EASTERN CONFERENCE QUARTERFINALS - GAME 3
    WSH Wins series 4-3
    Washington Capitals
    50-24-8, 21-15-5 away
    4
    123T
    WSH2114
    NYR0000
    New York Rangers
    43-30-9, 26-11-4 home
    0

    Varlamov, penalties undo Rangers, propel Caps

    Ovechkin went a third game without a goal, but earned two assists for the second-seeded Capitals, who methodically posted a 4-0 victory over the No. 7 Rangers and got back into the Eastern Conference first-round playoff series Monday night.
    13Y - Associated Press
    NBCSN123T
    Capitals2114
    Rangers0000
    1st PeriodWSHNYR
    6:57Alexander Semin (2)
    Assists: Nicklas Backstrom (1), Alex Ovechkin (2)
    		10
    11:36Alexander Semin (3)
    Assists: Alex Ovechkin (2), Nicklas Backstrom (1)
    		10
    2nd PeriodWSHNYR
    11:29Brooks Laich (1) (Power Play)
    Assists: Alexander Semin, Sergei Fedorov
    		30
    3rd PeriodWSHNYR
    18:35Tom Poti (1) (Power Play)
    Assists: Nicklas Backstrom (1), Brian Pothier
    		40

    Shot Chart

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    • Sean Avery credited with hit on Alexander Semin
    • Shot missed by Sean Avery(Wide of Net)
    • Shot on goal by Ryan Callahan (Slapshot 39 ft)
    • Markus Naslund credited with hit on Shaone Morrisonn
    • Takeaway by Brandon Dubinsky
    • Shot missed by Paul Mara(Wide of Net)
    • Shot missed by Nikolai Zherdev(Wide of Net)
    • Scott Gomez won faceoff against Nicklas Backstrom
    • Nik Antropov shot blocked by Shaone Morrisonn
    • Marc Staal credited with hit on Alexander Semin
    • Markus Naslund credited with hit on Sergei Fedorov
    • Brandon Dubinsky won faceoff against Sergei Fedorov
    • Shot missed by Nikolai Zherdev(Wide of Net)
    • Shot missed by Daniel Girardi(Wide of Net)
    • Daniel Girardi credited with hit on Alex Ovechkin
    • Shot on goal by Brandon Dubinsky (Wristshot 21 ft)
    • Ryan Callahan won faceoff against Dave Steckel
    • Nik Antropov credited with hit on Nicklas Backstrom
    • Brandon Dubinsky won faceoff against Sergei Fedorov
    • Blair Betts won faceoff against Boyd Gordon
    • Blair Betts credited with hit on Boyd Gordon
    • Penalty to Colton Orr 2 minutes for Roughing Donald Brashear
    • Scott Gomez won faceoff against Nicklas Backstrom
    • Shot on goal by Michal Rozsival (Slapshot 34 ft)
    • Shot missed by Nik Antropov(Wide of Net)
    • Brandon Dubinsky won faceoff against Brooks Laich
    • Shot on goal by Derek Morris (Wristshot 23 ft)
    • Marc Staal credited with hit on Brooks Laich
    • Sean Avery credited with hit on Shaone Morrisonn
    • Shot on goal by Sean Avery (Slapshot 29 ft)
    • Shot on goal by Markus Naslund (Backhand 12 ft)
    • Shot missed by Ryan Callahan(Hit Goalpost)
    • Brandon Dubinsky credited with hit on Alex Ovechkin
    • Takeaway by Brandon Dubinsky
    • Giveaway by Daniel Girardi
    • Brandon Dubinsky won faceoff against Sergei Fedorov
    • Shot missed by Scott Gomez(Wide of Net)
    • Shot missed by Scott Gomez(Wide of Net)
    • Shot on goal by Paul Mara (Wristshot 34 ft)
    • Brandon Dubinsky won faceoff against Dave Steckel
    • Shot on goal by Michal Rozsival (Snapshot 14 ft)
    • Scott Gomez won faceoff against Boyd Gordon
    • Derek Morris shot blocked by Matt Bradley
    • Ryan Callahan credited with hit on John Erskine
    • Scott Gomez shot blocked by John Erskine
    • Shot on goal by Derek Morris (Slapshot 36 ft)
    • Shot on goal by Nik Antropov (Slapshot 33 ft)
    • Nik Antropov credited with hit on Shaone Morrisonn
    • Shot on goal by Nik Antropov (Slapshot 20 ft)
    • Penalty to Markus Naslund 2 minutes for Holding Boyd Gordon
    • Brandon Dubinsky won faceoff against Boyd Gordon
    • Michal Rozsival shot blocked by Boyd Gordon
    • Daniel Girardi credited with hit on Tomas Fleischmann
    • Takeaway by Lauri Korpikoski
    • Markus Naslund credited with hit on Mike Green
    • Scott Gomez shot blocked by Brian Pothier
    • Shot missed by Ryan Callahan(Wide of Net)
    • Sean Avery credited with hit on John Erskine
    • Penalty to Sean Avery 2 minutes for Roughing John Erskine
    • Daniel Girardi credited with hit on Alexander Semin
    • Takeaway by Lauri Korpikoski
    • Shot on goal by Marc Staal (Slapshot 35 ft)
    • Shot on goal by Sean Avery (Snapshot 18 ft)
    • Brandon Dubinsky won faceoff against Dave Steckel
    • Shot on goal by Sean Avery (Wristshot 19 ft)
    • Shot on goal by Wade Redden (Slapshot 43 ft)
    • Shot on goal by Michal Rozsival (Slapshot 37 ft)
    • Penalty to Sean Avery 2 minutes for High-sticking Tom Poti
    • Marc Staal credited with hit on Tomas Fleischmann
    • Shot missed by Wade Redden(Over Net)
    • Shot on goal by Scott Gomez (Slapshot 22 ft)
    • Shot missed by Michal Rozsival(Wide of Net)
    • Daniel Girardi shot blocked by Dave Steckel
    • Penalty to Chris Drury 2 minutes for Hooking Brooks Laich
    • Brandon Dubinsky won faceoff against Nicklas Backstrom
    • Blair Betts won faceoff against Sergei Fedorov
    • Takeaway by Blair Betts
    • Derek Morris credited with hit on Brooks Laich
    • Shot on goal by Nikolai Zherdev (Wristshot 20 ft)
    • Shot on goal by Brandon Dubinsky (Snapshot 15 ft)
    • Sean Avery credited with hit on Tom Poti
    • Penalty to Ryan Callahan 2 minutes for High-sticking Tomas Fleischmann
    • Marc Staal credited with hit on Alexander Semin
    • Paul Mara shot blocked by Boyd Gordon
    • Shot on goal by Nikolai Zherdev (Wristshot 12 ft)
    • Shot on goal by Sean Avery (Wristshot 13 ft)
    • Takeaway by Brandon Dubinsky
    • Shot missed by Nikolai Zherdev(Wide of Net)
    • Marc Staal shot blocked by Alexander Semin
    • Sean Avery credited with hit on Tomas Fleischmann
    • Penalty to Sean Avery 2 minutes for Interference - Goalkeeper Simeon Varlamov
    • Blair Betts won faceoff against Sergei Fedorov
    • Brandon Dubinsky won faceoff against Nicklas Backstrom
    • Marc Staal credited with hit on Alex Ovechkin
    • Marc Staal credited with hit on Alex Ovechkin
    • Scott Gomez won faceoff against Nicklas Backstrom
    • Scott Gomez won faceoff against Sergei Fedorov
    • Giveaway by Ryan Callahan
    • Takeaway by Scott Gomez
    • Shot missed by Marc Staal(Wide of Net)
    • Shot on goal by Nik Antropov (Slapshot 30 ft)
    • Scott Gomez won faceoff against Dave Steckel
    • Shot on goal by Derek Morris (Slapshot 37 ft)
    • Brandon Dubinsky won faceoff against Matt Bradley
    • Shot on goal by Markus Naslund (Wristshot 7 ft)
    • Scott Gomez won faceoff against Boyd Gordon
    • Daniel Girardi shot blocked by Dave Steckel
    • Shot on goal by Scott Gomez (Snapshot 13 ft)
    • Sean Avery shot blocked by Shaone Morrisonn
    • Sean Avery credited with hit on Shaone Morrisonn
    • Giveaway by Nikolai Zherdev
    • Derek Morris credited with hit on John Erskine
    • Daniel Girardi shot blocked by Alex Ovechkin
    • Nik Antropov won faceoff against Tomas Fleischmann
    • Shot on goal by Paul Mara (Slapshot 34 ft)
    • Shot on goal by Fredrik Sjostrom (Tip-In 12 ft)
    • Brandon Dubinsky credited with hit on Milan Jurcina
    • Shot missed by Marc Staal(Wide of Net)
    • Takeaway by Sean Avery
    • Scott Gomez won faceoff against Tomas Fleischmann
    • Ryan Callahan credited with hit on Tomas Fleischmann
    • Brandon Dubinsky won faceoff against Dave Steckel
    • Lauri Korpikoski shot blocked by Mike Green
    • Takeaway by Nik Antropov
    • Shot on goal by Sean Avery (Slapshot 35 ft)
    • Ryan Callahan credited with hit on Boyd Gordon
    • Brandon Dubinsky shot blocked by Brian Pothier
    • Shot on goal by Daniel Girardi (Slapshot 38 ft)
    • Shot on goal by Daniel Girardi (Wristshot 31 ft)
    • Giveaway by Nikolai Zherdev
    • Brandon Dubinsky credited with hit on Shaone Morrisonn
    • Shot missed by Marc Staal(Wide of Net)
    • Shot on goal by Michal Rozsival (Wristshot 37 ft)
    • Scott Gomez won faceoff against Nicklas Backstrom
    • Shot missed by Wade Redden(Wide of Net)
    • Shot on goal by Markus Naslund (Backhand 12 ft)
    • Lauri Korpikoski won faceoff against Sergei Fedorov
    • Marc Staal credited with hit on Viktor Kozlov
    • Shot on goal by Scott Gomez (Slapshot 22 ft)
    • Ryan Callahan credited with hit on Nicklas Backstrom
    • Penalty to Sean Avery 2 minutes for Roughing Simeon Varlamov served by Colton Orr
    • Penalty to Sean Avery 10 minutes for Misconduct(opposing player not identified)
    • Brandon Dubinsky won faceoff against Sergei Fedorov
    • Shot missed by Brandon Dubinsky(Wide of Net)
    • Blair Betts won faceoff against Dave Steckel
    • Blair Betts won faceoff against Dave Steckel
    • Derek Morris credited with hit on Tomas Fleischmann
    • Brandon Dubinsky credited with hit on Tomas Fleischmann
    • Nicklas Backstrom won faceoff against Scott Gomez
    • Nicklas Backstrom credited with hit on Scott Gomez
    • Milan Jurcina credited with hit on Sean Avery
    • Shot on goal by Nicklas Backstrom (Wristshot 16 ft)
    • Viktor Kozlov shot blocked by Daniel Girardi
    • Alex Ovechkin credited with hit on Daniel Girardi
    • Stoppage - High Stick
    • Dave Steckel won faceoff against Brandon Dubinsky
    • Shot on goal by Brooks Laich (Backhand 10 ft)
    • Stoppage - Goalie Stopped
    • Boyd Gordon won faceoff against Blair Betts
    • Shot on goal by Milan Jurcina (Slapshot 46 ft)
    • Stoppage - Puck in Netting
    • Donald Brashear shot blocked by Blair Betts
    • Boyd Gordon won faceoff against Blair Betts
    • Shot on goal by Boyd Gordon (Wristshot 22 ft)
    • Matt Bradley credited with hit on Daniel Girardi
    • Stoppage - Offside
    • Shot missed by Alexander Semin(Wide of Net)
    • Stoppage - Puck in Netting
    • Stoppage - Player Injury
    • Alex Ovechkin shot blocked by Michal Rozsival
    • Stoppage - Goalie Stopped
    • Shaone Morrisonn credited with hit on Chris Drury
    • Shot on goal by Dave Steckel (Wristshot 19 ft)
    • Shot on goal by Eric Fehr (Wristshot 25 ft)
    • Takeaway by Alexander Semin
    • Nicklas Backstrom credited with hit on Wade Redden
    • Shot missed by Brian Pothier(Wide of Net)
    • Shot missed by Alex Ovechkin(Wide of Net)
    • Goal scored by Alexander Semin assisted by Nicklas Backstrom and Alex Ovechkin
    • Mike Green credited with hit on Brandon Dubinsky
    • Stoppage - Puck in Netting
    • Viktor Kozlov shot blocked by Paul Mara
    • Matt Bradley credited with hit on Paul Mara
