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NY Rangers 4, Washington 3

Recap Box Score Play-By-Play GameCast Conversation

	1	2	3	T
NYR	0	3	1	4
WAS	0	2	1	3

Final

7:00 PM ET, April 15, 2009

Verizon Center

Washington, DC

THREE STARS

A. Ovechkin
Capitals (LW)

Goals: 0
Assists: 2

S. Gomez
Rangers (C )

Goals: 1
Assists: 2

B. Dubinsky
Rangers (C )

Goals: 1
Assists: 0

Game Information
Arena: Verizon Center Location: Washington, DC	Referees: Mike Leggo, Tim Peel Linesmen: Brad Kovachik, Jean Morin
Attendance: 18,277 (97.9% full)

TEAM STATISTICAL COMPARISON

Key:

NY Rangers

Washington

Total Shots
	21
	35

PIM
	14
	8

Hits
	35
	27

Giveaways
	5
	11

Takeaways
	2
	7

Faceoffs Won
	20
	46

1st Period Summary
TIME	TEAM	SCORING DETAIL	SCORE
No scoring this period
TIME	TEAM	PENALTY DETAIL
0:18		Daniel Girardi: 2 Minutes for Holding Sergei Fedorov
10:15		Sean Avery: 2 Minutes for Holding John Erskine
16:06		Mike Green: 2 Minutes for Delay of Game - Puck Over Glass

2nd Period Summary
TIME	TEAM	SCORING DETAIL	SCORE
6:40		Tomas Fleischmann (1) (Power Play) Assists: Alex Ovechkin, Mike Green	Washington 1-0
7:49		Scott Gomez (1) Unassisted	Game tied 1-1
16:49		Nik Antropov (1) (Power Play) Assists: Scott Gomez, Paul Mara	NY Rangers 2-1
18:28		Markus Naslund (1) (Power Play) Assists: Scott Gomez, Wade Redden	NY Rangers 3-1
19:11		Viktor Kozlov (1) Assists: Nicklas Backstrom, John Erskine	NY Rangers 3-2
TIME	TEAM	PENALTY DETAIL
3:14		Boyd Gordon: 2 Minutes for Hooking Sean Avery
5:16		Markus Naslund: 2 Minutes for Tripping Alex Ovechkin
11:52		Aaron Voros: 2 Minutes for Interference of Boyd Gordon
15:00		John Erskine: 2 Minutes for High-sticking Sean Avery
17:21		Sergei Fedorov: 2 Minutes for Delay of Game - Puck Over Glass

3rd Period Summary
TIME	TEAM	SCORING DETAIL	SCORE
1:42		Alexander Semin (1) (Power Play) Assists: Alex Ovechkin, Mike Green	Game tied 3-3
11:43		Brandon Dubinsky (1) Assists: Markus Naslund, Nik Antropov	NY Rangers 4-3
TIME	TEAM	PENALTY DETAIL
0:53		Daniel Girardi: 2 Minutes for Tripping Alex Ovechkin
9:32		Markus Naslund: 2 Minutes for Holding Mike Green
14:42		Markus Naslund: 2 Minutes for Slashing Alex Ovechkin

Player Summary

New York Rangers												Time On Ice					Faceoffs
PLAYER	G	A	+/-	SOG	MS	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHF	TOT	PP	SH	EV	FW	FL	%
N. Antropov C	1	1	0	5	2	0	0	0	2	1	0	25	18:32	3:10	0:51	14:31	0	0	00.0
S. Avery LW	0	0	0	2	3	0	1	2	2	0	1	24	16:29	1:00	0:00	15:29	0	0	00.0
B. Betts C	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	3	0	0	17	12:20	0:00	7:41	4:39	5	12	29.4
R. Callahan RW	0	0	1	2	4	1	0	0	7	0	0	28	20:42	2:43	4:18	13:41	0	0	00.0
B. Dubinsky C	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	27	16:52	1:52	2:20	12:40	6	14	30.0
D. Girardi D	0	0	-1	1	0	0	2	4	3	0	0	25	16:57	0:09	5:01	11:47	0	0	00.0
S. Gomez C	1	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	27	21:18	4:30	0:03	16:45	9	14	39.1
L. Korpikoski LW	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	18	11:21	0:17	2:45	8:19	0	6	00.0
P. Mara D	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	22	13:48	1:33	0:03	12:12	0	0	00.0
D. Morris D	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	23	14:54	1:26	2:37	10:51	0	0	00.0
M. Naslund LW	1	1	1	2	1	1	3	6	1	0	0	23	15:56	3:52	0:00	12:04	0	0	00.0
C. Orr RW	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	6	3:23	0:00	0:00	3:23	0	0	00.0
W. Redden D	0	1	1	4	0	2	0	0	3	0	0	31	27:35	5:14	4:46	17:35	0	0	00.0
M. Rozsival D	0	0	1	0	2	3	0	0	2	0	1	31	28:15	5:21	4:35	18:19	0	0	00.0
F. Sjostrom RW	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	2	0	1	22	15:20	0:16	6:25	8:39	0	0	00.0
M. Staal D	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	0	1	0	0	24	18:37	0:09	7:24	11:04	0	0	00.0
A. Voros LW	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	6	3:50	0:00	0:00	3:50	0	0	00.0
N. Zherdev RW	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	17	11:44	3:08	0:03	8:33	0	0	00.0
New York Rangers Scratches
PLAYER									REASON
C Drury									Undisclosed

