Washington Capitals at New York Rangers

Thu, Feb 4, 2021 · Madison Square Garden · 2020–21 Regular Season

Washington Capitals

2 – 4

Final

New York Rangers

The New York Rangers beat the Washington Capitals 4–2 on Thu, Feb 4, 2021 at Madison Square Garden. Ryan Strome scored twice. Igor Shesterkin made 31 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 33–31.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
WSH	0	1	1	2	33
NYR	1	1	2	4	31

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	01:41	NYR	EV	Ryan Strome (3) · tip-in	Adam Fox (6), Artemi Panarin (8)	0–1
2nd	09:15	NYR	EV	Anthony Bitetto (1) · backhand	Kevin Rooney (1)	0–2
2nd	18:57	WSH	EV	Carl Hagelin (1) · deflected	Garnet Hathaway (3), Michael Sgarbossa (2)	1–2
3rd	07:55	NYR	EV	Ryan Strome (4) · wrist	Artemi Panarin (9), Kaapo Kakko (1)	1–3
3rd	11:01	WSH	EV	Alex Ovechkin (3) · wrist	Nicklas Backstrom (9)	2–3
3rd	19:33	NYR	SH EN	Pavel Buchnevich (3) · wrist	Mika Zibanejad (2), Artemi Panarin (10)	2–4

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	04:47	WSH	Nic Dowd	holding	2
1st	14:33	NYR	Mika Zibanejad	tripping	2
2nd	05:11	WSH	Garnet Hathaway	tripping	2
2nd	10:42	NYR	Mika Zibanejad	slashing	2
2nd	14:31	WSH	Richard Panik	high sticking	2
2nd	16:40	NYR	Bench	too many men on the ice	2
2nd	19:50	NYR	Brett Howden	slashing	2
3rd	11:59	WSH	Brenden Dillon	tripping	2
3rd	11:59	NYR	Kaapo Kakko	embellishment	2
3rd	20:00	NYR	Brendan Lemieux	tripping	2
3rd	20:00	WSH	Brenden Dillon	fighting	5
3rd	20:00	NYR	Kevin Rooney	fighting	5

Shot map

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

Expected goals: WSH 2.41 · NYR 3.55 · xG% WSH 40.4

Washington Capitals

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
8	Alex Ovechkin	L	1	0	1	0	0	7	2	1		27:17	25
19	Nicklas Backstrom	C	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	73.3	21:13	24
62	Carl Hagelin	L	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	0		16:29	25
21	Garnet Hathaway	R	0	1	1	0	2	4	4	0		13:23	20
23	Michael Sgarbossa	C	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	1	16.7	10:03	12
74	John Carlson	D	0	0	0	-2	0	3	1	2		23:42	24
43	Tom Wilson	R	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	2	100.0	21:19	25
33	Zdeno Chara	D	0	0	0	-2	0	2	1	0		20:40	25
13	Jakub Vrana	L	0	0	0	-3	0	1	0	0		19:41	23
77	T.J. Oshie	R	0	0	0	-3	0	1	3	0	68.8	18:37	23
57	Trevor van Riemsdyk	D	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	1		16:32	16
4	Brenden Dillon	D	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0		15:46	18
26	Nic Dowd	C	0	0	0	-1	2	1	0	0	38.9	15:25	23
9	Dmitry Orlov	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	0		14:29	17
3	Nick Jensen	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	2		13:04	16
14	Richard Panik	R	0	0	0	-2	2	1	1	0		12:53	19
34	Jonas Siegenthaler	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		7:00	8
10	Daniel Sprong	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		5:27	7

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
41	Vitek Vanecek	L	30	27	3	.900	58:50

New York Rangers

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
10	Artemi Panarin	L	0	3	3	+2	0	5	0	0		20:21	22
16	Ryan Strome	C	2	0	2	+1	0	2	1	0	21.4	21:42	25
23	Adam Fox	D	0	1	1	+1	0	2	0	1		26:27	32
93	Mika Zibanejad	C	0	1	1	0	4	2	3	0	44.4	19:20	27
89	Pavel Buchnevich	L	1	0	1	0	0	3	1	2		15:38	25
24	Kaapo Kakko	R	0	1	1	+2	2	0	0	2	100.0	14:13	18
17	Kevin Rooney	C	0	1	1	+1	5	0	2	0	50.0	11:45	20
22	Anthony Bitetto	D	1	0	1	+1	0	1	0	0		9:30	18
8	Jacob Trouba	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	4	9		24:42	32
79	K'Andre Miller	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2		22:35	29
55	Ryan Lindgren	D	0	0	0	+1	0	3	3	0		21:16	29
20	Chris Kreider	L	0	0	0	-2	0	3	0	1	100.0	15:38	23
21	Brett Howden	C	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	60.0	15:02	22
33	Phillip Di Giuseppe	L	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0		14:04	18
13	Alexis Lafrenière	L	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	50.0	12:38	21
25	Libor Hajek	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		9:29	18
48	Brendan Lemieux	L	0	0	0	+1	2	2	1	0	100.0	9:24	16
12	Julien Gauthier	R	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0		6:12	11

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31	Igor Shesterkin	W	33	31	2	.939	60:00