New York Rangers vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Thursday, October 8, 2009 · Verizon Center
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Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the Washington Capitals 4–3 on Thursday, October 8, 2009 at Verizon Center. The Rangers outshot the Capitals 29–28.
Nicklas Backstrom scored twice and Marian Gaborik scored twice. Alexander Semin, Ryan Callahan and Ales Kotalik also scored.
Henrik Lundqvist made 25 saves on 28 shots for the win; Jose Theodore stopped 25 of 29.
Scoring
1st period
Alexander Semin (1)Brian Pothier (1)0–109:18 WSH
2nd period
Ryan Callahan (1)Unassisted1–108:47 NYR
Ales Kotalik (1)Artem Anisimov (1), Enver Lisin (1)2–110:48 NYR
3rd period
Nicklas Backstrom (1)Tyler Sloan (1)2–203:17 WSH- Nicklas Backstrom (2)Brooks Laich (1), Alexander Semin (1)2–307:51 WSH ·
Marian Gaborik (1)Vinny Prospal (1)3–308:09 NYR- Marian Gaborik (2)Michael Del Zotto (1)4–310:42 NYR ·
Team stats
NYRWSH
2928
41%59%
1/51/9
1810
1622
228
1117
1315
Penalties
- 4:01 into the first period
Brandon Dubinsky · hooking2 min - 7:01 into the first period
Matt Bradley · high sticking2 min - 10:27 into the first periodJeff Schultz · hooking2 min
- 11:31 into the first periodAles Kotalik · holding2 min
- 11:58 into the first periodDan Girardi · tripping2 min
- 14:14 into the first periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 6:45 into the second periodMichal Rozsival · holding2 min
- 7:14 into the second periodChris Drury · high sticking2 min
- 7:43 into the second periodMike Green · tripping2 min
- 16:13 into the second periodChris Higgins · interference2 min
- 17:32 into the second periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 6:54 into the third periodAaron Voros · holding2 min
- 10:19 into the third periodBoyd Gordon · tripping2 min
- 14:54 into the third periodDonald Brashear · tripping2 min
Season series
New York Rangers
| 10Marian GaborikR | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 21:04 |
| 12Ales KotalikR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 12:39 |
| 20Vinny ProspalC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 18:23 |
| 24Ryan CallahanR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 22:12 |
| 42Artem AnisimovC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 09:37 |
| 81Enver LisinR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 09:03 |
| 4Michael Del ZottoD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14:05 |
| 17Brandon DubinskyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22:57 |
| 21Chris HigginsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 6 | 18:51 |
| 22Brian BoyleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 06:16 |
| 23Chris DruryC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:23 |
| 34Aaron VorosL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 05:20 |
| 87Donald BrashearL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 06:31 |
| 5Dan GirardiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 24:04 |
| 6Wade ReddenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:46 |
| 18Marc StaalD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 23:57 |
| 33Michal RozsivalD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:22 |
| 97Matt GilroyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 21:33 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Henrik LundqvistG | W | 28 | 3 | .893 |
| 40Steve ValiquetteG | 0 | 0 | – |
Washington Capitals
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 5 | 21:43 |
| 28Alexander SeminL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 21:49 |
| 21Brooks LaichC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 19:10 |
| 2Brian PothierD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 17:09 |
| 89Tyler SloanD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 07:22 |
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 9 | 24:57 |
| 9Brendan MorrisonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 17:24 |
| 10Matt BradleyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 11:25 |
| 15Boyd GordonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 08:14 |
| 17Chris ClarkR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 13:04 |
| 22Mike KnubleR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:16 |
| 39David SteckelC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 12:11 |
| 53Quintin LaingL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 10:14 |
| 3Tom PotiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 18:57 |
| 4John ErskineD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 13:54 |
| 26Shaone MorrisonnD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:05 |
| 52Mike GreenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 27:38 |
| 55Jeff SchultzD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 15:40 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40Semyon VarlamovG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 60Jose TheodoreG | L | 29 | 4 | .862 |