Washington Capitals vs New York Rangers

Regular season · Sunday, December 8, 2013 · Madison Square Garden

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4–1

Final

SOG 36–31

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Game summary

The Washington Capitals beat the New York Rangers 4-1 on Sunday, December 8, 2013 at Madison Square Garden. The Capitals outshot the Rangers 36-31.

Goals came from Jason Chimera, Steve Oleksy, Mikhail Grabovski, Nate Schmidt and Benoit Pouliot.

Philipp Grubauer made 30 saves on 31 shots for the win; Henrik Lundqvist stopped 32 of 36.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
WSH	0	3	1	4	36
NYR	0	0	1	1	31

Three stars

Scoring

2nd period

Jason Chimera (1)Martin Erat (1), Steve Oleksy (1)1–002:28 WSH
Steve Oleksy (1)Jay Beagle (1)2–002:53 WSH
Mikhail Grabovski (1)Unassisted3–018:26 WSH

3rd period

Nate Schmidt (1)Unassisted4–017:03 WSH
Benoit Pouliot (1)Michael Del Zotto (1)4–118:07 NYR

Team stats

WSHNYR

36Shots on goal31

49%Faceoff %51%

0/2Power play0/2

6Penalty minutes6

23Hits22

17Blocked shots9

7Giveaways18

2Takeaways8

Penalties

1st 17:42Chris Kreider · interference2 min
2nd 05:04Chris Kreider · high sticking2 min
2nd 10:41Dmitry Orlov · cross checking2 min
2nd 16:40Alex Ovechkin · roughing2 min
2nd 16:40Rick Nash · roughing2 min
2nd 18:26Ryan McDonagh · ps hooking on breakaway0 min
3rd 09:07Steve Oleksy · holding2 min

Season series

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

61Steve OleksyD	1	1	2	+2	1	1	3	2	–	16:57
10Martin EratR	0	1	1	+1	1	1	0	0	17	13:51
25Jason ChimeraL	1	0	1	+1	3	2	0	0	–	13:37
83Jay BeagleC	0	1	1	0	1	2	0	0	75	08:34
84Mikhail GrabovskiC	1	0	1	+2	4	1	0	0	62	18:07
88Nate SchmidtD	1	0	1	+3	4	1	2	0	–	15:13
8Alex OvechkinL	0	0	0	0	4	2	1	2	–	20:02
16Eric FehrR	0	0	0	+1	2	1	2	0	–	15:36
19Nicklas BackstromC	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	45	20:39
20Troy BrouwerR	0	0	0	+1	2	2	0	0	100	17:38
24Aaron VolpattiL	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	–	08:12
42Joel WardR	0	0	0	+1	3	1	2	0	38	15:47
43Tom WilsonR	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	–	06:54
90Marcus JohanssonC	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	100	18:52
27Karl AlznerD	0	0	0	-1	1	1	3	0	–	21:37
52Mike GreenD	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	20:42
74John CarlsonD	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	–	23:57
81Dmitry OrlovD	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	2	–	18:03

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31Philipp GrubauerG	W	31	30	1	.968	59:42
70Braden HoltbyG		0	0	0	–	00:00

New York Rangers

New York Rangers skaters

67Benoit PouliotL	1	0	1	-1	2	0	0	0	–	09:15
4Michael Del ZottoD	0	1	1	0	2	2	0	0	–	20:38
10J.T. MillerC	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	–	09:01
14Taylor PyattL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	10:04
16Derick BrassardC	0	0	0	-2	2	0	0	0	50	12:27
19Brad RichardsC	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	67	17:02
20Chris KreiderC	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	4	–	15:35
21Derek StepanC	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	47	18:55
22Brian BoyleC	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	46	12:42
24Ryan CallahanR	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	0	–	20:01
36Mats ZuccarelloC	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	–	19:08
61Rick NashL	0	0	0	0	4	0	2	2	–	18:00
62Carl HagelinL	0	0	0	-1	1	1	1	0	–	14:20
5Dan GirardiD	0	0	0	-1	0	6	2	0	–	22:38
6Anton StralmanD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	22:00
17John MooreD	0	0	0	-1	1	0	1	0	–	13:26
27Ryan McDonaghD	0	0	0	-1	4	2	3	0	–	24:53
44Justin FalkD	0	0	0	-1	1	1	0	0	–	13:55

New York Rangers goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30Henrik LundqvistG	L	36	32	4	.889	60:00
33Cam TalbotG		0	0	0	–	00:00