New York Rangers vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Friday, December 27, 2013 · Verizon Center
CSN-DC · MSG 2
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the New York Rangers 3-2 on Friday, December 27, 2013 at Verizon Center. The Rangers outshot the Capitals 40-34.
Goals came from Mike Green, Benoit Pouliot, Nicklas Backstrom, Carl Hagelin and Eric Fehr.
Philipp Grubauer made 38 saves on 40 shots for the win; Cam Talbot stopped 31 of 34.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Mike Green (1)Martin Erat (1), Dmitry Orlov (1)0–106:55 WSH · PPG
2nd period
Benoit Pouliot (1)Brad Richards (1), Derick Brassard (1)1–101:37 NYR · PPG
Nicklas Backstrom (1)Steve Oleksy (1)1–218:55 WSH
3rd period
Carl Hagelin (1)Ryan McDonagh (1), Dan Girardi (1)2–200:17 NYR · SHG
Eric Fehr (1)Nicklas Backstrom (1)2–314:51 WSH
Team stats
NYRWSH
40Shots on goal34
50%Faceoff %50%
1/3Power play1/4
12Penalty minutes10
23Hits28
15Blocked shots19
8Giveaways12
5Takeaways8
Penalties
- 1st 05:09
Rick Nash · tripping2 min - 1st 10:32
Alex Ovechkin · interference2 min - 1st 10:32Dmitry Orlov · roughing2 min
- 1st 10:32Mats Zuccarello · roughing2 min
- 1st 15:16Martin Erat · high sticking2 min
- 2nd 00:58Nicklas Backstrom · interference2 min
- 2nd 02:42Carl Hagelin · hooking2 min
- 2nd 08:12Bench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 2nd 19:31J.T. Miller · hooking2 min
- 3rd 14:15Mats Zuccarello · slashing2 min
- 3rd 14:15Troy Brouwer · slashing2 min
Season series
New York Rangers
| 16Derick BrassardC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 17:45 |
| 19Brad RichardsC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 20:00 |
| 62Carl HagelinL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 13:44 |
| 67Benoit PouliotL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 11:49 |
| 5Dan GirardiD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 27:35 |
| 27Ryan McDonaghD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 29:53 |
| 10J.T. MillerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10:11 |
| 15Derek DorsettR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:28 |
| 20Chris KreiderC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 16:07 |
| 21Derek StepanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 18:54 |
| 22Brian BoyleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 13:06 |
| 28Dominic MooreC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:39 |
| 36Mats ZuccarelloC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:02 |
| 61Rick NashL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 5 | 18:13 |
| 4Michael Del ZottoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 24:37 |
| 6Anton StralmanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 03:17 |
| 17John MooreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 7 | 17:40 |
| 44Justin FalkD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:59 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Henrik LundqvistG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 33Cam TalbotG | L | 34 | 31 | 3 | .912 | 58:15 |
Washington Capitals
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 19:53 |
| 10Martin EratR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 16:08 |
| 16Eric FehrR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 6 | 16:17 |
| 52Mike GreenD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 19:10 |
| 61Steve OleksyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 14:38 |
| 81Dmitry OrlovD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 17:48 |
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 7 | 19:58 |
| 20Troy BrouwerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 16:54 |
| 24Aaron VolpattiL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:00 |
| 25Jason ChimeraL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:27 |
| 42Joel WardR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 17:06 |
| 43Tom WilsonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 07:57 |
| 83Jay BeagleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:24 |
| 84Mikhail GrabovskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15:39 |
| 90Marcus JohanssonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:51 |
| 4John ErskineD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 14:59 |
| 27Karl AlznerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:35 |
| 74John CarlsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 26:38 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Philipp GrubauerG | W | 40 | 38 | 2 | .950 | 59:59 |
| 70Braden HoltbyG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |