New York Rangers at Washington Capitals

Sunday, September 27, 2009, 12:00 PM ET Verizon Center, Washington Preseason Final

Final score

The Washington Capitals beat the New York Rangers 4–3 on Sunday, September 27, 2009 at home.

Final score, New York Rangers at Washington Capitals
Team	Goals	2009-2010 record
New York Rangers	3	38-33-11
at Washington Capitals	4	54-15-13

Scoring summary

Every goal, New York Rangers at Washington Capitals. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period	Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Type	Score
1st	04:26	Washington Capitals	Brooks Laich (1)	Unassisted	Even strength	NYR 0, WSH 1
1st	17:34	Washington Capitals	Alexander Semin (1)	Tyler Sloan (1), Brooks Laich (2)	Even strength	NYR 0, WSH 2
2nd	02:59	Washington Capitals	Chris Bourque (1)	Brian Pothier (3), David Steckel (1)	Even strength	NYR 0, WSH 4
2nd	04:30	Washington Capitals	Mike Knuble (4)	Mike Green (1), Jeff Schultz (1)	Even strength	NYR 0, WSH 4
3rd	06:52	New York Rangers	Artem Anisimov (4)	Michal Rozsival (1), Wade Redden (3)	Power play	NYR 1, WSH 4
3rd	12:26	New York Rangers	Evgeny Grachev (1)	Marc Staal (1)	Even strength	NYR 2, WSH 4
3rd	16:02	New York Rangers	Donald Brashear (1)	Marc Staal (2)	Even strength	NYR 3, WSH 4

Numbers in brackets are the player's season totals after the goal.

Box score

New York Rangers

New York Rangers skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Power-play goals
Number 10 M. Gaborik	R	0	0	0	0
Number 12 P. Rissmiller	L	0	0	0	0
Number 17 B. Dubinsky	C	0	0	0	0
Number 20 V. Prospal	L	0	0	0	0
Number 21 C. Higgins	L	0	0	0	0
Number 22 B. Boyle	C	0	0	0	0
Number 24 R. Callahan	R	0	0	0	0
Number 34 A. Voros	L	0	0	0	0
Number 42 A. Anisimov	C	1	0	1	1
Number 59 E. Grachev	C	1	0	1	0
Number 81 E. Lisin	R	0	0	0	0
Number 87 D. Brashear	L	1	0	1	0
Number 5 D. Girardi	D	0	0	0	0
Number 6 W. Redden	D	0	1	1	0
Number 18 M. Staal	D	0	2	2	0
Number 33 M. Rozsival	D	0	1	1	0
Number 43 M. Del Zotto	D	0	0	0	0

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points
Number 8 A. Ovechkin	L	0	0	0
Number 9 B. Morrison	C	0	0	0
Number 10 M. Bradley	R	0	0	0
Number 15 B. Gordon	C	0	0	0
Number 19 N. Backstrom	C	0	0	0
Number 21 B. Laich	C	1	1	2
Number 22 M. Knuble	R	1	0	1
Number 28 A. Semin	R	1	0	1
Number 39 D. Steckel	C	0	1	1
Number 53 Q. Laing	L	0	0	0
Number 56 C. Bourque	L	1	0	1
Number 2 B. Pothier	D	0	1	1
Number 3 T. Poti	D	0	0	0
Number 4 J. Erskine	D	0	0	0
Number 52 M. Green	D	0	1	1
Number 55 J. Schultz	D	0	1	1
Number 89 T. Sloan	D	0	1	1

