New York Rangers vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Wednesday, December 28, 2011 · Verizon Center
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Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the New York Rangers 4-1 on Wednesday, December 28, 2011 at Verizon Center. The Rangers outshot the Capitals 32-23.
Alexander Semin scored twice. Marcus Johansson, Brandon Dubinsky and Troy Brouwer also scored.
Tomas Vokoun made 31 saves on 32 shots for the win; Martin Biron stopped 19 of 23.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Marcus Johansson (1)Jeff Halpern (1)0–108:18 WSH
Brandon Dubinsky (1)Ryan Callahan (1)1–117:16 NYR
2nd period
Troy Brouwer (1)John Carlson (1)1–210:24 WSH
Alexander Semin (1)Nicklas Backstrom (1), Alex Ovechkin (1)1–313:02 WSH
3rd period
- Alexander Semin (2)Alex Ovechkin (2), Karl Alzner (1)1–417:25 WSH
Team stats
NYRWSH
32Shots on goal23
45%Faceoff %55%
0/5Power play0/2
4Penalty minutes10
15Hits22
18Blocked shots20
7Giveaways13
1Takeaways2
Penalties
- 1st 10:56
Karl Alzner · holding2 min - 1st 14:40John Erskine · tripping2 min
- 1st 18:19
Stu Bickel · high sticking2 min - 2nd 13:20Jay Beagle · tripping2 min
- 3rd 05:22Marian Gaborik · high sticking2 min
- 3rd 11:36Dennis Wideman · elbowing2 min
- 3rd 13:46Troy Brouwer · delaying game puck over glass2 min
Season series
New York Rangers
| 17Brandon DubinskyC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 16:50 |
| 24Ryan CallahanR | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 4 | 19:16 |
| 8Brandon PrustL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 08:32 |
| 10Marian GaborikR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 20:03 |
| 19Brad RichardsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 4 | 19:32 |
| 21Derek StepanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21:57 |
| 22Brian BoyleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 15:58 |
| 26Ruslan FedotenkoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 10:19 |
| 34John MitchellC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:36 |
| 42Artem AnisimovC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22:03 |
| 62Carl HagelinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 2 | 12:40 |
| 71Mike RuppC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:15 |
| 4Michael Del ZottoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | 23:03 |
| 5Dan GirardiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24:33 |
| 6Jeff WoywitkaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 09:13 |
| 27Ryan McDonaghD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 25:17 |
| 32Anton StralmanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 17:45 |
| 41Stu BickelD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 09:13 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Henrik LundqvistG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 43Martin BironG | L | 23 | 19 | 4 | .826 | 59:55 |
Washington Capitals
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 18:20 |
| 28Alexander SeminR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 15:40 |
| 15Jeff HalpernC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 16:03 |
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 22:19 |
| 20Troy BrouwerR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 17:28 |
| 90Marcus JohanssonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 16:06 |
| 27Karl AlznerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 0 | 21:24 |
| 74John CarlsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 23:35 |
| 21Brooks LaichC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:49 |
| 22Mike KnubleR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:25 |
| 25Jason ChimeraL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:21 |
| 26Matt HendricksC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 06:44 |
| 42Joel WardR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:21 |
| 83Jay BeagleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 05:55 |
| 4John ErskineD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:11 |
| 6Dennis WidemanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 25:47 |
| 44Roman HamrlikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 21:01 |
| 81Dmitry OrlovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 15:31 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Tomas VokounG | W | 32 | 31 | 1 | .969 | 60:00 |
| 30Michal NeuvirthG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |