Capitals 4-2 Rangers (9 Dec, 2017) Play-by-Play

New York Rangers

15-11-2, 4-6-0 away

	1	2	3	T
NYR	0	1	1	2
WSH	1	1	2	4

Washington Capitals

18-11-1, 12-5-0 home

RANGERS

CAPITALS

TIME	NYR	WSH
0:00
0:00
0:06	0	0
0:14	0	1
0:14
0:24
0:32
0:40
1:14	0	1
1:27
2:22
2:24
2:26	0	1
2:31	0	1
2:32
2:32
3:01
3:07
3:32
3:35	0	1
3:51	0	1
3:52	0	1
4:01	0	1
4:02
4:02
4:14	0	1
4:29
4:47	0	1
4:49
4:49
5:13	0	1
5:20	0	1
5:46
6:12
6:26	0	1
6:37
6:37
6:48	0	1
6:53	0	1
7:43	0	1
7:46	0	1
7:50	0	1
8:02	0	1
8:03
8:03
8:12
8:23	0	1
9:10
9:33
9:42	0	1
9:47
9:58
10:52
11:23	0	1
11:24
11:24
12:02	0	1
12:21	0	1
12:26	0	1
12:27	0	1
13:07
13:33
13:38	0	1
13:46	0	1
13:55	0	1
14:45	0	1
15:54	0	1
16:03
16:33	0	1
16:47	0	1
16:57
16:57
16:57
17:03
17:03
17:27
17:35	0	1
18:14	0	1
18:17	0	1
18:20	0	1
18:29
19:00
19:00
19:04
19:04
19:20
19:20
19:50
19:54
19:54
20:00

Regular Season Series

WSH leads 1-0

Rangers
2
Capitals
4

Game 1

9/12

Capitals
0
Rangers
1

Game 2

28/12

Capitals
4
Rangers
2

Game 3

27/3

Rangers
2
Capitals
3

Game 4

29/3

Capital One Arena

12:00 AM, 9 December 2017

Washington, DC

Attendance: 18,506

Referees:
Marc Joannette

Linesmen:
Steve Miller
Michel Cormier

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
NY Rangers	55	23	4	114
Carolina	52	23	7	111
NY Islanders	39	27	16	94
Washington	40	31	11	91
Pittsburgh	38	32	12	88
Philadelphia	38	33	11	87
New Jersey	38	39	5	81
Columbus	27	43	12	66

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