Capitals 2–4 Rangers — Final Score & Stats (Dec 23, 2014)

The game

The stars, every goal, the box score and the recap

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Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🗽 NYR

Rick Nash

3 G

5 shots · 18:18 TOI

2nd star 🗽 NYR

Derick Brassard

3 A

1 shots · 16:06 TOI

3rd star 🗽 NYR

Henrik Lundqvist

30 saves

0.938 SV% · 2 GA

Scoring

6 goals · in order

1st period

🗽 Rick Nash Go-ahead 1st · 03:32

Assists: Mats Zuccarello, Derick Brassard · beat Braden Holtby

0–1

2nd period

🗽 Martin St. Louis PP 2nd · 01:03

Assists: Dan Boyle, Derick Brassard · beat Braden Holtby

0–2

3rd period

🗽 Rick Nash 3rd · 05:12

Assists: Mats Zuccarello · beat Braden Holtby

0–3

🦅 Evgeny Kuznetsov 3rd · 05:53

Assists: Troy Brouwer, John Carlson · beat Henrik Lundqvist

1–3

🦅 Alex Ovechkin PP 3rd · 10:58

Assists: John Carlson, Marcus Johansson · beat Henrik Lundqvist

2–3

🗽 Rick Nash PP 3rd · 16:12

Assists: Derek Stepan, Derick Brassard · beat Braden Holtby

2–4

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

🦅Capitals

L1 Ovechkin · Backstrom · Brouwer 19:39

L2 Johansson · Laich · Fehr 15:06

L3 Beagle · Kuznetsov · Ward 13:57

L4 Chimera · Burakovsky · Latta 11:10

D1 Carlson · Niskanen 23:20

D2 Green · Orpik 19:59

D3 Alzner · Schmidt 13:24

🗽Rangers

L1 Nash · Stepan · St. Louis 18:43

L2 Kreider · Brassard · Zuccarello 15:40

L3 Hagelin · Moore · Miller 13:25

L4 Glass · Hayes · Fast 10:07

D1 Staal · Klein 21:18

D2 Boyle · McDonagh 19:32

D3 Girardi · Hunwick 16:50

Team stats

Away left · home right

🦅WSH NYR🗽

32 Shots on goal 27

1/5 Power play (goals / chances) 2/7

28 Hits 23

12 Blocked shots 16

6 Takeaways 16

7 Giveaways 8

14 Penalty minutes 10

WSH shooting 6.2% (2/32) NYR shooting 14.8% (4/27)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🦅Capitals

Braden Holtby

23/27

.852 SV% · 4 GA · 58:31 TOI

🗽Rangers

Henrik Lundqvist

30/32

.938 SV% · 2 GA · 60:00 TOI

Where the goals came from

6 of 6 goals located

WSH NYR

The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

Period by period

After 1st — 0–1

Capitals

Capitals — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 1-2-2 (20% win rate, 5 games)

Rangers

Rangers — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 7-0-2 (78% win rate, 9 games)

After 2nd — 0–2

Capitals

Capitals: no games found in this situation this year.

Rangers

Rangers — leading by 2 goals after 2nd: 2-0 (100% win rate, 2 games)

Last meetings

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Rangers lead the season series 1–0

Jan 192014 🦅WSH @ 🗽NYR 1–4 Dec 272013 🗽NYR @ 🦅WSH 2–3 Dec 82013 🦅WSH @ 🗽NYR 4–1 Oct 162013 🗽NYR @ 🦅WSH 2–0 May 132013 🗽NYR @ 🦅WSH 5–0

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Who won Capitals vs Rangers on December 23, 2014?

Rangers won 4–2. The final score was Capitals 2, Rangers 4.

Who scored for Capitals?

Alex Ovechkin, Evgeny Kuznetsov.

Who scored for Rangers?

Rick Nash (3), Martin St. Louis.

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Braden Holtby made 23 saves on 27 shots (.852 save percentage).

How did the Rangers goalie play?

Henrik Lundqvist made 30 saves on 32 shots (.938 save percentage).

Where is Capitals vs Rangers played?

At Madison Square Garden in New York, the Rangers home rink.

What is the Capitals vs Rangers season series?

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

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams

🦅 Capitals

BeforeDec 22 🏛️OTT @ 🦅WSH 1–2 AfterDec 27 🦅WSH @ 🐧PIT 3–0

🗽 Rangers

BeforeDec 21 🌪️CAR @ 🗽NYR 0–1 AfterDec 27 😈NJD @ 🗽NYR 1–3

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