The New York Rangers came up just a bit short against the Washington Capitals, 5 to 4, in overtime on December 23, 2008.

Final

Capitals

21-11-3

5

Rangers

22-12-3

4

Team

WSH

NYR

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

WSH

NYR

Markus Naslund (EV) assisted by Nikolay Zherdev and Scott Gomez

Michal Rozsival (EV) assisted by Chris Drury

Ryan Callahan (EV) assisted by Chris Drury and Nigel Dawes

2nd period

WSH

NYR

Ryan Callahan (EV) assisted by Nigel Dawes and Chris Drury

Alex Ovechkin (EV) assisted by Nicklas Backstrom

3rd period

WSH

NYR

Tomas Fleischmann (PP) assisted by Nicklas Backstrom and Brooks Laich

Viktor Kozlov (PP) assisted by Nicklas Backstrom and Alex Ovechkin

Alex Ovechkin (EV) unassisted

WSH

NYR

Shaone Morrisonn (EV) assisted by Michael Nylander and Sean Collins

Capitals

Rangers

Goals

Shots

Penalty Minutes

Power-Play Goals

Power-Play Opportunities

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Capitals

Rangers

Goalies

NAME	W	L	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Jose Theodore (W) J. Theodore	1	0	0	25	21	.840	4	4.61	0	52
Brent Johnson B. Johnson				3	3	1.000	0	0.00	0	9

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI
Karl Alzner K. Alzner	0	0	0	-3	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		2	1	0	0	21:28
Nicklas Backstrom N. Backstrom	0	3	3	-1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0.0	10	20	50.0	3	1	0	0	20:41
Matt Bradley M. Bradley	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		1	0	0	0	11:29
Sean Collins S. Collins	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		1	2	0	0	16:18
Eric Fehr E. Fehr	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		0	0	1	0	15:51
Tomas Fleischmann T. Fleischmann	1	0	1	-1	0	1	0	0	0	2	50.0	0	0		0	0	1	0	14:09
Alexandre Giroux A. Giroux	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0	0	0		4	0	0	0	14:22
Andrew Gordon A. Gordon	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		1	0	0	0	7:12
Boyd Gordon B. Gordon	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	5	10	50.0	0	0	1	0	14:38
Bryan Helmer B. Helmer	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	0	0		2	1	0	0	20:53
Milan Jurcina M. Jurcina	0	0	0	-3	2	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		2	1	0	0	18:01
Viktor Kozlov V. Kozlov	1	0	1	-2	0	1	0	0	0	1	100.0	0	1	0.0	2	1	2	0	19:52
Brooks Laich B. Laich	0	1	1	-1	0	0	1	0	0	2	0.0	3	7	42.9	3	0	1	1	16:07
Shaone Morrisonn S. Morrisonn	1	0	1	+1	0	0	0	1	1	2	50.0	0	0		2	2	0	0	19:03
Michael Nylander M. Nylander	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	4	9	44.4	0	1	2	0	17:41
Alex Ovechkin A. Ovechkin	2	1	3	-1	0	0	1	0	0	13	15.4	0	0		4	0	2	0	22:02
Tyler Sloan T. Sloan	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		4	1	0	0	16:24
David Steckel D. Steckel	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	4	5	80.0	6	0	0	0	11:56

Goalies

NAME	W	L	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Henrik Lundqvist (O) H. Lundqvist	0	0	1	36	31	.861	5	4.92	0	61

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI
Blair Betts B. Betts	0	0	0	0	2	1	0.0	2	4	50.0	1	1	0	0	10:20
Ryan Callahan R. Callahan	2	0	2	+1	0	5	40.0	0	0		4	0	0	0	18:51
Nigel Dawes N. Dawes	0	2	2	+2	0	0		0	0		3	0	1	0	11:52
Chris Drury C. Drury	0	3	3	+1	0	1	0.0	9	19	47.4	0	0	1	0	19:08
Brandon Dubinsky B. Dubinsky	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	7	14	50.0	5	0	1	0	15:49
Dan Girardi D. Girardi	0	0	0	-1	2	0		0	0		3	3	0	0	19:57
Scott Gomez S. Gomez	0	1	1	0	0	4	0.0	8	15	53.3	1	0	0	0	19:39
Dmitri Kalinin D. Kalinin	0	0	0	+2	0	0		0	0		2	0	1	0	17:42
Lauri Korpikoski L. Korpikoski	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		3	0	1	0	9:58
Paul Mara P. Mara	0	0	0	+2	0	1	0.0	0	0		1	2	0	0	20:13
Markus Naslund M. Naslund	1	0	1	0	0	2	50.0	0	0		2	0	0	1	18:29
Colton Orr C. Orr	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		0	0	0	0	7:06
Wade Redden W. Redden	0	0	0	-1	0	0		0	0		1	1	0	0	20:57
Michal Rozsival M. Rozsival	1	0	1	0	2	5	20.0	0	0		1	4	0	0	22:34
Fredrik Sjostrom F. Sjostrom	0	0	0	0	2	1	0.0	0	0		0	1	0	0	14:05
Marc Staal M. Staal	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		4	0	1	0	20:43
Aaron Voros A. Voros	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		2	0	0	0	10:54
Nikolay Zherdev N. Zherdev	0	1	1	0	2	4	0.0	0	0		1	0	2	1	18:13