National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
NY Rangers 4, Washington 2
When: 7:00 PM ET, Tuesday, December 23, 2014
Where: Madison Square Garden, New York, New York
Referees: Dan O'Rourke, Eric Furlatt
Linesmen: Matt MacPherson, Derek Nansen
Attendance: 18006
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Washington 0022
NY Rangers 1124
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
3:32 - Rangers Rick Nash (EV) Assists: Mats Zuccarello , Derick Brassard
Penalties
17:47 - Capitals Brooks Orpik (2) Cross checking
2nd Period
Scoring
1:03 - Rangers Martin St. Louis (PP) Assists: Dan Boyle , Derick Brassard
Penalties
0:27 - Capitals Alex Ovechkin (2) Boarding
 3:59 - Capitals Karl Alzner (2) Slashing
 12:02 - Rangers Chris Kreider (2) Tripping
 14:03 - Capitals Evgeny Kuznetsov (2) Hooking
 14:54 - Rangers Bench (2) Too many men on ice
 18:28 - Rangers Mats Zuccarello (2) Tripping
3rd Period
Scoring
5:12 - Rangers Rick Nash (EV) Assists: Mats Zuccarello
5:53 - Capitals Evgeny Kuznetsov (EV) Assists: Troy Brouwer , John Carlson
10:58 - Capitals Alex Ovechkin (PP) Assists: John Carlson , Marcus Johansson
16:12 - Rangers Rick Nash (PP) Assists: Derek Stepan , Derick Brassard
Penalties
9:29 - Rangers Matt Hunwick (2) Hooking
 14:35 - Capitals Nicklas Backstrom (4) High Sticking - Double Minor
 14:35 - Capitals Bench (2) Face-off Violation
 19:30 - Rangers Carl Hagelin (2) Tripping
Washington Capitals
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Justin Peters G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Braden Holtby G 0 0 0 0 0 58:31 42:44 6:20 9:27 0 0 - - - - -
Matt Niskanen D 0 0 0 E 0 0 24 22:20 17:23 0:45 4:12 0 0 1 1 - - -
Alex Ovechkin RW 1 0 1 -1 2 6 22 19:58 13:48 6:05 0:05 1 0 8 - - - -
Eric Fehr RW 0 0 0 -1 0 2 20 15:06 13:01 0:00 2:05 0 0 3 - 0 2 0
Nicklas Backstrom C 0 0 0 -1 4 3 23 19:39 13:50 5:01 0:48 0 0 1 - 8 11 42
Troy Brouwer RW 0 1 1 +1 0 2 22 17:38 9:54 5:02 2:42 0 0 2 - 0 3 0
Brooks Laich C 0 0 0 E 0 4 26 15:41 11:57 0:00 3:44 0 0 3 - 3 2 60
Jason Chimera LW 0 0 0 E 0 0 17 11:36 9:02 0:20 2:14 0 0 - - - - -
Karl Alzner D 0 0 0 +1 2 0 22 17:04 15:13 0:00 1:51 0 0 1 - - - -
Joel Ward RW 0 0 0 E 0 3 21 14:44 9:47 2:18 2:39 0 0 1 1 2 1 67
Brooks Orpik D 0 0 0 -2 2 1 24 19:14 14:05 0:00 5:09 0 0 4 2 - - -
Michael Latta C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 12 9:40 9:40 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - 4 6 40
Mike Green D 0 0 0 E 0 1 24 20:44 12:56 5:21 2:27 0 0 - 3 - - -
Andre Burakovsky LW 0 0 0 E 0 1 14 11:10 9:02 2:08 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
John Carlson D 0 2 2 -1 0 4 29 24:21 17:37 1:29 5:15 0 0 1 3 - - -
Jay Beagle RW 0 0 0 -1 0 1 19 13:57 10:57 0:00 3:00 0 0 2 2 3 4 43
Nate Schmidt D 0 0 0 E 0 0 14 9:45 9:45 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Marcus Johansson C 0 1 1 E 0 3 18 14:58 10:22 4:36 0:00 0 0 1 - - - -
Evgeny Kuznetsov C 1 0 1 +1 2 1 16 11:41 10:06 1:35 0:00 0 0 - - 5 5 50
New York Rangers
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Henrik Lundqvist G 0 0 0 0 0 60:00 43:43 9:27 6:50 0 0 - - - - -
Cameron Talbot G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Daniel Girardi D 0 0 0 +2 0 0 28 18:55 12:19 2:41 3:55 0 0 1 - - - -
Kevin Klein D 0 0 0 E 0 1 27 20:52 17:51 0:27 2:34 0 0 2 4 - - -
J.T. Miller C 0 0 0 E 0 1 17 13:11 10:37 2:34 0:00 0 0 3 - 2 0 100
Kevin Hayes RW 0 0 0 E 0 0 14 10:11 9:50 0:00 0:21 0 0 1 1 5 7 42
Tanner Glass LW 0 0 0 -1 0 1 13 9:59 9:11 0:00 0:48 0 0 4 - 0 1 0
Derick Brassard C 0 3 3 +2 0 1 21 16:06 10:07 5:59 0:00 0 0 3 - 9 6 60
Marc Staal D 0 0 0 E 0 1 28 21:45 18:18 0:36 2:51 0 0 1 2 - - -
Jesper Fast RW 0 0 0 -1 0 0 15 10:07 9:24 0:00 0:43 0 0 2 1 - - -
Chris Kreider LW 0 0 0 E 2 1 23 15:40 12:36 3:04 0:00 0 0 2 2 - - -
Derek Stepan C 0 1 1 E 0 2 24 21:36 12:09 5:33 3:54 0 0 - - 8 10 44
Dan Boyle D 0 1 1 -1 0 4 23 19:50 13:33 5:56 0:21 0 0 - 3 - - -
Martin St. Louis RW 1 0 1 E 0 5 22 18:43 12:47 5:56 0:00 1 0 - - 1 0 100
Ryan McDonagh D 0 0 0 +2 0 2 28 19:13 11:40 3:34 3:59 0 0 1 1 - - -
Dominic Moore C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 18 13:25 11:02 0:00 2:23 0 0 - - 8 1 89
Mats Zuccarello LW 0 2 2 +2 2 1 22 14:46 11:00 3:31 0:15 0 0 1 1 1 0 100
Matt Hunwick D 0 0 0 -1 2 0 17 14:46 13:45 1:01 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Rick Nash LW 3 0 3 +2 0 5 27 18:18 9:09 6:23 2:46 1 0 1 - - - -
Carl Hagelin LW 0 0 0 E 2 0 19 14:38 12:08 0:00 2:30 0 0 1 1 - - -
Goaltending
Washington
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Braden Holtby L (15-8-5) 27 23 4 .852 0 58:31
NY Rangers
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Henrik Lundqvist W (15-7-3) 32 30 2 .938 0 60:00