🦅 Away Capitals 2-0 in series
4–0
Final
WSH leads 4–3
🗽 Home Rangers 0-2 in series
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
WSH 2114
NYR 0000

Capitals at Rangers — First Round Game 3

Capitals, First Round Game 3, beat Rangers 4–0 at Madison Square Garden on April 20, 2009.

🗓 Mon, Apr 20, 2009 · 18:00 CDT 📍 Madison Square Garden, New York 🏒 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 🦅 WSH
Alexander Semin
2 G, 1 A
8 shots · 18:25 TOI
2nd star 🦅 WSH
Nicklas Backstrom
3 A
2 shots · 20:58 TOI
3rd star 🦅 WSH
Alex Ovechkin
2 A
5 shots · 20:19 TOI
4rd star 🦅 WSH
Semyon Varlamov
33 saves
1.000 SV% · 0 GA

🚨 Scoring

4 goals · in order
1st period
🦅 Alexander Semin Go-ahead 1st · 06:57
Assists: Nicklas Backstrom, Alex Ovechkin · beat Henrik Lundqvist
1–0
🦅 Alexander Semin 1st · 11:36
Assists: Alex Ovechkin, Nicklas Backstrom · beat Henrik Lundqvist
2–0
2nd period
🦅 Brooks Laich PP 2nd · 11:29
Assists: Alexander Semin, Sergei Fedorov · beat Henrik Lundqvist
3–0
3rd period
🦅 Tom Poti PP 3rd · 18:35
Assists: Nicklas Backstrom, Brian Pothier · beat Henrik Lundqvist
4–0

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🦅WSH NYR🗽
40 Shots on goal 33
2/6 Power play (goals / chances) 0/6
24 Hits 33
13 Blocked shots 13
5 Takeaways 9
1 Giveaways 4
14 Penalty minutes 26
WSH shooting 10.0% (4/40) NYR shooting 0.0% (0/33)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🦅Capitals
Semyon Varlamov Shutout
33/33
1.000 SV% · 0 GA · 60:00 TOI
🗽Rangers
Henrik Lundqvist
36/40
.900 SV% · 4 GA · 59:52 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 2–0
Capitals
Capitals: no games found in this situation this year.
Rangers
Rangers: no games found in this situation this year.
After 2nd — 3–0
Capitals
Capitals: no games found in this situation this year.
Rangers
Rangers: no games found in this situation this year.

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🦅Capitals
L1 Ovechkin · Backstrom · Semin 20:19
L2 Fleischmann · Steckel · Laich 17:23
L3 Fedorov · Kozlov · Gordon 14:15
L4 Brashear · Fehr · Bradley 7:32
D1 Poti · Green 22:30
D2 Erskine · Pothier 18:20
D3 Morrisonn · Jurcina 15:04
🗽Rangers
L1 Gomez · Dubinsky · Callahan 19:41
L2 Avery · Naslund · Antropov 15:28
L3 Korpikoski · Drury · Zherdev 11:19
L4 Sjostrom · Betts · Orr 8:25
D1 Staal · Rozsival 22:49
D2 Redden · Girardi 21:10
D3 Morris · Mara 15:39

⚔️ Last meetings

Full head-to-head →
Apr 18, 2009
🗽NYR @ 🦅WSH
1–0 · Rangers won
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

❓ WSH vs NYR, answered

Who won Capitals vs Rangers on April 20, 2009?

Capitals won 4–0.

What was the final score of Capitals vs Rangers?

The final score was Capitals 4, Rangers 0.

Who scored for Capitals?

Alexander Semin (2), Brooks Laich, Tom Poti.

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Semyon Varlamov made 33 saves on 33 shots (1.000 save percentage) for a shutout.

How did the Rangers goalie play?

Henrik Lundqvist made 36 saves on 40 shots (.900 save percentage).

Where is Capitals vs Rangers played?

At Madison Square Garden in New York, the Rangers 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
🦅Capitals
Previous game · Apr 18
🗽NYR @ 🦅WSH
1–0 · NYR won
Next game · Apr 22
🦅WSH @ 🗽NYR
1–2 · NYR won
🗽Rangers
Previous game · Apr 18
🗽NYR @ 🦅WSH
1–0 · NYR won
Next game · Apr 22
🦅WSH @ 🗽NYR
1–2 · NYR won
Also on April 20, 2009
🐻BOS @ 🇨🇦MTL
4–2 final
🪶CHI @ 🔥CGY
2–4 final
Capitals season page Rangers season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule