New York Rangers at Washington Capitals

Fri, Mar 19, 2021 · Capital One Arena · 2020–21 Regular Season

New York Rangers

1 – 2

Final

Washington Capitals

The Washington Capitals beat the New York Rangers 2–1 on Fri, Mar 19, 2021 at Capital One Arena. Alex Ovechkin scored twice. Vitek Vanecek made 32 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 33–18.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
NYR	1	0	0	1	33
WSH	0	0	2	2	18

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	16:42	NYR	PP	Artemi Panarin (8) · wrist	Ryan Strome (13), Adam Fox (15)	1–0
3rd	13:18	WSH	EV	Alex Ovechkin (13) · wrist	Evgeny Kuznetsov (10), Justin Schultz (12)	1–1
3rd	16:27	WSH	EV	Alex Ovechkin (14) · backhand	John Carlson (20), Zdeno Chara (7)	1–2

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	15:21	WSH	Nicklas Backstrom	tripping	2
1st	17:32	NYR	Filip Chytil	hooking	2
2nd	11:36	NYR	Brendan Lemieux	unsportsmanlike conduct	2
2nd	11:36	WSH	Brenden Dillon	unsportsmanlike conduct	2
3rd	00:31	WSH	Brenden Dillon	hooking	2
3rd	10:46	WSH	Richard Panik	holding the stick	2

Shot map

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

Expected goals: NYR 2.96 · WSH 2.00 · xG% NYR 59.7

New York Rangers

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
23	Adam Fox	D	0	1	1	-2	0	4	0	1		26:05	30
10	Artemi Panarin	L	1	0	1	0	0	4	0	0		21:59	23
16	Ryan Strome	C	0	1	1	0	0	5	1	0	61.1	20:42	24
8	Jacob Trouba	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	3		23:31	30
79	K'Andre Miller	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2		23:21	28
93	Mika Zibanejad	C	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	38.1	22:57	23
89	Pavel Buchnevich	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1		21:18	25
20	Chris Kreider	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	1		21:13	23
55	Ryan Lindgren	D	0	0	0	-2	0	2	1	0		17:27	25
43	Colin Blackwell	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		13:50	17
72	Filip Chytil	C	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	1		13:09	17
42	Brendan Smith	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	2		12:58	19
13	Alexis Lafrenière	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		11:50	15
24	Kaapo Kakko	R	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0		11:14	13
25	Libor Hajek	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0		11:06	16
21	Brett Howden	C	0	0	0	-2	0	1	2	1		8:16	17
17	Kevin Rooney	C	0	0	0	-2	0	0	1	1	66.7	8:01	18
48	Brendan Lemieux	L	0	0	0	-2	2	0	5	0		7:50	16

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
40	Alexandar Georgiev	L	18	16	2	.889	59:13

Washington Capitals

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
8	Alex Ovechkin	L	2	0	2	+2	0	2	4	0		19:34	23
74	John Carlson	D	0	1	1	+1	0	1	3	2		23:24	27
2	Justin Schultz	D	0	1	1	+1	0	2	0	1		20:31	22
92	Evgeny Kuznetsov	C	0	1	1	+2	0	1	0	0	40.0	19:49	27
33	Zdeno Chara	D	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	0		17:38	21
9	Dmitry Orlov	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	5	1		21:49	24
77	T.J. Oshie	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	100.0	20:15	26
19	Nicklas Backstrom	C	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	30.8	19:41	24
4	Brenden Dillon	D	0	0	0	0	4	0	6	1		17:41	25
26	Nic Dowd	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	82.4	17:31	19
3	Nick Jensen	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		17:14	21
62	Carl Hagelin	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		16:17	19
13	Jakub Vrana	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0		14:15	18
73	Conor Sheary	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0		14:09	17
21	Garnet Hathaway	R	0	0	0	+1	0	1	4	0		13:45	17
14	Richard Panik	R	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0		9:55	14
10	Daniel Sprong	R	0	0	0	+1	0	1	1	0		9:11	14
57	Trevor van Riemsdyk	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0:00	0

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
41	Vitek Vanecek	W	33	32	1	.970	60:00