Blair BettsC	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	50	10:20
17Brandon DubinskyC	0	0	0	0	2	5	0	0	50	15:49
20Fredrik SjostromL	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	–	14:05
28Colton OrrR	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	07:06
29Lauri KorpikoskiL	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	–	09:58
34Aaron VorosL	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	–	10:54
5Dan GirardiD	0	0	0	−1	0	3	3	2	–	19:57
6Wade ReddenD	0	0	0	−1	0	1	1	0	–	20:57
18Marc StaalD	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	–	20:43
27Paul MaraD	0	0	0	+2	1	1	2	0	–	20:13
45Dmitri KalininD	0	0	0	+2	0	2	0	0	–	17:42

New York Rangers goalies
Goalie
30Henrik LundqvistG	O	36	31	5	.861	60:59
40Steve ValiquetteG		0	0	0	–	–