Washington Capitals at New York Rangers

Tue, Dec 23, 2014 · Madison Square Garden · 2014–15 Regular Season

Washington Capitals

2 – 4

Final

New York Rangers

The New York Rangers beat the Washington Capitals 4–2 on Tue, Dec 23, 2014 at Madison Square Garden. Rick Nash scored a hat trick. Henrik Lundqvist made 30 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 32–27.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
WSH	0	0	2	2	32
NYR	1	1	2	4	27

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	03:32	NYR	EV	Rick Nash (21) · deflected	Mats Zuccarello (11), Derick Brassard (17)	0–1
2nd	01:03	NYR	PP	Martin St. Louis (11) · slap	Dan Boyle (1), Derick Brassard (18)	0–2
3rd	05:12	NYR	EV	Rick Nash (22) · snap	Mats Zuccarello (12)	0–3
3rd	05:53	WSH	EV	Evgeny Kuznetsov (4) · snap	Troy Brouwer (7), John Carlson (21)	1–3
3rd	10:58	WSH	PP	Alex Ovechkin (16) · snap	John Carlson (22), Marcus Johansson (11)	2–3
3rd	16:12	NYR	PP	Rick Nash (23) · snap	Derek Stepan (16), Derick Brassard (19)	2–4

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	17:47	WSH	Brooks Orpik	cross checking	2
2nd	00:27	WSH	Alex Ovechkin	boarding	2
2nd	03:59	WSH	Karl Alzner	slashing	2
2nd	12:02	NYR	Chris Kreider	tripping	2
2nd	14:03	WSH	Evgeny Kuznetsov	hooking	2
2nd	14:54	NYR	Bench	too many men on the ice	2
2nd	18:28	NYR	Mats Zuccarello	tripping	2
3rd	09:29	NYR	Matt Hunwick	hooking	2
3rd	14:35	WSH	Nicklas Backstrom	high sticking double minor	4
3rd	14:35	WSH	Bench	delaying game bench face off violation	2
3rd	19:30	NYR	Carl Hagelin	tripping	2

Shot map

Goal● Shot on goal○ MissedSize = expected goals (xG)

Expected goals: WSH 4.10 · NYR 3.20 · xG% WSH 56.2

Washington Capitals

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
74	John Carlson	D	0	2	2	-1	0	4	1	3		24:21	29
8	Alex Ovechkin	L	1	0	1	-1	2	6	8	0		19:58	22
20	Troy Brouwer	R	0	1	1	+1	0	2	2	0		17:38	22
90	Marcus Johansson	L	0	1	1	0	0	3	1	0		14:58	18
92	Evgeny Kuznetsov	C	1	0	1	+1	2	1	0	0	50.0	11:41	16
2	Matt Niskanen	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1		22:20	24
52	Mike Green	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3		20:44	24
19	Nicklas Backstrom	C	0	0	0	-1	4	3	1	0	42.1	19:39	23
44	Brooks Orpik	D	0	0	0	-2	2	1	4	2		19:14	24
27	Karl Alzner	D	0	0	0	+1	2	0	1	0		17:04	22
21	Brooks Laich	C	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	0	60.0	15:41	26
16	Eric Fehr	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	3	0		15:06	20
42	Joel Ward	R	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	66.7	14:44	21
83	Jay Beagle	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	2	42.9	13:57	19
25	Jason Chimera	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		11:36	17
65	Andre Burakovsky	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		11:10	14
88	Nate Schmidt	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		9:45	14
46	Michael Latta	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	40.0	9:40	12

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
70	Braden Holtby	L	27	23	4	.852	58:31

New York Rangers

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
61	Rick Nash	L	3	0	3	+2	0	5	1	0		18:18	27
16	Derick Brassard	C	0	3	3	+2	0	1	3	0	60.0	16:06	21
36	Mats Zuccarello	R	0	2	2	+2	2	1	1	1	100.0	14:46	22
21	Derek Stepan	C	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	44.4	21:36	24
22	Dan Boyle	D	0	1	1	-1	0	4	0	3		19:50	23
26	Martin St. Louis	R	1	0	1	0	0	5	0	0	100.0	18:43	22
18	Marc Staal	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2		21:45	28
8	Kevin Klein	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	4		20:52	27
27	Ryan McDonagh	D	0	0	0	+2	0	2	1	1		19:13	28
5	Dan Girardi	D	0	0	0	+2	0	0	1	0		18:55	28
20	Chris Kreider	L	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	2		15:40	23
44	Matt Hunwick	D	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0		14:46	17
62	Carl Hagelin	L	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	1		14:38	19
28	Dominic Moore	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	0	88.9	13:25	18
10	J.T. Miller	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	100.0	13:11	17
13	Kevin Hayes	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	41.7	10:11	14
19	Jesper Fast	R	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	1		10:07	15
15	Tanner Glass	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	4	0		9:59	13

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30	Henrik Lundqvist	W	32	30	2	.938	60:00