    • Donald Brashear credited with hit on Fredrik Sjostrom
    • Stoppage - Goalie Stopped
    • Shot on goal by Donald Brashear (Wristshot 9 ft)
    • Penalty to Donald Brashear 2 minutes for Roughing Colton Orr
    • Shot on goal by Milan Jurcina (Wristshot 45 ft)
    • Shot missed by Alex Ovechkin(Over Net)
    • Shot on goal by Alex Ovechkin (Wristshot 22 ft)
    • Alex Ovechkin shot blocked by Michal Rozsival
    • Stoppage - Puck in Netting
    • Shot on goal by Brian Pothier (Snapshot 24 ft)
    • Stoppage - Goalie Stopped
    • Dave Steckel won faceoff against Scott Gomez
    • Brooks Laich shot blocked by Scott Gomez
    • Dave Steckel credited with hit on Wade Redden
    • Goal scored by Alexander Semin assisted by Alex Ovechkin and Nicklas Backstrom
    • Sergei Fedorov won faceoff against Brandon Dubinsky
    • Shot on goal by Brian Pothier (Wristshot 24 ft)
    • Shot on goal by Mike Green (Wristshot 28 ft)
    • Boyd Gordon won faceoff against Scott Gomez
    • Penalty to Brooks Laich 2 minutes for High-sticking Daniel Girardi
    • Mike Green credited with hit on Markus Naslund
    • Boyd Gordon won faceoff against Nikolai Zherdev
    • Stoppage - Offside
    • Shot missed by Sergei Fedorov(Wide of Net)
    • Shot missed by Alex Ovechkin(Wide of Net)
    • Stoppage - Puck Frozen
    • Shot missed by Nicklas Backstrom(Wide of Net)
    • Milan Jurcina credited with hit on Sean Avery
    • Takeaway by Nicklas Backstrom
    • Nicklas Backstrom credited with hit on Sean Avery
    • Shaone Morrisonn credited with hit on Markus Naslund
    • Stoppage - Icing
    • Penalty to Dave Steckel 2 minutes for Holding Nikolai Zherdev
    • Boyd Gordon won faceoff against Scott Gomez
    • Stoppage - Puck in the Crowd
    • Shot on goal by Mike Green (Wristshot 36 ft)
    • Nicklas Backstrom won faceoff against Blair Betts
    • Shot on goal by Alex Ovechkin (Slapshot 28 ft)
    • Stoppage - Goalie Stopped
    • Nicklas Backstrom won faceoff against Blair Betts
    • Shot on goal by Alexander Semin (Wristshot 35 ft)
    • Stoppage - Goalie Stopped
    • Nicklas Backstrom won faceoff against Brandon Dubinsky
    • Stoppage - Goalie Stopped
    • Sergei Fedorov won faceoff against Blair Betts
    • Brian Pothier shot blocked by Fredrik Sjostrom
    • Shot on goal by Viktor Kozlov (Tip-In 14 ft)
    • Sergei Fedorov shot blocked by Fredrik Sjostrom
    • Shot on goal by Brian Pothier (Slapshot 38 ft)
    • Shot on goal by Viktor Kozlov (Wristshot 17 ft)
    • Stoppage - Offside
    • Dave Steckel won faceoff against Scott Gomez
    • Stoppage - Icing
    • Penalty to Milan Jurcina 2 minutes for Slashing Brandon Dubinsky
    • Stoppage - TV Timeout
    • Boyd Gordon won faceoff against Scott Gomez
    • Shot missed by Nicklas Backstrom(Wide of Net)
    • Stoppage - Offside
    • Sergei Fedorov won faceoff against Brandon Dubinsky
    • Shot on goal by Tomas Fleischmann (Wristshot 13 ft)
    • Dave Steckel won faceoff against Scott Gomez
    • Penalty to Sergei Fedorov 2 minutes for Hooking Ryan Callahan
    • Milan Jurcina credited with hit on Scott Gomez
    • Mike Green credited with hit on Sean Avery
    • Matt Bradley shot blocked by Derek Morris
    • Nicklas Backstrom won faceoff against Blair Betts
    • Shot missed by Alex Ovechkin(Wide of Net)
    • Shot on goal by Alexander Semin (Wristshot 12 ft)
    • Stoppage - Goalie Stopped
    • Shot missed by Tomas Fleischmann(Wide of Net)
    • Shot missed by Alexander Semin(Wide of Net)
    • Shot on goal by Mike Green (Slapshot 32 ft)
    • Stoppage - Goalie Stopped
    • Mike Green credited with hit on Blair Betts
    • Shot on goal by Alexander Semin (Wristshot 8 ft)
    • Goal scored by Brooks Laich (Power Play) assisted by Alexander Semin and Sergei Fedorov
    • Dave Steckel won faceoff against Brandon Dubinsky
    • Stoppage - Goalie Stopped
    • Nicklas Backstrom won faceoff against Ryan Callahan
    • Shot missed by Alexander Semin(Over Net)
    • Milan Jurcina credited with hit on Sean Avery
    • Alexander Semin won faceoff against Blair Betts
    • Shot on goal by Mike Green (Slapshot 38 ft)
    • Tomas Fleischmann credited with hit on Daniel Girardi
    • Alex Ovechkin shot blocked by Lauri Korpikoski
    • Giveaway by Alex Ovechkin
    • Takeaway by Alex Ovechkin
    • Stoppage - Net Off Moorings
    • Sergei Fedorov won faceoff against Nik Antropov
    • Shot on goal by Sergei Fedorov (Wristshot 17 ft)
    • Shot on goal by Brian Pothier (Slapshot 31 ft)
    • Stoppage - Goalie Stopped
    • Boyd Gordon won faceoff against Brandon Dubinsky
    • Shot missed by Tomas Fleischmann(Over Net)
    • Alexander Semin shot blocked by Daniel Girardi
    • Shot on goal by Brooks Laich (Tip-In 12 ft)
    • Stoppage - Goalie Stopped
    • Shot on goal by Alex Ovechkin (Wristshot 21 ft)
    • Shot missed by Tomas Fleischmann(Wide of Net)
    • Alex Ovechkin credited with hit on Marc Staal
    • Nicklas Backstrom won faceoff against Brandon Dubinsky
    • Shot on goal by Alexander Semin (Wristshot 80 ft)
    • Stoppage - Icing
    • Stoppage - Puck in Netting
    • Viktor Kozlov shot blocked by Marc Staal
    • Stoppage - Goalie Stopped
    • Stoppage - Goalie Stopped
    • Shot on goal by Dave Steckel (Tip-In 13 ft)
    • Shot on goal by Boyd Gordon (Wraparound 7 ft)
    • Penalty to Brian Pothier 2 minutes for Slashing Markus Naslund
    • Shot on goal by Nicklas Backstrom (Wristshot 16 ft)
    • Mike Green credited with hit on Brandon Dubinsky
    • Stoppage - Puck in Netting
    • John Erskine credited with hit on Colton Orr
    • Alex Ovechkin shot blocked by Daniel Girardi
    • Stoppage - Offside
    • Sergei Fedorov won faceoff against Scott Gomez
    • Stoppage - Offside
    • Stoppage - Offside
    • Dave Steckel won faceoff against Nikolai Zherdev
    • Stoppage - High Stick
    • Shot missed by Alex Ovechkin(Over Net)
    • Shot on goal by Alex Ovechkin (Wristshot 13 ft)
    • John Erskine credited with hit on Scott Gomez
    • Takeaway by Boyd Gordon
    • Shot on goal by Matt Bradley (Tip-In 10 ft)
    • Stoppage - Goalie Stopped
    • Shot on goal by Alex Ovechkin (Snapshot 13 ft)
    • Nicklas Backstrom won faceoff against Blair Betts
    • Shot on goal by Alexander Semin (Slapshot 19 ft)
    • Dave Steckel won faceoff against Brandon Dubinsky
    • Stoppage - Icing
    • Stoppage - Goalie Stopped
    • Takeaway by Alexander Semin
    • Shot on goal by Alexander Semin (Slapshot 24 ft)
    • Boyd Gordon won faceoff against Brandon Dubinsky
    • Stoppage - Goalie Stopped
    • Stoppage - Goalie Stopped
    • Boyd Gordon won faceoff against Scott Gomez
    • Penalty to Viktor Kozlov 2 minutes for Holding Lauri Korpikoski
    • Nicklas Backstrom credited with hit on Nik Antropov
    • Goal scored by Tom Poti (Power Play) assisted by Nicklas Backstrom and Brian Pothier
    • Stoppage - Puck in the Crowd
    • Dave Steckel won faceoff against Blair Betts
    • Stoppage - Icing
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