National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Washington 4, NY Rangers 2
When: 7:00 PM ET, Friday, December 8, 2017
Where: Captial One Arena, Washington, District of Columbia
Referees: Jake Brenk, Marc Joannette
Linesmen: Michel Cormier, Steve Miller
Attendance: 18506
Final Scoring Summary
 
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NY Rangers 0112
Washington 1124
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
0:14 - Capitals Jay Beagle (EV) Assists: Devante Smith-Pelly , Chandler Stephenson
Penalties
16:57 - Rangers Mats Zuccarello (2) Slashing
2nd Period
Scoring
11:42 - Capitals Nicklas Backstrom (EV) Unassisted
19:03 - Rangers Michael Grabner (EV) Assists: J.T. Miller , Ryan McDonagh
Penalties
1:34 - Rangers J.T. Miller (2) Tripping
 1:57 - Capitals Evgeny Kuznetsov (2) Tripping
 13:32 - Rangers Paul Carey (2) High sticking
 16:28 - Capitals Alex Chiasson (2) Holding
3rd Period
Scoring
9:37 - Rangers Jesper Fast (EV) Assists: Paul Carey , Marc Staal
16:28 - Capitals Matt Niskanen (EV) Assists: Tom Wilson , Alex Ovechkin
18:28 - Capitals Tom Wilson (EV) Assists: Nicklas Backstrom , Dmitry Orlov
Penalties
6:08 - Capitals Madison Bowey (2) Tripping
 11:51 - Rangers Brendan Smith (2) Hooking
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 59:08 48:22 4:23 6:23 0 0 - - - - -
Ondrej Pavelec G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
J.T. Miller LW 0 1 1 E 2 1 22 17:51 15:16 2:31 0:04 0 0 - 1 5 8 38
Kevin Hayes RW 0 0 0 -1 0 2 25 16:53 11:40 2:05 3:08 0 0 - - 2 12 14
Jesper Fast RW 1 0 1 E 0 1 18 11:58 9:49 0:00 2:09 0 0 - - 1 0 100
Marc Staal D 0 1 1 +1 0 3 22 16:27 13:12 0:00 3:15 0 0 - 1 - - -
Chris Kreider LW 0 0 0 -1 0 0 23 14:01 12:18 1:39 0:04 0 0 3 1 2 2 50
Kevin Shattenkirk D 0 0 0 -3 0 3 26 19:43 17:54 1:49 0:00 0 0 1 1 - - -
Boo Nieves C 0 0 0 E 0 1 17 11:22 10:20 0:00 1:02 0 0 1 2 0 4 0
Jimmy Vesey LW 0 0 0 -1 0 0 18 13:04 10:43 2:21 0:00 0 0 4 - 1 0 100
Ryan McDonagh D 0 1 1 -1 0 1 30 24:47 18:10 2:45 3:52 0 0 2 4 - - -
Paul Carey C 0 1 1 E 2 1 16 11:47 11:29 0:00 0:18 0 0 - - - - -
Mats Zuccarello RW 0 0 0 E 2 4 24 18:26 16:17 1:25 0:44 0 0 2 - 2 0 100
Michael Grabner RW 1 0 1 E 0 4 22 15:43 13:15 0:00 2:28 0 0 - 2 - - -
Brendan Smith D 0 0 0 +1 2 2 19 15:55 14:49 0:12 0:54 0 0 1 1 - - -
David Desharnais C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 22 13:06 11:27 1:39 0:00 0 0 1 1 6 7 46
Nick Holden D 0 0 0 E 0 0 26 19:17 16:22 0:00 2:55 0 0 2 2 - - -
Rick Nash RW 0 0 0 -1 0 1 26 17:39 12:06 2:44 2:49 0 0 2 - 1 1 50
Brady Skjei D 0 0 0 -2 0 2 26 20:34 18:17 0:27 1:50 0 0 1 - - - -
Pavel Buchnevich RW 0 0 0 -1 0 2 19 14:19 12:01 2:18 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
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 59:39 48:53 6:23 4:23 0 0 - - - - -
Matt Niskanen D 1 0 1 +1 0 3 24 24:04 20:23 1:27 2:14 0 0 1 2 - - -
Alex Ovechkin LW 0 1 1 +3 0 5 20 20:31 15:35 4:56 0:00 0 0 1 - - - -
Dmitry Orlov D 0 1 1 E 0 2 25 22:40 19:39 1:10 1:51 0 0 1 2 - - -
Brett Connolly RW 0 0 0 E 0 1 16 15:38 10:42 4:56 0:00 0 0 2 1 - - -
Jakub Vrana LW 0 0 0 -2 0 1 16 11:12 9:45 1:27 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Chandler Stephenson C 0 1 1 +1 0 2 16 11:10 10:27 0:00 0:43 0 0 - 1 - - -
Nicklas Backstrom C 1 1 2 +3 0 2 21 18:56 13:42 4:56 0:18 0 0 - - 6 3 67
Lars Eller C 0 0 0 E 0 4 22 17:57 14:37 1:27 1:53 0 0 - 1 10 5 67
Madison Bowey D 0 0 0 -1 2 0 12 10:34 10:34 0:00 0:00 0 0 2 2 - - -
Devante Smith-Pelly RW 0 1 1 +1 0 0 17 11:10 10:03 0:00 1:07 0 0 1 1 1 0 100
Christian Djoos D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 11 9:21 9:21 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Alex Chiasson RW 0 0 0 -2 2 0 20 12:48 11:45 0:00 1:03 0 0 - - 1 0 100
Tom Wilson RW 1 1 2 +3 0 3 20 15:58 14:02 0:00 1:56 0 0 6 - 2 0 100
Brooks Orpik D 0 0 0 +1 0 1 26 22:26 20:00 0:00 2:26 0 0 4 1 - - -
Andre Burakovsky LW 0 0 0 E 0 1 16 14:08 12:41 1:27 0:00 0 0 1 - 1 0 100
John Carlson D 0 0 0 +2 0 7 29 25:52 18:24 5:13 2:15 0 0 - 1 - - -
Jay Beagle RW 1 0 1 +1 0 2 19 13:57 12:11 0:00 1:46 0 0 2 1 8 4 67
Evgeny Kuznetsov C 0 0 0 -2 2 6 21 15:59 11:03 4:56 0:00 0 0 - 2 5 8 38
Goaltending
NY Rangers
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Henrik Lundqvist L (23-21-4) 40 36 4 .900 0 59:08
Washington
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Braden Holtby W (28-11-4) 29 27 2 .931 0 59:39