New York Rangers vs Washington Capitals
Playoffs · Friday, April 24, 2009 · Verizon Center
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Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the New York Rangers 4–0 on Friday, April 24, 2009 at Verizon Center. The Capitals outshot the Rangers 21–20.
Matt Bradley scored twice. Alexander Semin and Alex Ovechkin also scored.
Semyon Varlamov made 20 saves on 20 shots for the win; Henrik Lundqvist stopped 10 of 14.
Scoring
1st period
Matt Bradley (1)Boyd Gordon (1), Mike Green (3)0–104:58 WSH · - Matt Bradley (2)Brooks Laich (1), Tom Poti (1)0–212:07 WSH
2nd period
Alexander Semin (4)Nicklas Backstrom (5)0–304:57 WSH
Alex Ovechkin (2)Sergei Fedorov (2)0–419:31 WSH
Team stats
NYRWSH
2021
43%57%
0/40/7
3824
3530
1121
722
512
Penalties
- 1:16 into the first period
Scott Gomez · slashing2 min - 3:40 into the first period
Brian Pothier · tripping2 min - 9:27 into the first periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 13:14 into the first periodShaone Morrisonn · hooking2 min
- 13:59 into the first periodNik Antropov · slashing2 min
- 14:15 into the second periodNicklas Backstrom · hooking2 min
- 20:00 into the second periodRyan Callahan · roughing2 min
- 20:00 into the second periodJohn Erskine · roughing2 min
- 20:00 into the second periodJohn Erskine · roughing2 min
- 4:03 into the third periodBrandon Dubinsky · roughing2 min
- 4:03 into the third periodDonald Brashear · roughing2 min
- 4:03 into the third periodDonald Brashear · misconduct10 min
- 7:37 into the third periodAaron Voros · roughing2 min
- 11:40 into the third periodBrandon Dubinsky · charging2 min
- 14:14 into the third periodColton Orr · holding2 min
- 14:14 into the third periodColton Orr · roughing2 min
- 14:14 into the third periodColton Orr · misconduct10 min
- 14:14 into the third periodAaron Voros · misconduct10 min
- 15:34 into the third periodTomas Fleischmann · hooking2 min
Season series
New York Rangers
| 13Nikolay ZherdevR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 15:23 |
| 15Blair BettsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 09:31 |
| 17Brandon DubinskyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:09 |
| 19Scott GomezC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | 19:45 |
| 20Fredrik SjostromL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 10:17 |
| 23Chris DruryC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | 07:21 |
| 24Ryan CallahanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17:49 |
| 28Colton OrrR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 05:44 |
| 29Lauri KorpikoskiL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:49 |
| 34Aaron VorosL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 10:56 |
| 80Nik AntropovC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 14:27 |
| 91Markus NaslundL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:49 |
| 5Dan GirardiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 23:31 |
| 6Wade ReddenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 19:57 |
| 18Marc StaalD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24:06 |
| 27Paul MaraD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 15:57 |
| 33Michal RozsivalD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 19:58 |
| 53Derek MorrisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 16:31 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Henrik LundqvistG | L | 14 | 4 | .714 |
| 40Steve ValiquetteG | 7 | 0 | 1.000 |
Washington Capitals
| 10Matt BradleyR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 15:06 |
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 20:21 |
| 15Boyd GordonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 13:47 |
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 17:02 |
| 21Brooks LaichC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 15:32 |
| 28Alexander SeminR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 16:45 |
| 91Sergei FedorovC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 15:59 |
| 3Tom PotiD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 21:16 |
| 52Mike GreenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 25:09 |
| 14Tomas FleischmannL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 14:03 |
| 16Eric FehrC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10:31 |
| 25Viktor KozlovC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:26 |
| 39David SteckelC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 15:32 |
| 87Donald BrashearL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 04:13 |
| 2Brian PothierD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 18:37 |
| 4John ErskineD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 0 | 17:07 |
| 23Milan JurcinaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 16:51 |
| 26Shaone MorrisonnD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 16:43 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40Semyon VarlamovG | W | 20 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 60Jose TheodoreG | 0 | 0 | – |