Washington Capitals												Time On Ice					Faceoffs
PLAYER	G	A	+/-	SOG	MS	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHF	TOT	PP	SH	EV	FW	FL	%
N. Backstrom C	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	23	24:29	9:23	1:46	13:20	13	5	72.2
M. Bradley RW	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	11	7:01	0:02	0:05	6:54	0	0	00.0
J. Erskine D	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	5	0	0	24	16:08	0:03	1:40	14:25	0	0	00.0
S. Fedorov C	0	0	-1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	2	21	14:54	2:35	0:00	12:19	14	6	70.0
E. Fehr RW	0	0	-1	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	13	9:18	0:13	0:00	9:05	0	0	00.0
T. Fleischmann C	1	0	-1	4	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	18	15:35	2:13	2:40	10:42	0	0	00.0
B. Gordon C	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	12	9:14	0:00	2:30	6:44	4	1	80.0
M. Green D	0	2	-2	3	2	0	1	2	3	0	0	30	30:47	11:24	1:44	17:39	0	0	00.0
M. Jurcina D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	19	11:48	0:02	0:00	11:46	0	0	00.0
V. Kozlov RW	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	20	15:18	2:21	0:00	12:57	0	0	00.0
B. Laich C	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	26	23:07	9:34	1:52	11:41	8	3	72.7
S. Morrisonn D	0	0	-1	2	0	2	0	0	3	0	0	26	16:31	0:02	2:06	14:23	0	0	00.0
M. Nylander C	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	12	10:03	0:15	0:00	9:48	4	3	57.1
A. Ovechkin LW	0	2	1	13	5	0	0	0	6	3	2	20	26:07	11:51	0:17	13:59	0	0	00.0
T. Poti D	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	31	18:29	0:58	4:50	12:41	0	0	00.0
J. Schultz D	0	0	-1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	21	12:26	0:06	3:32	8:48	0	0	00.0
A. Semin LW	1	0	0	3	4	0	0	0	0	1	1	20	22:52	10:03	0:42	12:07	0	0	00.0
D. Steckel C	0	0	-1	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	16	9:59	0:00	4:00	5:59	3	2	60.0
Washington Capitals Scratches
PLAYER									REASON
D Brashear									Knee Injury
B Pothier									Healthy

Goaltending Summary

New York Rangers Goaltending
PLAYER	SA	GA	SAVES	SV%	TOI	PIM
H. Lundqvist	35	3	32	.914	59:54	0

Washington Capitals Goaltending
PLAYER	SA	GA	SAVES	SV%	TOI	PIM
J. Theodore	21	4	17	.81	58:58	0

Shots On Goal
TEAM	1st	2nd	3rd	T
New York Rangers	4	11	6	21
Washington	14	9	12	35

POWER PLAY SUMMARY
TEAM	PPG / PPO
New York Rangers	2 of 0
Washington	2 of 0

* - A player receives a "plus" if he is on the ice when his Club scores an even-strength or shorthand goal. He receives a "minus" if he is on the ice for an even-strength or shorthand goal scored by the opposing Club. The difference in these numbers is considered the player's plus-minus statistic.

Playoff Series

Washington won 4-3

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NHL Scores

Wednesday, April 15th

Philadelphia	1	Final
Pittsburgh	4

NY Rangers	4	Final
Washington	3

Carolina	1	Final
New Jersey	4

St. Louis	1	Final
Vancouver	2

ESPN NHL

NY Rangers 4, Washington 3

Final

Playoff Series

NHL Scores

Wednesday, April 15th