Washington Capitals vs New York Rangers
Regular season · Tuesday, November 9, 2010 · Madison Square Garden
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Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the New York Rangers 5-3 on Tuesday, November 9, 2010 at Madison Square Garden. The Rangers outshot the Capitals 28-24.
Brian Boyle scored twice and Brooks Laich scored twice. John Erskine, Derek Boogaard, Mike Knuble and Matt Hendricks also scored.
Michal Neuvirth made 25 saves on 28 shots for the win; Henrik Lundqvist stopped 19 of 23.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Brian Boyle (1)Dan Girardi (1), Sean Avery (1)0–104:02 NYR
Brooks Laich (1)Alexander Semin (1), Alex Ovechkin (1)1–108:52 WSH · PPG- Brian Boyle (2)Unassisted1–212:56 NYR · PPG
2nd period
John Erskine (1)Tyler Sloan (1), Matt Hendricks (1)2–202:34 WSH
Derek Boogaard (1)Unassisted2–303:15 NYR
Mike Knuble (1)Alex Ovechkin (2), Mike Green (1)3–309:18 WSH
3rd period
Matt Hendricks (1)Matt Bradley (1), Brooks Laich (1)4–307:53 WSH- Brooks Laich (2)Mike Green (2), Karl Alzner (1)5–319:54 WSH · EN
Team stats
WSHNYR
24Shots on goal28
55%Faceoff %45%
1/4Power play1/4
17Penalty minutes17
22Hits33
7Blocked shots20
2Giveaways1
10Takeaways10
Penalties
- 1st 05:17
Brandon Dubinsky · fighting5 min - 1st 05:17
Mike Green · fighting5 min - 1st 08:06Brian Boyle · roughing2 min
- 1st 08:06Jason Chimera · roughing2 min
- 1st 08:28Erik Christensen · tripping2 min
- 1st 08:52Bench · abuse of officials2 min
- 1st 10:53Bench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 1st 11:15Mike Green · hooking2 min
- 1st 16:29Michael Sauer · roughing2 min
- 1st 16:29Matt Hendricks · roughing2 min
- 1st 16:29Michael Sauer · roughing2 min
- 2nd 06:21Boyd Gordon · hooking2 min
- 2nd 07:05Dan Girardi · boarding2 min
- 3rd 12:25Karl Alzner · hooking2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 21Brooks LaichL | 2 | 1 | 3 | +3 | 3 | 17:12 |
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 21:51 |
| 26Matt HendricksC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 09:54 |
| 52Mike GreenD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | 25:22 |
| 10Matt BradleyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 09:29 |
| 22Mike KnubleR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 19:06 |
| 28Alexander SeminR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17:30 |
| 4John ErskineD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 11:57 |
| 27Karl AlznerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 20:12 |
| 89Tyler SloanD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 09:47 |
| 14Tomas FleischmannL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13:45 |
| 15Boyd GordonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 16:49 |
| 16Eric FehrR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:14 |
| 17DJ KingL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 03:56 |
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 19:50 |
| 25Jason ChimeraL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:29 |
| 55Jeff SchultzD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 23:21 |
| 74John CarlsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 21:35 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Michal NeuvirthG | W | 28 | 25 | 3 | .893 | 60:00 |
| 70Braden HoltbyG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
New York Rangers
| 22Brian BoyleC | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 18:41 |
| 16Sean AveryL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 16:30 |
| 94Derek BoogaardL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 05:05 |
| 5Dan GirardiD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 24:47 |
| 8Brandon PrustL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:25 |
| 12Todd WhiteC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 04:29 |
| 17Brandon DubinskyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | 19:18 |
| 19Ruslan FedotenkoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 14:55 |
| 21Derek StepanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 15:20 |
| 24Ryan CallahanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 22:42 |
| 26Erik ChristensenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:42 |
| 31Alex FrolovL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 13:51 |
| 42Artem AnisimovC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 16:59 |
| 4Michael Del ZottoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 22:56 |
| 18Marc StaalD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 23:44 |
| 33Michal RozsivalD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 1 | 21:52 |
| 38Michael SauerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:32 |
| 44Steve EmingerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:20 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Henrik LundqvistG | L | 23 | 19 | 4 | .826 | 58:42 |
| 43Martin BironG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |