New York Rangers vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Friday, December 8, 2017 · Capital One Arena
NHLN-US · SN · TVAS · NBCSWA
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the New York Rangers 4-2 on Friday, December 8, 2017 at Capital One Arena. The Capitals outshot the Rangers 40-29.
Goals came from Jay Beagle, Nicklas Backstrom, Michael Grabner, Jesper Fast, Matt Niskanen and Tom Wilson.
Braden Holtby made 27 saves on 29 shots for the win; Henrik Lundqvist stopped 36 of 40.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Jay Beagle (4)Devante Smith-Pelly (6), Chandler Stephenson (5)0–100:14 WSH
2nd period
Nicklas Backstrom (5)Unassisted0–211:42 WSH
Michael Grabner (14)J.T. Miller (17), Ryan McDonagh (14)1–219:03 NYR
3rd period
Jesper Fast (6)Paul Carey (2), Marc Staal (5)2–209:37 NYR
Matt Niskanen (1)Tom Wilson (10), Alex Ovechkin (12)2–316:28 WSH
Tom Wilson (5)Nicklas Backstrom (20), Dmitry Orlov (8)2–418:28 WSH
Team stats
NYRWSH
29Shots on goal40
37%Faceoff %63%
0/3Power play0/4
8Penalty minutes6
20Hits21
16Blocked shots15
9Giveaways7
7Takeaways9
Penalties
- 1st 16:57
Mats Zuccarello · slashing2 min - 2nd 01:34J.T. Miller · tripping2 min
- 2nd 01:57
Evgeny Kuznetsov · tripping2 min - 2nd 13:32Paul Carey · high sticking2 min
- 2nd 16:28Alex Chiasson · holding2 min
- 3rd 06:08Madison Bowey · tripping2 min
- 3rd 11:51Brendan Smith · hooking2 min
Season series
New York Rangers
| 10J.T. MillerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17:51 |
| 17Jesper FastR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11:58 |
| 28Paul CareyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11:47 |
| 40Michael GrabnerR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 15:43 |
| 18Marc StaalD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 16:27 |
| 27Ryan McDonaghD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 24:47 |
| 13Kevin HayesR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 16:53 |
| 20Chris KreiderC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 14:01 |
| 24Boo NievesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:22 |
| 26Jimmy VeseyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 13:04 |
| 36Mats ZuccarelloC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 18:26 |
| 51David DesharnaisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 13:06 |
| 61Rick NashL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 17:39 |
| 89Pavel BuchnevichL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 14:19 |
| 22Kevin ShattenkirkD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 3 | 19:43 |
| 42Brendan SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 15:55 |
| 55Nick HoldenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:17 |
| 76Brady SkjeiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 20:34 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Henrik LundqvistG | L | 40 | 36 | 4 | .900 | 59:08 |
| 31Ondrej PavelecG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Washington Capitals
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 2 | 18:56 |
| 43Tom WilsonR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 3 | 15:58 |
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 5 | 20:31 |
| 18Chandler StephensonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 11:10 |
| 25Devante Smith-PellyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 11:10 |
| 83Jay BeagleC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 13:57 |
| 2Matt NiskanenD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 24:04 |
| 9Dmitry OrlovD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 22:40 |
| 10Brett ConnollyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:38 |
| 13Jakub VranaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 11:12 |
| 20Lars EllerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 17:57 |
| 39Alex ChiassonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 12:48 |
| 65Andre BurakovskyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:08 |
| 92Evgeny KuznetsovC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 6 | 15:59 |
| 22Madison BoweyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 10:34 |
| 29Christian DjoosD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 09:21 |
| 44Brooks OrpikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 22:26 |
| 74John CarlsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 7 | 25:52 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Philipp GrubauerG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 70Braden HoltbyG | W | 29 | 27 | 2 | .931 | 59:39 |