Washington Capitals vs New York Rangers
Regular season · Tuesday, December 23, 2014 · Madison Square Garden
CSN-DC · MSG
Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the Washington Capitals 4-2 on Tuesday, December 23, 2014 at Madison Square Garden. The Capitals outshot the Rangers 32-27.
Rick Nash scored a hat trick. Martin St. Louis, Evgeny Kuznetsov and Alex Ovechkin also scored.
Henrik Lundqvist made 30 saves on 32 shots for the win; Braden Holtby stopped 23 of 27.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Rick Nash (21)Mats Zuccarello (11), Derick Brassard (17)0–103:32 NYR
2nd period
Martin St. Louis (11)Dan Boyle (1), Derick Brassard (18)0–201:03 NYR · PPG
3rd period
- Rick Nash (22)Mats Zuccarello (12)0–305:12 NYR
Evgeny Kuznetsov (4)Troy Brouwer (7), John Carlson (21)1–305:53 WSH
Alex Ovechkin (16)John Carlson (22), Marcus Johansson (11)2–310:58 WSH · PPG- Rick Nash (23)Derek Stepan (16), Derick Brassard (19)2–416:12 NYR · PPG
Team stats
WSHNYR
32Shots on goal27
42%Faceoff %58%
1/5Power play2/7
14Penalty minutes10
28Hits23
12Blocked shots16
7Giveaways8
6Takeaways16
Penalties
- 1st 17:47
Brooks Orpik · cross checking2 min - 2nd 00:27Alex Ovechkin · boarding2 min
- 2nd 03:59Karl Alzner · slashing2 min
- 2nd 12:02
Chris Kreider · tripping2 min - 2nd 14:03Evgeny Kuznetsov · hooking2 min
- 2nd 14:54Bench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 2nd 18:28Mats Zuccarello · tripping2 min
- 3rd 09:29Matt Hunwick · hooking2 min
- 3rd 14:35Nicklas Backstrom · high sticking double minor4 min
- 3rd 14:35Bench · delaying game bench face off violation2 min
- 3rd 19:30Carl Hagelin · tripping2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 74John CarlsonD | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 4 | 24:21 |
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 6 | 19:58 |
| 20Troy BrouwerR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 17:38 |
| 90Marcus JohanssonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 14:58 |
| 92Evgeny KuznetsovC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 11:41 |
| 16Eric FehrR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 15:06 |
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 19:39 |
| 21Brooks LaichC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 15:41 |
| 25Jason ChimeraL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:36 |
| 42Joel WardR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14:44 |
| 46Michael LattaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 09:40 |
| 65Andre BurakovskyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:10 |
| 83Jay BeagleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 13:57 |
| 2Matt NiskanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22:20 |
| 27Karl AlznerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 17:04 |
| 44Brooks OrpikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 19:14 |
| 52Mike GreenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:44 |
| 88Nate SchmidtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:45 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Justin PetersG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 70Braden HoltbyG | L | 27 | 23 | 4 | .852 | 58:31 |
New York Rangers
| 16Derick BrassardC | 0 | 3 | 3 | +2 | 1 | 16:06 |
| 61Rick NashL | 3 | 0 | 3 | +2 | 5 | 18:18 |
| 36Mats ZuccarelloC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 14:46 |
| 21Derek StepanC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 21:36 |
| 26Martin St. LouisR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 18:43 |
| 22Dan BoyleD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 4 | 19:50 |
| 10J.T. MillerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:11 |
| 13Kevin HayesR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:11 |
| 15Tanner GlassL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 09:59 |
| 19Jesper FastR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 10:07 |
| 20Chris KreiderC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:40 |
| 28Dominic MooreC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 13:25 |
| 62Carl HagelinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:38 |
| 5Dan GirardiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 18:55 |
| 8Kevin KleinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:52 |
| 18Marc StaalD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21:45 |
| 27Ryan McDonaghD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | 19:13 |
| 44Matt HunwickD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 14:46 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Henrik LundqvistG | W | 32 | 30 | 2 | .938 | 60:00 |
| 33Cam TalbotG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |