Washington Capitals at New York Rangers

Tue, Feb 28, 2017 · Madison Square Garden · 2016–17 Regular Season

Washington Capitals

4 – 1

Final

New York Rangers

The Washington Capitals beat the New York Rangers 4–1 on Tue, Feb 28, 2017 at Madison Square Garden. Marcus Johansson scored twice. Braden Holtby made 29 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 38–30.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
WSH	0	2	2	4	38
NYR	1	0	0	1	30

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	05:08	NYR	EV	Brady Skjei (3) · tip-in	Adam Clendening (8), J.T. Miller (29)	0–1
2nd	07:28	WSH	EV	Marcus Johansson (20) · snap	Dmitry Orlov (24), Evgeny Kuznetsov (34)	1–1
2nd	16:26	WSH	EV	Brett Connolly (13) · wrist	Matt Niskanen (29), Lars Eller (12)	2–1
3rd	01:15	WSH	EV	Marcus Johansson (21) · tip-in	Evgeny Kuznetsov (35), Matt Niskanen (30)	3–1
3rd	17:57	WSH	PP	Nicklas Backstrom (19) · deflected	Marcus Johansson (22), John Carlson (25)	4–1

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	08:09	WSH	John Carlson	tripping	2
1st	11:02	WSH	Evgeny Kuznetsov	cross checking	2
2nd	00:35	NYR	Marc Staal	cross checking	2
2nd	07:07	NYR	Adam Clendening	fighting	5
2nd	07:07	WSH	Daniel Winnik	fighting	5
3rd	08:56	WSH	Nicklas Backstrom	interference	2
3rd	13:43	WSH	Dmitry Orlov	interference	2
3rd	17:13	NYR	Ryan McDonagh	holding	2

Shot map

Goal● Shot on goal○ MissedSize = expected goals (xG)

Expected goals: WSH 3.06 · NYR 3.08 · xG% WSH 49.8

Washington Capitals

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
90	Marcus Johansson	L	2	1	3	+1	0	4	0	0	50.0	16:03	21
2	Matt Niskanen	D	0	2	2	+3	0	4	1	1		18:19	23
92	Evgeny Kuznetsov	C	0	2	2	+1	2	3	2	0	28.6	15:26	20
74	John Carlson	D	0	1	1	0	2	5	1	1		24:35	30
19	Nicklas Backstrom	C	1	0	1	0	2	3	0	0	64.0	18:10	23
9	Dmitry Orlov	D	0	1	1	+2	2	2	1	0		17:14	23
20	Lars Eller	C	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	0	66.7	14:31	21
10	Brett Connolly	R	1	0	1	+1	0	1	0	0		10:54	16
27	Karl Alzner	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	7		23:41	31
43	Tom Wilson	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	1		19:34	28
22	Kevin Shattenkirk	D	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0		17:57	23
8	Alex Ovechkin	L	0	0	0	0	0	4	6	0		17:50	22
88	Nate Schmidt	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0		17:07	23
14	Justin Williams	R	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	0		15:14	21
26	Daniel Winnik	L	0	0	0	0	5	0	2	0		14:04	21
83	Jay Beagle	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	53.3	13:59	22
13	Jakub Vrana	L	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	0		9:27	14
24	Riley Barber	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		7:55	13

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
70	Braden Holtby	W	30	29	1	.967	60:00

New York Rangers

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
76	Brady Skjei	D	1	0	1	0	0	1	2	1		20:46	25
4	Adam Clendening	D	0	1	1	0	5	1	1	1		18:37	22
10	J.T. Miller	C	0	1	1	+1	0	1	1	0	44.4	15:40	22
27	Ryan McDonagh	D	0	0	0	0	2	3	1	2		23:54	27
22	Nick Holden	D	0	0	0	-2	0	3	1	1		20:33	29
21	Derek Stepan	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	4	40.0	20:33	27
36	Mats Zuccarello	R	0	0	0	-1	0	2	3	1		18:55	24
61	Rick Nash	L	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0		18:28	25
13	Kevin Hayes	R	0	0	0	-2	0	2	2	0	46.7	17:42	22
18	Marc Staal	D	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	2		16:33	24
73	Brandon Pirri	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0		16:25	21
43	Steven Kampfer	D	0	0	0	-2	0	2	0	3		15:44	23
19	Jesper Fast	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	100.0	14:08	22
20	Chris Kreider	L	0	0	0	-2	0	0	3	1	100.0	13:11	18
12	Matt Puempel	L	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0		11:56	19
40	Michael Grabner	L	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	0		11:51	21
24	Oscar Lindberg	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	1	57.1	11:29	17
26	Jimmy Vesey	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		11:28	18

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30	Henrik Lundqvist	L	38	34	4	.895	59:23