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Washington 4, NY Rangers 0

Recap Box Score Play-By-Play GameCast Conversation

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

Final

7:00 PM ET, April 20, 2009

Madison Square Garden

New York, New York

THREE STARS

S. Varlamov
Capitals (G )

Saves: 33
Save Pct.: 1.000

A. Semin
Capitals (LW)

Goals: 2
Assists: 1

N. Backstrom
Capitals (C )

Goals: 0
Assists: 3

Game Information
Arena: Madison Square Garden Location: New York, New York	Referees: Dave Jackson, Kelly Sutherland Linesmen: Lonnie Cameron, Greg Devorski
Attendance: 18,200 (100.0% full)

TEAM STATISTICAL COMPARISON

Key:

Washington

NY Rangers

Total Shots
	40
	33

PIM
	14
	26

Hits
	24
	33

Giveaways
	1
	4

Takeaways
	5
	9

Faceoffs Won
	31
	29

1st Period Summary
TIME	TEAM	SCORING DETAIL	SCORE
6:57		Alexander Semin (2) Assists: Nicklas Backstrom, Alex Ovechkin	Washington 1-0
11:36		Alexander Semin (3) Assists: Alex Ovechkin, Nicklas Backstrom	Washington 2-0
TIME	TEAM	PENALTY DETAIL
8:17		Donald Brashear: 2 Minutes for Roughing Colton Orr
8:17		Colton Orr: 2 Minutes for Roughing Donald Brashear
12:35		Brooks Laich: 2 Minutes for High-sticking Daniel Girardi
18:21		Dave Steckel: 2 Minutes for Holding Nikolai Zherdev
20:00		Markus Naslund: 2 Minutes for Holding Boyd Gordon

2nd Period Summary
TIME	TEAM	SCORING DETAIL	SCORE
11:29		Brooks Laich (1) (Power Play) Assists: Alexander Semin, Sergei Fedorov	Washington 3-0
TIME	TEAM	PENALTY DETAIL
3:07		Sean Avery: 2 Minutes for Roughing John Erskine
6:18		Milan Jurcina: 2 Minutes for Slashing Brandon Dubinsky
7:13		Sean Avery: 2 Minutes for High-sticking Tom Poti
7:57		Sergei Fedorov: 2 Minutes for Hooking Ryan Callahan
9:53		Chris Drury: 2 Minutes for Hooking Brooks Laich
13:03		Ryan Callahan: 2 Minutes for High-sticking Tomas Fleischmann
17:45		Sean Avery: 2 Minutes for Goaltender Interference Semyon Varlamov

3rd Period Summary
TIME	TEAM	SCORING DETAIL	SCORE
18:35		Tom Poti (1) (Power Play) Assists: Nicklas Backstrom, Brian Pothier	Washington 4-0
TIME	TEAM	PENALTY DETAIL
2:19		Brian Pothier: 2 Minutes for Slashing Markus Naslund
16:31		Viktor Kozlov: 2 Minutes for Holding Lauri Korpikoski
17:12		Sean Avery: 2 Minutes for Roughing Semyon Varlamov (Served by Colton Orr)
17:12		Sean Avery: 10 Minutes for Misconduct

