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2008-09 regular season

Rangers at Capitals

🗓 📍 Capital One Arena, Washington 🔁 Capitals lead the season series 1–0

Capitals beat Rangers 3–1 at Capital One Arena on November 8, 2008.

NYR – WSH
29–28
Shots on goal
1/3–1/4
Power play
21–19
Hits
12–9
Blocked shots
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The game

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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🦅 WSH
Alexander Semin
1 G, 1 A
1 shots · 21:26 TOI
2nd star 🦅 WSH
Brooks Laich
1 G
4 shots · 16:30 TOI
3rd star 🦅 WSH
Tom Poti
1 G
1 shots · 22:05 TOI

Scoring

4 goals · in order
1st period
🦅 Brooks Laich PP Go-ahead 1st · 09:14
Assists: Alexander Semin, Nicklas Backstrom · beat Henrik Lundqvist
0–1
🦅 Tom Poti 1st · 17:06
Assists: Boyd Gordon · beat Henrik Lundqvist
0–2
3rd period
🗽 Aaron Voros PP 3rd · 06:27
Assists: Brandon Dubinsky, Dan Girardi · beat Brent Johnson
1–2
🦅 Alexander Semin Empty net 3rd · 19:54
Assists: Jeff Schultz
1–3

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🗽Rangers
L1 Naslund · Gomez · Drury 18:52
L2 Voros · Zherdev · Callahan 15:46
L3 Dawes · Sjostrom · Dubinsky 12:20
L4 Betts · Prucha · Orr 9:30
D1 Redden · Rozsival 22:14
D2 Girardi · Staal 19:48
D3 Mara · Kalinin 18:12
🦅Capitals
L1 Ovechkin · Backstrom · Semin 21:26
L2 Fleischmann · Laich · Gordon 16:30
L3 Kozlov · Nylander · Steckel 12:52
L4 Brashear · Fehr · Bradley 9:53
D1 Green · Poti 22:57
D2 Schultz · Erskine 18:35
D3 Sloan · Jurcina 15:55

Team stats

Away left · home right
🗽NYR WSH🦅
29 Shots on goal 28
1/3 Power play (goals / chances) 1/4
21 Hits 19
12 Blocked shots 9
12 Takeaways 11
7 Giveaways 18
8 Penalty minutes 6
NYR shooting 3.4% (1/29) WSH shooting 10.7% (3/28)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🗽Rangers
Henrik Lundqvist
25/27
.926 SV% · 2 GA · 59:13 TOI
🦅Capitals
Brent Johnson
28/29
.966 SV% · 1 GA · 59:51 TOI

Period by period

AI
After 2nd — 0–2
Rangers
Rangers — trailing by 2 goals after 2nd: 1-0 (100% win rate, 1 game)
Capitals
Capitals: no games found in this situation this year.

Last meetings

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Capitals lead the season series 1–0
Feb 102008 🗽NYR @ 🦅WSH 2–3 OT Dec 122007 🗽NYR @ 🦅WSH 4–5 OT Nov 12007 🦅WSH @ 🗽NYR 0–2 Oct 122007 🦅WSH @ 🗽NYR 1–3 Feb 102007 🗽NYR @ 🦅WSH 5–2
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Who won Rangers vs Capitals on November 8, 2008?

Capitals won 3–1. The final score was Rangers 1, Capitals 3.

Who scored for Rangers?

Aaron Voros.

Who scored for Capitals?

Alexander Semin, Brooks Laich, Tom Poti.

How did the Rangers goalie play?

Henrik Lundqvist made 25 saves on 27 shots (.926 save percentage).

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Brent Johnson made 28 saves on 29 shots (.966 save percentage).

Where is Rangers vs Capitals played?

At Capital One Arena in Washington, the Capitals home rink.

What is the Rangers vs Capitals season series?

Capitals lead the season series 1–0 after 1 game.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🗽 Rangers
BeforeNov 6 ⚡TBL @ 🗽NYR 2–5 AfterNov 10 🛢️EDM @ 🗽NYR 3–2
🦅 Capitals
BeforeNov 6 🌪️CAR @ 🦅WSH 2–3 AfterNov 10 ⚡TBL @ 🦅WSH 2–4
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