National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Washington 2,
NY Rangers 1
When: 7:00 PM ET, Wednesday, January 28, 2004
Where: Madison Square Garden, New York, New York
Referees: Mike Hasenfratz, Don VanMassenhoven
Linesmen: Jonny Murray, Stephane Provost
Attendance: 17565
Where: Madison Square Garden, New York, New York
Referees: Mike Hasenfratz, Don VanMassenhoven
Linesmen: Jonny Murray, Stephane Provost
Attendance: 17565
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | T |
| Washington | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| NY Rangers | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Scoring/Penalty Summary
| 1st Period |
| Scoring |
|
9:29 -
Capitals Jeff Halpern
(EV) Assists:
Jason Doig
, Robert Lang |
| Penalties |
|
2:31 -
Rangers Dale Purinton
(2)
Boarding 13:26 - Rangers Jan Hlavac (2) High sticking |
| 2nd Period |
| Scoring |
|
4:08 -
Capitals Trent Whitfield
(EV) Unassisted
|
| Penalties |
|
10:53 -
Capitals Jason Doig
(5)
Fighting 10:53 - Rangers Eric Lindros (5) Fighting |
| 3rd Period |
| Scoring |
|
5:21 -
Rangers Martin Rucinsky (EV) Assists:
Petr Nedved
, Brian Leetch |
| Penalties |
|
6:52 -
Capitals Joel Kwiatkowski
(2)
Boarding 7:56 - Capitals Rick Berry (2) Holding 13:34 - Capitals Jason Doig (2) Interference |
Washington Capitals
| Player | POS | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | SOG | SHF | TOI | EV | PP | SH | PP | SH | HT | BS | FW | FL | FO% |
| Olaf Kolzig | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60:00 | 50:56 | 4:00 | 5:04 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Josef Boumedienne | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 16:28 | 13:32 | 2:56 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Jason Doig | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | E | 7 | 2 | 27 | 19:01 | 17:29 | 0:00 | 1:32 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rick Berry | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | E | 2 | 1 | 24 | 19:19 | 18:45 | 0:00 | 0:34 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dainius Zubrus | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | E | 0 | 5 | 28 | 21:25 | 15:11 | 2:53 | 3:21 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 10 | 7 | 59 |
| Peter Bondra | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 15:30 | 12:29 | 3:01 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Jeff Halpern | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 1 | 36 | 22:02 | 18:30 | 0:23 | 3:09 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 10 | 5 | 67 |
| Bates Battaglia | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | E | 0 | 2 | 19 | 12:40 | 12:22 | 0:00 | 0:18 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Matt Pettinger | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 7:41 | 7:41 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brendan Witt | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | E | 0 | 1 | 34 | 24:15 | 19:15 | 1:07 | 3:53 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Robert Lang | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 18:57 | 15:09 | 3:37 | 0:11 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 5 | 1 | 83 |
| Anson Carter | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 16:56 | 13:29 | 3:16 | 0:11 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Trent Whitfield | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | E | 0 | 1 | 28 | 17:31 | 17:11 | 0:00 | 0:20 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 11 | 5 | 69 |
| Mike Grier | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | E | 0 | 2 | 29 | 21:25 | 17:52 | 0:59 | 2:34 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Alexander Semin | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | E | 0 | 1 | 12 | 11:04 | 10:20 | 0:44 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Joel Kwiatkowski | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 3 | 27 | 18:59 | 15:39 | 1:04 | 2:16 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Todd Rohloff | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | E | 0 | 0 | 22 | 18:17 | 17:29 | 0:00 | 0:48 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Stephen Peat | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | E | 0 | 0 | 8 | 6:20 | 6:20 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Darcy Verot | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | E | 0 | 0 | 9 | 5:03 | 4:58 | 0:00 | 0:05 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 3 | 2 | 60 |
New York Rangers
| Player | POS | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | SOG | SHF | TOI | EV | PP | SH | PP | SH | HT | BS | FW | FL | FO% |
| Jussi Markkanen | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 58:49 | 49:45 | 5:04 | 4:00 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Mike Dunham | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:07 | 0:07 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Brian Leetch | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 5 | 31 | 32:16 | 24:58 | 5:04 | 2:14 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tom Poti | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 2 | 32 | 25:58 | 22:28 | 1:16 | 2:14 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dale Purinton | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | E | 2 | 0 | 14 | 9:11 | 9:11 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mark Messier | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | E | 0 | 1 | 20 | 19:09 | 14:22 | 3:20 | 1:27 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 5 | 15 | 25 |
| Chris Simon | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | E | 0 | 3 | 18 | 15:00 | 14:12 | 0:48 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bobby Holik | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | E | 0 | 1 | 21 | 15:31 | 13:58 | 1:33 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 4 | 7 | 36 |
| Jamie Lundmark | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | E | 0 | 0 | 20 | 15:36 | 14:31 | 1:05 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Jamie Pushor | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | E | 0 | 0 | 13 | 8:53 | 8:53 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Martin Rucinsky | LW | 1 | 0 | 1 | E | 0 | 4 | 21 | 18:23 | 16:57 | 0:20 | 1:06 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Alex Kovalev | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 16:52 | 12:08 | 3:56 | 0:48 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Boris Mironov | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 21:37 | 19:48 | 0:03 | 1:46 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Jan Hlavac | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 8:35 | 8:35 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Matthew Barnaby | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | E | 0 | 0 | 12 | 9:59 | 9:48 | 0:11 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Jed Ortmeyer | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | E | 0 | 1 | 8 | 7:33 | 6:45 | 0:00 | 0:48 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Jaromir Jagr | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | E | 0 | 6 | 22 | 24:22 | 18:49 | 3:48 | 1:45 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Joel Bouchard | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 18:27 | 16:41 | 0:00 | 1:46 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Eric Lindros | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 9:37 | 8:19 | 0:00 | 1:18 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 8 | 6 | 57 |
| Petr Nedved | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | E | 0 | 5 | 21 | 20:05 | 15:21 | 3:56 | 0:48 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 3 | 11 | 21 |
Goaltending
| Washington | ||||||
| Shots | Saves | GA | SV % | PIM | TOI | |
| Olaf Kolzig W (19-32-3) | 33 | 32 | 1 | .970 | 0 | 60:00 |
| NY Rangers | ||||||
| Shots | Saves | GA | SV % | PIM | TOI | |
| Jussi Markkanen L (10-11-3) | 24 | 22 | 2 | .917 | 0 | 58:49 |