Rangers 1, Capitals 2, Final - Jan. 3, 2009

Morning Skate: Saturday, 1/3
hockeyprogram.blogspot.com 1/3/2009 — Ryan breaks it down Saturday style and thankfully has early games to ponder....see what he previewed and predicted...ONLY ON THE PROGRAM!

Caps Win 6th Straight, Beat Rangers 2-1
dcprosportsreport.com 1/4/2009 — Lately, it doesn’t matter if Jose Theodore, Brent Johnson, or rookie prospect Simeon Varlamov is in goal, the Capitals just keep winning. Tonight, it was all Jose Theodore, stopping 21 of 22 shots and picking up his 5th consecutive win to lead the Capitals to their 6th consecutive win.

Caps / Rangers Open Thread: Home Sweet Home
onfrozenblog.com 1/4/2009 — Here are a few notes from the Caps Media Relations staff: * Washington has the best home record in the Eastern Conference at 16-1-1. * The Capitals have outscored opponents 71-37 at Verizon Center (25-9 in the first period), allowing fewer goals at home than any team except Vanco

Game Recaps : NY Rangers vs Washington Capitals
nhl.com 1/3/2009 — Capitals beat Rangers 2-1. It's pretty easy to make the case that Alex Ovechkin is one of the NHL's best players, no matter what the All-Star voting says. And now his Washington Capitals are the best they've ever been through 40 games.

Battle of the Bizarre Fights
voices.washingtonpost.com 1/4/2009 — Alexander Semin engaged in his first career fight tonight with Rangers defenseman Marc Staal, who had two small scratches under his left eye after the encounter. And for those of you who weren't watching the game, check out the first video. ...

NEW YORK RANGERS vs WASHINGTON CAPITALS - Game Summary
nhl.com 1/4/2009 —

Alexander Semin Fights Scut Farkus
onfrozenblog.com 1/4/2009 —

Rangers @ Capitals (Game 40) — The New York Rangers Blog

Game Day Open Thread: Rangers @ Caps — Japers' Rink

Caps Winning Streak Now At Six — Off Wing Opinion

A TWO-point night: Caps 2 -- Rangers 1 — The Peerless Prognosticator

Capitals 2, Rangers 1 — The New York Rangers Blog

Banged-up Flyers lose, but move into first place — Flyers Fan Central

Semin's Night: The Bitch Slaps Heard 'Round The League — Puckhead's Thoughts

Caps vs. Rangers 1-3-2009 Post-Mortem — Bleatings From a Caps Nut

Boudreau: Ovechkin's All-Star snub dumb (AP) — Yahoo! Sports - NHL News 1/3/2009
Alex Ovechkin is the NHL's reigning MVP and scoring champion, and he entered Saturday second in the league in goals and points. So how is it possible, Ovechkin's coach with the Washington Capitals wants to know, that the left wing was not voted in as ...

Ovechkin leads Capitals past Rangers 2-1 — Boston.com -- Hockey news 1/4/2009
Alex Ovechkin showed why his coach thinks it's silly the NHL's reigning MVP was not voted an All-Star starter.

Ovechkin helps Caps win sixth straight (AP) — Yahoo! Sports - NHL News 1/4/2009
Alex Ovechkin showed why his coach thinks it's silly the NHL's reigning MVP was not voted an All-Star starter. Ovechkin's tiebreaking short-handed goal with a half-minute left in the second period lifted Washington past the New York Rangers 2-1 ...

Caps clip Rangers for season-high 6th straight win — USATODAY.com NHL - Top Stories 1/4/2009
Ovechkin's tiebreaking short-handed goal with a half-minute left in the second period lifted Washington past the New York Rangers ...

Caps 2, Rangers 1 — Capitals Insider 1/4/2009
"You've got to win every which way," Coach Bruce Boudreau said. "That's playoff hockey. You play a really good team and you shut them down and you do it with all four lines." *The Capitals won a tight, defensive game against the Rangers tonight to ...

Rangers-Capitals: What a Slap Fest, Rangers Lose 2-1 to Caps — Bleacher Report - NHL 1/4/2009
Another game, yet another embarrassing loss. The Rangers continued their trend of sucking tonight, losing to the Caps 2-1 . As a team ,they played with little to no emotion, despite the two fights. Well, one fight and one slap and tickle with ...

I'm back under a roof, Henrik's under the weather — The Blueshirts Blog - NY Daily News Blogs 1/3/2009
It's a perfectly nice day in Washington - anybody want to play this game outside? Okay, that's just me settling back into this whole indoor-rink stuff after a couple days in Chicago at the Winter Classic. But wouldn't it be nice if we could just ...

What a Slap Fest, Rangers Lose 2-1 to Caps — Bleacher Report - NHL 1/4/2009
Another game, yet another embarrassing loss. The Rangers continued their trend of sucking tonight, losing to the Caps 2-1 . As a team ,they played with little to no emotion, despite the two fights. Well, one fight and one slap and tickle with ...