After a scoreless first period, the Rangers and Capitals combined for five goals in the second to highlight Game One of their first-round series. Alexander Semin scored at the 1:42 mark of the third period to tie the game, but Brandon Dubinsky lit the lamp at the 11:43 mark to give New York a 4-3 victory. Washington's Jose Theodore stopped just seventeen shots, while allowing four goals, for a 80.9% save percentage. Game Two of the series will be Saturday afternoon.