🗽 Away Rangers 1-0 in series
1–0
Final
WSH leads 4–3
🦅 Home Capitals 0-1 in series
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
NYR 1001
WSH 0000

Rangers at Capitals — First Round Game 2

Rangers, First Round Game 2, beat Capitals 1–0 at Capital One Arena on April 18, 2009.

🗓 Sat, Apr 18, 2009 · 12:00 CDT 📍 Capital One Arena, Washington 🏒 2008-09 playoffs View the series → Head-to-head history →

🏒 First Round — Best of 7

NYR vs WSH · WSH leads 4–3 Full series →
Game 1
4–3
Final · NYR
Game 2
1–0
Final · NYR
Game 3
4–0
Final · WSH
Game 4
1–2
Final · NYR
Game 5
0–4
Final · WSH
Game 6
5–3
Final · WSH
Game 7
1–2
Final · WSH

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🗽 NYR
Ryan Callahan
1 G
3 shots · 20:41 TOI
2nd star 🗽 NYR
Brandon Dubinsky
1 A
1 shots · 18:39 TOI
3rd star 🗽 NYR
Markus Naslund
1 A
15:32 TOI
4rd star 🗽 NYR
Henrik Lundqvist
35 saves
1.000 SV% · 0 GA

🚨 Scoring

1 goal · in order
1st period
🗽 Ryan Callahan Go-ahead 1st · 07:44
Assists: Markus Naslund, Brandon Dubinsky · beat Semyon Varlamov
1–0

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🗽NYR WSH🦅
24 Shots on goal 35
23 Hits 20
29 Blocked shots 13
10 Takeaways 7
7 Giveaways 24
6 Penalty minutes 10
NYR shooting 4.2% (1/24) WSH shooting 0.0% (0/35)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🗽Rangers
Henrik Lundqvist Shutout
35/35
1.000 SV% · 0 GA · 60:00 TOI
🦅Capitals
Semyon Varlamov
23/24
.958 SV% · 1 GA · 59:09 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–0
Rangers
Rangers: no games found in this situation this year.
Capitals
Capitals: no games found in this situation this year.
After 2nd — 1–0
Rangers
Rangers: no games found in this situation this year.
Capitals
Capitals: no games found in this situation this year.

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🗽Rangers
L1 Gomez · Antropov · Callahan 20:41
L2 Avery · Naslund · Dubinsky 18:01
L3 Sjostrom · Korpikoski · Drury 11:42
L4 Betts · Zherdev · Orr 9:03
D1 Redden · Rozsival 24:44
D2 Staal · Girardi 20:06
D3 Morris · Mara 15:14
🦅Capitals
L1 Ovechkin · Backstrom · Semin 22:50
L2 Fleischmann · Laich · Kozlov 17:17
L3 Fedorov · Steckel · Nylander 10:31
L4 Gordon · Fehr · Bradley 8:34
D1 Poti · Green 24:02
D2 Erskine · Jurcina 17:45
D3 Pothier · Morrisonn 15:46

⚔️ Last meetings

Full head-to-head →
Apr 15, 2009
🗽NYR @ 🦅WSH
4–3 · Rangers won
Feb 11, 2009
🦅WSH @ 🗽NYR
4–5 (SO) · Rangers won
Jan 3, 2009
🗽NYR @ 🦅WSH
1–2 · Capitals won
Dec 23, 2008
🦅WSH @ 🗽NYR
5–4 (OT) · Capitals won
Nov 8, 2008
🗽NYR @ 🦅WSH
1–3 · Capitals won

❓ NYR vs WSH, answered

Who won Rangers vs Capitals on April 18, 2009?

Rangers won 1–0.

What was the final score of Rangers vs Capitals?

The final score was Rangers 1, Capitals 0.

Who scored for Rangers?

Ryan Callahan.

How did the Rangers goalie play?

Henrik Lundqvist made 35 saves on 35 shots (1.000 save percentage) for a shutout.

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Semyon Varlamov made 23 saves on 24 shots (.958 save percentage).

Where is Rangers vs Capitals played?

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

Have a different question? Ask the Oracle — it answers from this season's box scores.

🧭 Around this game

Each team's schedule either side of it
🗽Rangers
Previous game · Apr 15
🗽NYR @ 🦅WSH
4–3 · NYR won
Next game · Apr 20
🦅WSH @ 🗽NYR
4–0 · WSH won
🦅Capitals
Previous game · Apr 15
🗽NYR @ 🦅WSH
4–3 · NYR won
Next game · Apr 20
🦅WSH @ 🗽NYR
4–0 · WSH won
Also on April 18, 2009
🧥CBJ @ 🐙DET
0–4 final
🇨🇦MTL @ 🐻BOS
1–5 final
🔥CGY @ 🪶CHI
2–3 final
Rangers season page Capitals season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule