Washington 2, 
NY Rangers 3
7:00 PM ET, September 24, 2009
Madison Square Garden
New York, New York
| Game Information | |
| Arena: Madison Square Garden Location: New York, New York | Referees: Brian Pochmara , Kevin Pollock Linesmen: Brian Mach , Pierre Champoux |
| Attendance: 9,973 (54.8% full) | |
| First Period Summary | ||
| TEAM | TIME | SCORING DETAIL |
| No Scoring this period | ||
| TEAM | TIME | PENALTY DETAIL |
 | 9:17 | D Brashear (hooking) |
 | 14:14 | A Semin (tripping) |
| 17:13 | N Backstrom (holding) |
| 18:38 | M Rozsival (hooking) |
| Second Period Summary | ||
| TEAM | TIME | SCORING DETAIL |
| :36 | Marian Gaborik - shorthanded --Unassisted (Unassisted) |
| 8:51 | Alexander Semin (Unassisted) |
| 12:37 | Marian Gaborik (Assist: Vaclav Prospal, Christopher Higgins) |
| 17:00 | Keith Aucoin (Assist: Alex Ovechkin) |
| TEAM | TIME | PENALTY DETAIL |
| 5:46 | C Clark (hooking) |
| 8:58 | B Sugden (major fighting) |
| 8:58 | D Brashear (major fighting) |
| 19:55 | D Brashear (slashing) |
| Third Period Summary | ||
| TEAM | TIME | SCORING DETAIL |
| 18:50 | Christopher Higgins (Assist: Brandon Dubinsky, Marian Gaborik) |
| TEAM | TIME | PENALTY DETAIL |
| 2:15 | B Sugden (major fighting) |
| 2:15 | D Brashear (major fighting) |
| 5:59 | K Alzner (tripping) |
| 8:52 | A Anisimov (tripping) |
| 10:04 | A Ovechkin (slashing) |
| 13:21 | A Semenov (holding) |
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| Shots On Goal | |||||
| TEAM | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | T | |
| Washington | 8 | 8 | 9 | 25 | |
| NY Rangers | 8 | 10 | 6 | 24 | |
| POWER PLAY SUMMARY | |
| TEAM | PPG / PPO |
| Washington | 0 of 5 |
| New York Rangers | 0 of 5 |
* - 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.
NHL Scores
Thursday, September 24th
| Washington | 2 | Final |
| NY Rangers | 3 |
| New Jersey | 1 | Final |
| Philadelphia | 2 | OT |
| Pittsburgh | 2 | Final |
| Columbus | 5 |
| Boston | 2 | Final |
| Montreal | 1 | SO |
| St. Louis | 4 | Final |
| Minnesota | 1 |
| Colorado | 2 | Final |
| Dallas | 3 |
| Edmonton | 3 | Final |
| Tampa Bay | 4 | OT |
| Anaheim | 3 | Final |
| Vancouver | 2 | OT |
