Washington Capitals vs New York Rangers
Playoffs · Sunday, April 26, 2009 · Madison Square Garden
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Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the New York Rangers 5–3 on Sunday, April 26, 2009 at Madison Square Garden. The Rangers outshot the Capitals 32–22.
Goals came from Milan Jurcina, Scott Gomez, Mike Green, Tom Poti, Viktor Kozlov, Alex Ovechkin, Ryan Callahan and Marc Staal.
Semyon Varlamov made 29 saves on 32 shots for the win; Henrik Lundqvist stopped 15 of 20.
Scoring
1st period
Milan Jurcina (1)Brooks Laich (2), David Steckel (1)1–007:09 WSH
Scott Gomez (2)Wade Redden (2), Sean Avery (1)1–108:15 NYR · 
Mike Green (1)Alexander Semin (3), Tom Poti (2)2–113:58 WSH · 
Tom Poti (2)David Steckel (2), Boyd Gordon (2)3–117:14 WSH
2nd period
Viktor Kozlov (2)Tom Poti (3), Sergei Fedorov (3)4–109:21 WSH
Alex Ovechkin (3)Tom Poti (4), Nicklas Backstrom (6)5–116:44 WSH ·
3rd period
Ryan Callahan (2)Derek Morris (2), Scott Gomez (3)5–204:21 NYR · 
Marc Staal (1)Lauri Korpikoski (2), Fredrik Sjostrom (1)5–319:54 NYR
Team stats
WSHNYR
2232
57%43%
2/22/8
2220
2735
1211
05
86
Penalties
- 7:32 into the first period
Shaone Morrisonn · interference2 min - 9:54 into the first period
Paul Mara · roughing2 min - 9:54 into the first periodDonald Brashear · roughing2 min
- 12:41 into the first periodPaul Mara · holding2 min
- 15:04 into the first periodTom Poti · delaying game puck over glass2 min
- 3:53 into the second periodDonald Brashear · hooking2 min
- 15:03 into the second periodBrandon Dubinsky · boarding2 min
- 15:03 into the second periodBrandon Dubinsky · roughing2 min
- 15:03 into the second periodBrandon Dubinsky · misconduct10 min
- 15:03 into the second periodShaone Morrisonn · roughing2 min
- 19:17 into the second periodJohn Erskine · interference2 min
- 19:26 into the second periodNikolay Zherdev · roughing2 min
- 19:26 into the second periodMilan Jurcina · roughing2 min
- 2:58 into the third periodJohn Erskine · holding2 min
- 3:56 into the third periodNicklas Backstrom · hooking2 min
- 14:43 into the third periodAlex Ovechkin · elbowing2 min
- 15:31 into the third periodBoyd Gordon · cross checking2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 3Tom PotiD | 1 | 3 | 4 | +1 | 1 | 23:46 |
| 39David SteckelC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | 18:39 |
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 6 | 20:50 |
| 15Boyd GordonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 10:26 |
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19:46 |
| 21Brooks LaichC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16:59 |
| 25Viktor KozlovC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 15:20 |
| 28Alexander SeminR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 15:50 |
| 91Sergei FedorovC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 16:08 |
| 23Milan JurcinaD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 16:46 |
| 52Mike GreenD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 23:18 |
| 10Matt BradleyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:05 |
| 14Tomas FleischmannL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:08 |
| 16Eric FehrC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 03:25 |
| 87Donald BrashearL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 02:30 |
| 2Brian PothierD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 15:39 |
| 4John ErskineD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 20:48 |
| 26Shaone MorrisonnD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 0 | 17:35 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40Semyon VarlamovG | W | 32 | 3 | .906 |
| 60Jose TheodoreG | 0 | 0 | – |
New York Rangers
| 19Scott GomezC | 1 | 1 | 2 | −2 | 3 | 22:59 |
| 16Sean AveryL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 3 | 19:29 |
| 20Fredrik SjostromL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 10:23 |
| 24Ryan CallahanR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | 17:44 |
| 29Lauri KorpikoskiL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 14:13 |
| 6Wade ReddenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 24:28 |
| 18Marc StaalD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | 19:50 |
| 53Derek MorrisD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 17:25 |
| 13Nikolay ZherdevR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 15:27 |
| 15Blair BettsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 01:46 |
| 17Brandon DubinskyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 12:30 |
| 23Chris DruryC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 20:00 |
| 34Aaron VorosL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 08:47 |
| 80Nik AntropovC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:28 |
| 91Markus NaslundL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:58 |
| 5Dan GirardiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 20:16 |
| 27Paul MaraD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 14:11 |
| 33Michal RozsivalD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22:08 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Henrik LundqvistG | L | 20 | 5 | .750 |
| 40Steve ValiquetteG | 2 | 0 | 1.000 |