Washington Capitals vs New York Rangers

Playoffs · Monday, April 20, 2009 · Madison Square Garden

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4–0

40–33

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Game summary

The Washington Capitals beat the New York Rangers 4–0 on Monday, April 20, 2009 at Madison Square Garden. The Capitals outshot the Rangers 40–33.

Alexander Semin scored twice. Brooks Laich and Tom Poti also scored.

Semyon Varlamov made 33 saves on 33 shots for the win; Henrik Lundqvist stopped 36 of 40.

Goals
WSH	2	1	1	4	40
NYR	0	0	0	0	33

Scoring

1st period

Alexander Semin (2)Nicklas Backstrom (2), Alex Ovechkin (3)1–006:57 WSH
Alexander Semin (3)Alex Ovechkin (4), Nicklas Backstrom (3)2–011:36 WSH

2nd period

Brooks Laich (1)Alexander Semin (1), Sergei Fedorov (1)3–011:29 WSH ·

3rd period

Tom Poti (1)Nicklas Backstrom (4), Brian Pothier (1)4–018:35 WSH ·

Team stats

WSHNYR

4033

52%48%

2/60/6

1426

2433

1313

14

59

Penalties

8:17 into the first periodColton Orr · roughing2 min
8:17 into the first periodDonald Brashear · roughing2 min
12:35 into the first periodBrooks Laich · high sticking2 min
18:21 into the first periodDavid Steckel · holding2 min
20:00 into the first periodMarkus Naslund · holding2 min
3:07 into the second periodSean Avery · roughing2 min
6:18 into the second periodMilan Jurcina · slashing2 min
7:13 into the second periodSean Avery · high sticking2 min
7:57 into the second periodSergei Fedorov · hooking2 min
9:53 into the second periodChris Drury · hooking2 min
13:03 into the second periodRyan Callahan · high sticking2 min
17:45 into the second periodSean Avery · interference goalkeeper2 min
2:19 into the third periodBrian Pothier · slashing2 min
16:31 into the third periodViktor Kozlov · holding2 min
17:12 into the third periodSean Avery · roughing2 min
17:12 into the third periodSean Avery · misconduct10 min

Season series

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

19Nicklas BackstromC	0	3	3	+2	2	4	0	0	57	0	1	24	20:58
28Alexander SeminR	2	1	3	+2	8	0	1	0	100	0	2	21	18:25
8Alex OvechkinL	0	2	2	+2	5	2	1	0	–	1	1	19	20:19
21Brooks LaichC	1	0	1	0	3	0	0	2	–	0	0	21	16:45
91Sergei FedorovC	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	2	38	0	0	21	16:10
2Brian PothierD	0	1	1	+1	4	0	2	2	–	0	0	24	18:06
3Tom PotiD	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	31	23:02
10Matt BradleyR	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	–	0	0	14	09:47
14Tomas FleischmannL	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	–	0	0	20	17:23
15Boyd GordonC	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	69	0	1	24	12:31
16Eric FehrC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	11	07:32
25Viktor KozlovC	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	–	0	0	19	14:15
39David SteckelC	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	2	53	0	0	24	17:35
87Donald BrashearL	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	–	0	0	6	02:35
4John ErskineD	0	0	0	+1	0	2	1	0	–	0	0	25	18:33
23Milan JurcinaD	0	0	0	+1	2	4	0	2	–	0	0	23	13:56
26Shaone MorrisonnD	0	0	0	+1	0	2	2	0	–	0	0	26	16:11
52Mike GreenD	0	0	0	0	4	5	1	0	–	0	0	27	21:57

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie
40Semyon VarlamovG	W	33	33	0	1.000	60:00
60Jose TheodoreG		0	0	0	–	–

New York Rangers

New York Rangers skaters

13Nikolay ZherdevR	0	0	0	−1	2	0	0	0	–	2	0	21	14:23
15Blair BettsC	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	36	0	1	15	08:25
16Sean AveryL	0	0	0	−1	5	6	0	18	–	0	1	25	16:28
17Brandon DubinskyC	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	0	57	0	3	27	19:32
19Scott GomezC	0	0	0	−1	3	0	1	0	50	0	1	23	21:03
20Fredrik SjostromL	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	–	0	0	18	10:25
23Chris DruryC	0	0	0	−1	0	0	0	2	–	0	0	15	10:58
24Ryan CallahanR	0	0	0	−1	1	4	0	2	50	1	0	26	19:41
28Colton OrrR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	–	0	0	6	03:29
29Lauri KorpikoskiL	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	100	0	2	20	11:19
80Nik AntropovC	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	50	0	1	22	15:28
91Markus NaslundL	0	0	0	−1	3	3	0	2	–	0	0	21	14:42
5Dan GirardiD	0	0	0	0	2	3	3	0	–	1	0	32	20:44
6Wade ReddenD	0	0	0	−1	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	31	21:36
18Marc StaalD	0	0	0	−1	1	7	1	0	–	0	0	32	22:50
27Paul MaraD	0	0	0	−1	2	0	1	0	–	0	0	21	15:11
33Michal RozsivalD	0	0	0	0	4	0	2	0	–	0	0	31	22:48
53Derek MorrisD	0	0	0	−1	3	3	1	0	–	0	0	21	16:07

New York Rangers goalies
Goalie
30Henrik LundqvistG	L	40	36	4	.900	59:52
40Steve ValiquetteG		0	0	0	–	–