Game information

New York Rangers head coach: John Tortorella
Washington Capitals head coach: Bruce Boudreau
Referees: Kelly Sutherland, Stephane Auger
Linesmen: David Brisebois
New York Rangers scratches: Chris Drury, Ilya Gorokhov, Tyler Arnason, Ales Kotalik, Sean Avery, PA Parenteau, Corey Locke, Corey Potter, Matt Zaba, Dane Byers, Zdenek Bahensky, Roman Psurny, Eric Hunter, Michael Sauer, Brodie Dupont, Greg Beller, Devin Didiomete, Chad Johnson, Ryan Hillier, Pavel Valentenko, Lukas Zeliska, Nigel Williams, David Kveton, Tomas Zaborsky, Bobby Sanguinetti, Miika Wiikman, Tysen Dowzak, Jordan Owens, Danny Hobbs, Max Campbell, David Skokan, Ryan McDonagh, Carl Hagelin, Justin Soryal, Derek Stepan, Tomas Kundratek, Dale Weise, Chris Doyle, Mitch Gaulton, Paul Crowder, Matt Gilroy, Ilkka Heikkinen, Andreas Ambuhl, Chris Kreider, Ethan Werek, Ryan Bourque, Scott Stajcer, Roman Horak, Dan Maggio, Mikhail Pashnin, Chris Chappell, Sam Klassen, Luke Pither
Washington Capitals scratches: Michael Nylander, Chris Clark, Sergei Zimakov, Boyd Kane, Alexandre Giroux, Maxim Orlov, Igor Shadilov, Ivan Nepriayev, Shaone Morrisonn, Artem Ternavsky, Milan Jurcina, Keith Aucoin, Tomas Fleischmann, Igor Ignatushkin, Eric Fehr, Aaron Dawson, Michail Yunkov, Oscar Hedman, Peter Guggisberg, Andrew Gordon, Kyle Wilson, Joe Finley, Patrick McNeill, Francois Bouchard, Oskar Osala, Michal Neuvirth, Mathieu Perreault, Josh Godfrey, Steven Pinizzotto, Sean Collins, Karl Alzner, Dan Dunn, Nick Larson, Andrew Glass, Phil Desimone, Eric Doyle, Jay Beagle, Anton Gustafsson, John Carlson, Eric Mestery, Dmitri Kugryshev, Braden Holtby, Joel Broda, Greg Burke, Stefan Della Rovere, Jason Fredricks, Trevor Bruess, Zach Miskovic, Kevin Schmidt, Jake Hauswirth, Marcus Johansson, Dmitry Orlov, Cody Eakin, Patrick Wey, Garrett Mitchell, Brett Flemming, Benjamin Casavant, Garrett Zemlak, Ryan Jasinsky, Ryan Kerr

2009-2010 season series

Every New York Rangers and Washington Capitals game in the 2009-2010 season
Matchup	Status	Details
Washington Capitals 2 at New York Rangers 3	Final Preseason	Game page: Washington Capitals at New York Rangers, Thu, Sep 24, 2009
New York Rangers 3 at Washington Capitals 4	Final Preseason	Game page: New York Rangers at Washington Capitals, Sun, Sep 27, 2009

Other NHL games on Sep 27

Other NHL games on Sunday, September 27, 2009
Matchup	Status	Details
Tampa Bay Lightning 5 at Atlanta Thrashers 1	Final Preseason	Game page: Tampa Bay Lightning at Atlanta Thrashers, Sun, Sep 27, 2009
Pittsburgh Penguins 1 at Detroit Red Wings 4	Final Preseason	Game page: Pittsburgh Penguins at Detroit Red Wings, Sun, Sep 27, 2009
Nashville Predators 4 at Columbus Blue Jackets 2	Final Preseason	Game page: Nashville Predators at Columbus Blue Jackets, Sun, Sep 27, 2009
Buffalo Sabres 7 at Toronto Maple Leafs 6	Final Preseason	Game page: Buffalo Sabres at Toronto Maple Leafs, Sun, Sep 27, 2009
Los Angeles Kings 4 at Anaheim Ducks 5	Final Preseason	Game page: Los Angeles Kings at Anaheim Ducks, Sun, Sep 27, 2009
Vancouver Canucks 4 at Edmonton Oilers 5	Final/OT Preseason	Game page: Vancouver Canucks at Edmonton Oilers, Sun, Sep 27, 2009