Player Summary

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	3	2	2	2	0	0	0	4	1	0	24	20:58	6:02	2:54	12:02	8	6	57.1
M. Bradley RW	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	14	9:47	0:00	2:03	7:44	0	1	00.0
D. Brashear LW	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	6	2:35	0:00	0:00	2:35	0	0	00.0
J. Erskine D	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	25	18:33	0:00	4:29	14:04	0	0	00.0
S. Fedorov C	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	21	16:10	2:53	0:00	13:17	5	8	38.5
E. Fehr RW	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	7:32	0:00	0:00	7:32	0	0	00.0
T. Fleischmann C	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	20	17:23	4:48	0:49	11:46	0	2	00.0
B. Gordon C	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	24	12:31	0:26	4:02	8:03	9	4	69.2
M. Green D	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	0	5	0	0	27	21:57	6:52	2:40	12:25	0	0	00.0
M. Jurcina D	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	2	4	0	0	23	13:56	0:19	0:46	12:51	0	0	00.0
V. Kozlov RW	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	19	14:15	2:11	0:00	12:04	0	0	00.0
B. Laich C	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	21	16:45	4:10	2:12	10:23	0	1	00.0
S. Morrisonn D	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	26	16:11	0:00	2:31	13:40	0	0	00.0
A. Ovechkin LW	0	2	2	5	5	1	0	0	2	1	1	19	20:19	7:31	0:05	12:43	0	0	00.0
B. Pothier D	0	1	1	4	1	2	1	2	0	0	0	24	18:06	2:04	0:08	15:54	0	0	00.0
T. Poti D	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	31	23:02	1:49	5:37	15:36	0	0	00.0
A. Semin LW	2	1	2	8	3	1	0	0	0	2	0	21	18:25	6:09	0:39	11:37	1	0	100.0
D. Steckel C	0	0	0	2	0	2	1	2	1	0	0	24	17:35	1:01	3:48	12:46	8	7	53.3
Washington Capitals Scratches
PLAYER									REASON
M Nylander									Scratched
J Schultz									Upper Body

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	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	22	15:28	2:44	0:35	12:09	1	1	50.0
S. Avery LW	0	0	-1	5	1	0	5	18	6	1	0	25	16:28	4:48	0:00	11:40	0	0	00.0
B. Betts C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	15	8:25	0:00	3:24	5:01	5	9	35.7
R. Callahan RW	0	0	-1	1	2	0	1	2	4	0	1	26	19:41	4:53	1:41	13:07	1	1	50.0
C. Drury C	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	15	10:58	1:33	2:39	6:46	0	0	00.0
B. Dubinsky C	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	4	3	0	27	19:32	0:53	4:05	14:34	12	9	57.1
D. Girardi D	0	0	0	2	1	3	0	0	3	0	1	32	20:44	1:02	4:42	15:00	0	0	00.0
S. Gomez C	0	0	-1	3	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	23	21:03	5:50	0:04	15:09	9	9	50.0
L. Korpikoski LW	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	20	11:19	0:00	2:48	8:31	1	0	100.0
P. Mara D	0	0	-1	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	21	15:11	2:30	0:49	11:52	0	0	00.0
D. Morris D	0	0	-1	3	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	21	16:07	2:42	0:49	12:36	0	0	00.0
M. Naslund LW	0	0	-1	3	0	0	1	2	3	0	0	21	14:42	2:27	0:00	12:15	0	0	00.0
C. Orr RW	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	6	3:29	0:00	0:00	3:29	0	0	00.0
W. Redden D	0	0	-1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	31	21:36	4:30	3:19	13:47	0	0	00.0
M. Rozsival D	0	0	0	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	31	22:48	4:32	3:44	14:32	0	0	00.0
F. Sjostrom RW	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	18	10:25	0:15	3:14	6:56	0	0	00.0
M. Staal D	0	0	-1	1	3	1	0	0	7	0	0	32	22:50	0:55	5:07	16:48	0	0	00.0
N. Zherdev RW	0	0	-1	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	21	14:23	1:25	0:00	12:58	0	2	00.0
New York Rangers Scratches
PLAYER									REASON
A Voros									Healthy

Goaltending Summary

Washington Capitals Goaltending
PLAYER	SA	GA	SAVES	SV%	TOI	PIM
S. Varlamov	33	0	33	1	60:00	0

New York Rangers Goaltending
PLAYER	SA	GA	SAVES	SV%	TOI	PIM
H. Lundqvist	40	4	36	.9	59:52	0

Shots On Goal
TEAM	1st	2nd	3rd	T
Washington	14	16	10	40
New York Rangers	11	10	12	33

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

Monday, April 20th

Boston	4	Final
Montreal	2

Washington	4	Final
NY Rangers	0

Chicago	2	Final
Calgary	4

ESPN NHL

Washington 4, NY Rangers 0

Final

Playoff Series

NHL Scores

Monday, April 20th