Washington Capitals vs New York Rangers
Regular season · Sunday, February 12, 2012 · Madison Square Garden
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Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the Washington Capitals 3-2 on Sunday, February 12, 2012 at Madison Square Garden. The Rangers outshot the Capitals 28-26.
Goals came from Ryan Callahan, Alexander Semin, Ryan McDonagh, Brandon Prust and John Carlson.
Henrik Lundqvist made 24 saves on 26 shots for the win; Michal Neuvirth stopped 25 of 28.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Ryan Callahan (1)Anton Stralman (1), Brad Richards (1)0–111:01 NYR
2nd period
Alexander Semin (1)Jason Chimera (1), John Carlson (1)1–106:31 WSH
Ryan McDonagh (1)Brian Boyle (1), Brandon Dubinsky (1)1–213:21 NYR
3rd period
Brandon Prust (1)Brandon Dubinsky (2), Marc Staal (1)1–306:26 NYR · SHG
John Carlson (1)Alex Ovechkin (1), Roman Hamrlik (1)2–317:32 WSH
Team stats
WSHNYR
26Shots on goal28
38%Faceoff %62%
0/2Power play0/2
4Penalty minutes4
20Hits37
13Blocked shots25
3Giveaways11
4Takeaways10
Penalties
- 1st 03:07
Dennis Wideman · hooking2 min - 2nd 15:47
Marc Staal · slashing2 min - 3rd 01:58Matt Hendricks · hooking2 min
- 3rd 04:30Artem Anisimov · hooking2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 74John CarlsonD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 25:45 |
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 5 | 22:32 |
| 25Jason ChimeraL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 18:52 |
| 28Alexander SeminR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 21:20 |
| 44Roman HamrlikD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 10:44 |
| 15Jeff HalpernC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 09:40 |
| 20Troy BrouwerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 15:38 |
| 21Brooks LaichC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12:53 |
| 23Keith AucoinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 10:01 |
| 26Matt HendricksC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 13:33 |
| 42Joel WardR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 09:40 |
| 83Jay BeagleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 11:06 |
| 85Mathieu PerreaultC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 15:05 |
| 90Marcus JohanssonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 20:50 |
| 4John ErskineD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:31 |
| 6Dennis WidemanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 28:00 |
| 27Karl AlznerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 24:21 |
| 81Dmitry OrlovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 18:16 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Tomas VokounG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 30Michal NeuvirthG | L | 28 | 25 | 3 | .893 | 59:13 |
New York Rangers
| 17Brandon DubinskyC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 18:56 |
| 8Brandon PrustL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 16:45 |
| 19Brad RichardsC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18:08 |
| 22Brian BoyleC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 17:55 |
| 24Ryan CallahanR | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 4 | 18:57 |
| 18Marc StaalD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 19:36 |
| 27Ryan McDonaghD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 25:23 |
| 32Anton StralmanD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13:44 |
| 10Marian GaborikR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 20:57 |
| 21Derek StepanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:36 |
| 34John MitchellC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:43 |
| 42Artem AnisimovC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:42 |
| 62Carl HagelinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 14:14 |
| 71Mike RuppC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 04:48 |
| 4Michael Del ZottoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 19:09 |
| 5Dan GirardiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 22:46 |
| 41Stu BickelD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 03:30 |
| 44Steve EmingerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 18:11 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Henrik LundqvistG | W | 26 | 24 | 2 | .923 | 60:00 |
| 43Martin BironG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |