Washington Capitals vs New York Rangers
Regular season · Thursday, February 4, 2010 · Madison Square Garden
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Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the New York Rangers 6–5 on Thursday, February 4, 2010 at Madison Square Garden. The Rangers outshot the Capitals 38–32.
Vinny Prospal scored twice and Alex Ovechkin scored twice. Ryan Callahan, Boyd Gordon, Mike Knuble, Olli Jokinen, Brandon Dubinsky, Tom Poti and Nicklas Backstrom also scored.
Jose Theodore made 33 saves on 38 shots for the win; Henrik Lundqvist stopped 26 of 32.
Scoring
1st period
Ryan Callahan (1)Olli Jokinen (1), Vinny Prospal (1)0–108:58 NYR · 
Boyd Gordon (1)David Steckel (1), Matt Bradley (1)1–116:40 WSH
Vinny Prospal (1)Marian Gaborik (1), Marc Staal (1)1–216:50 NYR
2nd period
Mike Knuble (1)Nicklas Backstrom (1), Alex Ovechkin (1)2–204:41 WSH
Alex Ovechkin (1)Nicklas Backstrom (2)3–207:16 WSH · 
Olli Jokinen (1)Vinny Prospal (2), Michael Del Zotto (1)3–312:19 NYR · - Vinny Prospal (2)Ryan Callahan (1), Marian Gaborik (2)3–412:59 NYR ·
Brandon Dubinsky (1)Matt Gilroy (1), Henrik Lundqvist (1)3–518:48 NYR · - Alex Ovechkin (2)Nicklas Backstrom (3)4–519:51 WSH
3rd period
Tom Poti (1)Nicklas Backstrom (4), Tomas Fleischmann (1)5–500:59 WSH · 
Nicklas Backstrom (1)Tomas Fleischmann (2), Mike Knuble (1)6–505:34 WSH ·
Team stats
WSHNYR
3238
52%48%
3/94/6
1218
2833
1518
65
36
Penalties
- 8:20 into the first period
Tomas Fleischmann · interference2 min - 19:38 into the first period
Erik Christensen · hooking2 min - 6:11 into the second periodOlli Jokinen · slashing2 min
- 9:24 into the second periodOlli Jokinen · holding2 min
- 11:55 into the second periodMike Knuble · hooking2 min
- 12:49 into the second periodJason Chimera · delaying game puck over glass2 min
- 12:52 into the second periodNicklas Backstrom · tripping2 min
- 13:48 into the second periodChris Drury · interference2 min
- 17:15 into the second periodAlexander Semin · tripping2 min
- 0:23 into the third periodMichael Del Zotto · high sticking2 min
- 3:05 into the third periodShaone Morrisonn · interference2 min
- 4:28 into the third periodOlli Jokinen · hooking2 min
- 9:17 into the third periodDan Girardi · holding2 min
- 15:43 into the third periodDan Girardi · interference2 min
- 17:30 into the third periodBrandon Dubinsky · boarding2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 1 | 4 | 5 | +1 | 5 | 19:07 |
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 2 | 1 | 3 | +1 | 5 | 24:40 |
| 14Tomas FleischmannL | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 20:42 |
| 22Mike KnubleR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 17:23 |
| 10Matt BradleyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 08:23 |
| 15Boyd GordonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 10:20 |
| 39David SteckelC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 10:28 |
| 3Tom PotiD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 26:36 |
| 9Brendan MorrisonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:35 |
| 16Eric FehrR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:37 |
| 21Brooks LaichL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:27 |
| 25Jason ChimeraL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10:44 |
| 28Alexander SeminR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 20:09 |
| 2Brian PothierD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 18:35 |
| 4John ErskineD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:21 |
| 26Shaone MorrisonnD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 16:11 |
| 55Jeff SchultzD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 17:23 |
| 89Tyler SloanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 14:01 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 60Jose TheodoreG | W | 38 | 5 | .868 |
| 70Braden HoltbyG | 0 | 0 | – |
New York Rangers
| 20Vinny ProspalL | 2 | 2 | 4 | +1 | 2 | 18:10 |
| 10Marian GaborikR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 6 | 20:51 |
| 12Olli JokinenC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 16:39 |
| 24Ryan CallahanR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 23:52 |
| 17Brandon DubinskyC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 18:10 |
| 42Artem AnisimovC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 09:50 |
| 4Michael Del ZottoD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 22:30 |
| 18Marc StaalD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21:13 |
| 97Matt GilroyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 | 14:06 |
| 8Brandon PrustL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 05:10 |
| 16Sean AveryL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 10:31 |
| 22Brian BoyleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 07:53 |
| 23Chris DruryC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 17:25 |
| 26Erik ChristensenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 15:30 |
| 81Enver LisinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 07:56 |
| 5Dan GirardiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22:51 |
| 6Wade ReddenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 15:35 |
| 33Michal RozsivalD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 18:00 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Chad JohnsonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Henrik LundqvistG | L | 32 | 6 | .813 |