Washington Capitals vs New York Rangers
Regular season · Saturday, April 7, 2012 · Madison Square Garden
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Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the New York Rangers 4-1 on Saturday, April 7, 2012 at Madison Square Garden. The Rangers outshot the Capitals 36-17.
Goals came from Alex Ovechkin, Mathieu Perreault, John Carlson, Nicklas Backstrom and Brian Boyle.
Braden Holtby made 35 saves on 36 shots for the win; Henrik Lundqvist stopped 13 of 17.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Alex Ovechkin (1)Brooks Laich (1)1–000:32 WSH
Mathieu Perreault (1)Roman Hamrlik (1), Keith Aucoin (1)2–002:18 WSH
John Carlson (1)Nicklas Backstrom (1), Marcus Johansson (1)3–018:13 WSH · PPG
2nd period
Nicklas Backstrom (1)Alexander Semin (1), Roman Hamrlik (2)4–005:58 WSH
Brian Boyle (1)Stu Bickel (1), Brandon Dubinsky (1)4–112:44 NYR
Team stats
WSHNYR
17Shots on goal36
46%Faceoff %54%
1/3Power play0/3
8Penalty minutes8
15Hits22
9Blocked shots10
10Giveaways6
2Takeaways3
Penalties
- 1st 14:34
Brad Richards · hooking2 min - 1st 16:41Ryan McDonagh · delaying game puck over glass2 min
- 2nd 09:43
Jason Chimera · slashing2 min - 2nd 13:41Nicklas Backstrom · roughing2 min
- 2nd 13:41Ryan Callahan · roughing2 min
- 3rd 07:45Matt Hendricks · slashing2 min
- 3rd 09:40Brian Boyle · interference2 min
- 3rd 16:53Roman Hamrlik · interference2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 18:24 |
| 44Roman HamrlikD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | 16:38 |
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 16:21 |
| 21Brooks LaichC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 18:12 |
| 23Keith AucoinC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 07:44 |
| 28Alexander SeminR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 16:37 |
| 85Mathieu PerreaultC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 07:38 |
| 90Marcus JohanssonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 14:11 |
| 74John CarlsonD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 20:25 |
| 20Troy BrouwerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:44 |
| 25Jason ChimeraL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 13:25 |
| 26Matt HendricksC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:41 |
| 42Joel WardR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:04 |
| 83Jay BeagleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:09 |
| 6Dennis WidemanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 23:39 |
| 27Karl AlznerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20:34 |
| 52Mike GreenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 19:50 |
| 81Dmitry OrlovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:44 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Dany SabourinG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 70Braden HoltbyG | W | 36 | 35 | 1 | .972 | 60:00 |
New York Rangers
| 17Brandon DubinskyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13:59 |
| 22Brian BoyleC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 15:15 |
| 41Stu BickelD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 10:30 |
| 8Brandon PrustL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:50 |
| 10Marian GaborikR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 6 | 18:07 |
| 19Brad RichardsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 19:47 |
| 21Derek StepanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 20:06 |
| 24Ryan CallahanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 19:23 |
| 26Ruslan FedotenkoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:28 |
| 34John MitchellC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 09:05 |
| 42Artem AnisimovC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 16:02 |
| 62Carl HagelinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 15:46 |
| 71Mike RuppC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 08:20 |
| 4Michael Del ZottoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 23:51 |
| 5Dan GirardiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 21:17 |
| 18Marc StaalD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 4 | 23:56 |
| 27Ryan McDonaghD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 19:50 |
| 32Anton StralmanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 15:58 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Henrik LundqvistG | L | 17 | 13 | 4 | .765 | 59:58 |
| 43Martin BironG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |