Sunday's NHL playoff summaries
Scoring summaries from Sunday's NHL playoff games:
Capitals 5 at Rangers 3
First Period
1. Washington, Jurcina 1 (Laich, Steckel) 7:09
2. N.Y. Rangers, Gomez 2 (Redden, Avery) 8:15 (pp)
3. Washington, Green 1 (Semin, Poti) 13:58 (pp)
4. Washington, Poti 2 (Steckel, B.Gordon) 17:14
Penalties - Morrisonn Wash (interference) 7:32, Brashear Wash, Mara NYR (roughing) 9:54, Mara NYR (holding) 12:41, Poti Wash (delay of game) 15:04.
Second Period
5. Washington, Kozlov 2 (Poti, Fedorov) 9:21
6. Washington, Ovechkin 3 (Poti, Backstrom) 16:44 (pp)
Penalties - Brashear Wash (hooking) 3:53, Morrisonn Wash (roughing), Dubinsky NYR (boarding, roughing) 15:03, Erskine Wash (interference) 19:17, Jurcina Wash, Zherdev NYR (roughing) 19:26.
Third Period
7. N.Y. Rangers, Callahan 2 (Morris, Gomez) 4:21 (pp)
8. N.Y. Rangers, Staal 1 (Korpikoski, Sjostrom) 19:54
Penalties - Erskine Wash (holding) 2:58, Backstrom Wash (hooking) 3:56, Ovechkin Wash (elbowing) 14:43, B.Gordon Wash (cross-checking) 15:31.
Shots on goal by
Washington 9 11 2-22
N.Y. Rangers 11 10 11-32
Goal (shots-saves) - Washington: Varlamov (W,3-2); N.Y. Rangers: Lundqvist (L,3-3)(20-15), Valiquette (start third)(2-2).
Power plays (goals-chances) - Washington: 2-2; N.Y. Rangers: 2-8.
Referees - Brad Meier, Bill McCreary. Linesmen - Pierre Racicot, Anthony Sericolo.
Attendance - 18,200 (18,200).
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Devils 0 at Hurricanes 4
First Period
1. Carolina, Whitney 2 (Staal, LaRose) 10:32
Penalties - Rupp NJ (holding) 5:46, Pitkanen Car (hooking) 13:58, Pitkanen Car (tripping) 18:02.
Second Period
2. Carolina, Staal 3 (Whitney, LaRose) 4:44
3. Carolina, Staal 4 (Whitney, Gleason) 7:30
Penalty - Zubrus NJ (roughing) 0:45.
Third Period
4. Carolina, Jokinen 2 (Whitney, Corvo) 9:12 (pp)
Penalties - Zajac NJ (hooking) 8:12, Madden NJ (cross-checking) 8:54, Rupp NJ (roughing, misconduct; served by Rolston), Clarkson NJ, Gleason Car (fighting, misconduct) 12:15, Rolston NJ (tripping) 15:02.
Shots on goal by
New Jersey 4 11 13-28
Carolina 15 14 8-37
Goal - New Jersey: Brodeur (L,3-3-0); Carolina: Ward (W,3-3-0).
Power plays (goals-chances) - New Jersey: 0-2; Carolina: 1-6.
Referees - Mike Leggo, Tim Peel. Linesmen - Mark Wheler, Scott Driscoll.
Attendance - 18,680 (18,680).
