National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Washington 7, NY Rangers 3
When: 7:00 PM ET, Sunday, December 20, 2015
Where: Madison Square Garden, New York, New York
Referees: Graham Skilliter, Ian Walsh
Linesmen: Brad Kovachik, Jonny Murray
Attendance: 18006
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Washington 1427
NY Rangers 3003
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
12:03 - Capitals Justin Williams (EV) Assists: Taylor Chorney , John Carlson
13:42 - Rangers J.T. Miller (EV) Assists: Rick Nash , Keith Yandle
15:44 - Rangers Chris Kreider (EV) Assists: Marc Staal , Jesper Fast
18:03 - Rangers Dan Boyle (PP) Assists: Ryan McDonagh , Mats Zuccarello
Penalties
4:21 - Capitals Justin Williams (2) Hooking
 17:05 - Capitals Dmitry Orlov (2) Hooking
2nd Period
Scoring
5:25 - Capitals Evgeny Kuznetsov (EV) Assists: Dmitry Orlov , Justin Williams
7:01 - Capitals T.J. Oshie (EV) Assists: Nicklas Backstrom , Dmitry Orlov
11:03 - Capitals Alex Ovechkin (PP) Assists: Marcus Johansson , Nicklas Backstrom
19:00 - Capitals Justin Williams (PP) Assists: Marcus Johansson , Nicklas Backstrom
Penalties
0:53 - Rangers Oscar Lindberg (2) Tripping
 3:09 - Capitals Tom Wilson (2) Unsportsmanlike conduct
 8:33 - Rangers Tanner Glass (2) Roughing
 8:33 - Rangers Tanner Glass (2) Roughing
 8:33 - Capitals Tom Wilson (2) Roughing
 8:33 - Capitals Tom Wilson (2) Roughing
 10:33 - Rangers Chris Summers (2) Tripping
 14:34 - Capitals Michael Latta (2) Hooking
 17:50 - Rangers Oscar Lindberg (2) High sticking
3rd Period
Scoring
2:26 - Capitals Jason Chimera (SH) Assists: Tom Wilson
4:36 - Capitals Marcus Johansson (EV) Assists: Evgeny Kuznetsov
Penalties
1:19 - Capitals Alex Ovechkin (2) Hooking
Washington Capitals
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Philipp Grubauer G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Braden Holtby G 0 0 0 0 0 60:00 47:22 3:40 8:58 0 0 - - - - -
Matt Niskanen D 0 0 0 +1 0 1 28 21:27 16:10 0:09 5:08 0 0 4 - - - -
Taylor Chorney D 0 1 1 +3 0 1 21 18:40 18:13 0:00 0:27 0 0 2 1 - - -
Alex Ovechkin RW 1 0 1 E 2 5 20 17:21 13:41 3:40 0:00 1 0 3 1 - - -
Dmitry Orlov D 0 2 2 +2 2 0 20 19:02 19:02 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Justin Williams RW 2 1 3 +2 2 4 23 17:15 13:20 2:00 1:55 1 0 - 2 2 0 100
Nicklas Backstrom C 0 3 3 E 0 2 24 16:53 12:21 2:32 2:00 0 0 - - 6 12 33
Brooks Laich C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 17 12:36 8:39 0:00 3:57 0 0 - - 1 2 33
Jason Chimera LW 1 0 1 +1 0 3 20 11:50 9:15 0:50 1:45 0 1 - - 1 0 100
Karl Alzner D 0 0 0 +1 0 2 27 19:23 14:35 0:00 4:48 0 0 4 1 - - -
Tom Wilson RW 0 1 1 +3 6 0 25 15:21 11:47 0:18 3:16 0 0 4 - 1 0 100
Michael Latta C 0 0 0 -1 2 2 12 8:41 8:41 0:00 0:00 0 0 2 1 1 4 20
Andre Burakovsky LW 0 0 0 -1 0 0 13 9:29 9:11 0:18 0:00 0 0 1 - - - -
John Carlson D 0 1 1 E 0 3 30 22:13 14:30 3:31 4:12 0 0 1 3 - - -
T.J. Oshie RW 1 0 1 E 0 2 20 14:49 12:16 1:22 1:11 0 0 2 1 2 1 67
Jay Beagle RW 0 0 0 E 0 1 23 13:25 9:33 0:00 3:52 0 0 - - 5 9 36
Nate Schmidt D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 24 15:19 11:58 0:00 3:21 0 0 - 3 - - -
Marcus Johansson C 1 2 3 +2 0 2 20 18:42 16:10 2:32 0:00 0 0 1 1 - - -
Evgeny Kuznetsov C 1 1 2 +3 0 1 21 18:36 17:28 1:08 0:00 0 0 - - 11 7 61
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 40:00 29:22 6:58 3:40 0 0 - - - - -
Magnus Hellberg G 0 0 0 0 0 20:00 18:00 2:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Dylan McIlrath D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 27 19:43 18:38 0:10 0:55 0 0 4 2 - - -
J.T. Miller C 1 0 1 E 0 1 21 15:30 12:26 3:04 0:00 0 0 - - 1 0 100
Kevin Hayes RW 0 0 0 -2 0 3 21 15:21 12:02 3:19 0:00 0 0 2 - 3 4 43
Tanner Glass LW 0 0 0 -2 4 2 17 11:16 10:54 0:22 0:00 0 0 2 - 0 1 0
Derick Brassard C 0 0 0 E 0 2 23 17:10 11:33 5:37 0:00 0 0 1 - 9 7 56
Marc Staal D 0 1 1 E 0 3 24 19:48 17:10 0:15 2:23 0 0 1 - - - -
Jesper Fast RW 0 1 1 E 0 0 22 17:24 14:02 0:35 2:47 0 0 2 1 0 1 0
Chris Kreider LW 1 0 1 -1 0 2 21 16:26 13:11 3:15 0:00 0 0 2 1 - - -
Derek Stepan C 0 0 0 E 0 4 24 17:30 13:23 3:14 0:53 0 0 - - 12 8 60
Dan Boyle D 1 0 1 -2 0 5 27 21:11 15:19 5:30 0:22 1 0 - - - - -
Oscar Lindberg C 0 0 0 E 4 2 17 11:12 11:02 0:10 0:00 0 0 - 1 1 0 100
Ryan McDonagh D 0 1 1 +1 0 1 25 21:22 12:56 5:33 2:53 0 0 - 2 - - -
Dominic Moore C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 17 13:46 10:49 0:10 2:47 0 0 - - 9 7 56
Mats Zuccarello LW 0 1 1 -2 0 2 21 15:25 10:31 4:54 0:00 0 0 - 1 0 2 0
Chris Summers D 0 0 0 -2 2 2 25 15:39 14:52 0:00 0:47 0 0 1 - - - -
Rick Nash LW 0 1 1 E 0 2 23 16:30 10:26 5:11 0:53 0 0 - 1 - - -
Keith Yandle D 0 1 1 -2 0 1 24 18:59 15:44 3:15 0:00 0 0 - 1 - - -
Emerson Etem LW 0 0 0 -1 0 3 18 12:08 11:52 0:16 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Goaltending
Washington
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Braden Holtby W (21-4-1) 36 33 3 .917 0 60:00
NY Rangers
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Henrik Lundqvist L (15-9-3) 24 19 5 .792 0 40:00
Magnus Hellberg 6 4 2 .667 0 20:00