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27/12/2014
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Washington Capitals 4 , New York Rangers 3 (SO)
Shots: 23 - 40
PP: 1 of 3 (5 shots), Passing:59/87=67 %, Challenges:32/47=66 %
PP: 1 of 4 (17 shots), Passing:71/89=79 %, Challenges:31/60=50 %
Attendance: 14867 of 18398 (Verizon Center)
Ticket income: 664555 Match televised: No
Boxscore for the game:
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09:28 0-1
Tony Martensson [5] (Alexander Frolov, Michael Del Zotto)
14:31 0-2
Marc Staal [5] (Mikhail Grabovski, Derek Stepan)PP
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26:34 1-2
Brandon Saad [9] (Antoine Vermette, Andrei Kostitsyn)PP
32:35 2-2
Brandon Prust [4] (Scott Hartnell, Cory Emmerton)
36:36 2-3
Patrice Bergeron [14] (Ryan Callahan, Dan Girardi)SH
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48:46 3-3
Mike Santorelli [6] (Antoine Vermette, Alexandre Burrows)
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Penalty summary:
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03:33
Roman Josi (2 min for hooking)
13:33
Andrei Kostitsyn (2 min for tripping)
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26:17
Alexander Frolov (2 min for slashing)
34:45
Clarke MacArthur (2 min for tripping)
39:46
Mikhail Grabovski (2 min for hooking)
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43:17
Andrei Kostitsyn (2 min for tripping)
51:26
Antoine Vermette (2 min for boarding)
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Shootout
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Washington Capitals win 2-0
Washington Capitals - Andrei Kostitsyn, goal; Scott Hartnell, goal;
New York Rangers - Rick Nash, miss; Michael Grabner, miss;
Washington Capitals scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Mike Brown 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 8.10 7
R Scott Hartnell 0 1 1 3 2 3 0 1 17.40 8
R Sergei Kostitsyn 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 15.00 5
R Brandon Saad 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 -1 21.50 7
R George Parros 0 0 0 4 1 4 0 0 10.40 6
C Brandon Prust 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 1 17.20 6
L Andrei Kostitsyn 0 1 3 0 1 0 4 -1 19.20 6
R Alexandre Burrows 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 17.30 5
L Matt Hendricks 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 8.10 5
L Cory Emmerton 0 1 2 1 2 3 0 1 13.50 6
C Mike Santorelli 1 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 17.10 7
L Antoine Vermette 0 2 2 0 5 0 2 -1 21.20 4
D T.J. Brodie 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12.40 4
D Matt Dumba 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 20.30 6
D Brent Burns 0 0 0 4 0 2 0 0 30.30 7
D David Musil 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 1 13.00 7
D Roman Josi 0 0 1 3 0 2 2 0 23.00 6
D Darnell Nurse 0 0 1 5 1 6 0 -2 30.40 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Braden Holtby 3 0 37 0 0 65.00 10
G Jonas Hiller 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
New York Rangers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Alexander Frolov 0 1 1 1 1 0 2 1 9.30 6
R Taylor Pyatt 0 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 13.30 6
R Michael Grabner 0 0 3 2 4 0 0 0 19.10 7
R Ryan Callahan 0 1 6 6 1 4 0 -1 22.00 9
C Peter Mueller 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 1 16.20 6
C Rostislav Olesz 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 14.30 6
C Mikhail Grabovski 0 1 3 0 3 0 2 0 19.20 5
C Patrice Bergeron 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 -1 21.10 6
L Tony Martensson 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 10.10 7
L Clarke MacArthur 0 0 1 3 1 4 2 0 14.30 7
L Derek Stepan 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 14.40 7
L Rick Nash 0 0 8 3 0 1 0 -2 21.10 7
D Dan Girardi 0 1 0 1 3 1 0 1 21.00 6
D Brady Skjei 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 16.40 6
D Michael Del Zotto 0 1 3 5 4 1 0 -1 25.10 7
D Michael Sauer 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 14.40 6
D Ryan McDonagh 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 17.30 6
D Marc Staal 1 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 29.10 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Henrik Lundqvist 3 0 20 0 0 65.00 6
G Iiro Tarkki 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Braden Holtby
2nd star: Scott Hartnell
3rd star: Brandon Saad
Notes for Washington Capitals:
-Alexandre Burrows scored the 400th point of his career.
-Scott Hartnell finally ended his 10 game point drought.
-Brandon Prust finally ended his 27 game goal drought.
-Brandon Prust finally ended his 26 game point drought.
Notes for New York Rangers:
-Tony Martensson ended his 5 game goal drought.
-Marc Staal finally ended his 11 game goal drought.
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Hershey Bears 4( 23) , Connecticut Whale 2( 19)
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1-0
Blake Comeau (Charlie Coyle, Martin Marincin)
2-0
Joe Vitale (Blake Comeau, Patrik Hersley)
2-1 CTW Josh Nicholls (Andrew Yogan, Justin Falk)
3-1
Chris Porter (Brendan Gaunce)
3-2 CTW Darroll Powe (Michael St. Croix)
4-2
Aaron Volpatti (Brendan Gaunce)
Goalies: Michal Neuvirth - Scott Stajcer