🦅 Away Capitals 2-1 in series
1–2
Final
WSH leads 4–3
🗽 Home Rangers 1-2 in series
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
WSH 0011
NYR 1102

Capitals at Rangers — First Round Game 4

Rangers, First Round Game 4, beat Capitals 2–1 at Madison Square Garden on April 22, 2009.

🗓 Wed, Apr 22, 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 🗽 NYR
Paul Mara
1 G
2 shots · 12:47 TOI
2nd star 🗽 NYR
Chris Drury
1 G
2 shots · 13:31 TOI
3rd star 🗽 NYR
Lauri Korpikoski
1 A
1 shots · 15:52 TOI
4rd star 🗽 NYR
Henrik Lundqvist
38 saves
0.974 SV% · 1 GA

🚨 Scoring

3 goals · in order
1st period
🗽 Paul Mara Go-ahead 1st · 13:55
Assists: Brandon Dubinsky · beat Semyon Varlamov
0–1
2nd period
🗽 Chris Drury 2nd · 02:23
Assists: Lauri Korpikoski, Derek Morris · beat Semyon Varlamov
0–2
3rd period
🦅 Alex Ovechkin 3rd · 02:13
Assists: Alexander Semin · beat Henrik Lundqvist
1–2

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🦅WSH NYR🗽
39 Shots on goal 21
24 Hits 27
7 Blocked shots 16
8 Takeaways 12
5 Giveaways 7
6 Penalty minutes 12
WSH shooting 2.6% (1/39) NYR shooting 9.5% (2/21)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🦅Capitals
Semyon Varlamov
19/21
.905 SV% · 2 GA · 59:00 TOI
🗽Rangers
Henrik Lundqvist
38/39
.974 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–1
Capitals
Capitals: no games found in this situation this year.
Rangers
Rangers: no games found in this situation this year.
After 2nd — 0–2
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 24:36
L2 Fedorov · Laich · Kozlov 16:28
L3 Fleischmann · Steckel · Fehr 10:15
L4 Brashear · Gordon · Bradley 7:36
D1 Green · Poti 24:06
D2 Morrisonn · Erskine 16:24
D3 Pothier · Jurcina 13:40
🗽Rangers
L1 Korpikoski · Dubinsky · Callahan 19:36
L2 Sjostrom · Avery · Gomez 14:42
L3 Naslund · Betts · Drury 13:43
L4 Antropov · Zherdev · Orr 6:59
D1 Staal · Girardi 23:46
D2 Redden · Rozsival 23:14
D3 Morris · Mara 13:28

⚔️ Last meetings

Full head-to-head →
Apr 20, 2009
🦅WSH @ 🗽NYR
4–0 · Capitals won
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

❓ WSH vs NYR, answered

Who won Capitals vs Rangers on April 22, 2009?

Rangers won 2–1.

What was the final score of Capitals vs Rangers?

The final score was Capitals 1, Rangers 2.

Who scored for Capitals?

Alex Ovechkin.

Who scored for Rangers?

Chris Drury, Paul Mara.

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Semyon Varlamov made 19 saves on 21 shots (.905 save percentage).

How did the Rangers goalie play?

Henrik Lundqvist made 38 saves on 39 shots (.974 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 20
🦅WSH @ 🗽NYR
4–0 · WSH won
Next game · Apr 24
🗽NYR @ 🦅WSH
0–4 · WSH won
🗽Rangers
Previous game · Apr 20
🦅WSH @ 🗽NYR
4–0 · WSH won
Next game · Apr 24
🗽NYR @ 🦅WSH
0–4 · WSH won
Also on April 22, 2009
🐻BOS @ 🇨🇦MTL
4–1 final
🪶CHI @ 🔥CGY
4–6 final
Capitals season page Rangers season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule