Washington Capitals at New York Rangers

Tue, Mar 30, 2021 · Madison Square Garden · 2020–21 Regular Season

Washington Capitals

2 – 5

Final

New York Rangers

The New York Rangers beat the Washington Capitals 5–2 on Tue, Mar 30, 2021 at Madison Square Garden. Artemi Panarin led the way with 3 points. Igor Shesterkin made 30 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 32–27.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
WSH	2	0	0	2	32
NYR	1	0	4	5	27

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	02:23	WSH	PP	T.J. Oshie (9) · slap	Nicklas Backstrom (24), John Carlson (22)	1–0
1st	04:22	WSH	EV	Nic Dowd (7) · backhand	Garnet Hathaway (8), Brenden Dillon (9)	2–0
1st	15:36	NYR	EV	Filip Chytil (6) · wrist	Unassisted	2–1
3rd	04:10	NYR	EV	Kaapo Kakko (5) · tip-in	Ryan Strome (22), Artemi Panarin (22)	2–2
3rd	06:32	NYR	EV	Adam Fox (4) · backhand	Artemi Panarin (23), Ryan Lindgren (10)	2–3
3rd	15:41	NYR	EV	Artemi Panarin (9) · backhand	Brendan Smith (4)	2–4
3rd	19:25	NYR	SH EN	Pavel Buchnevich (14) · wrist	Ryan Lindgren (11)	2–5

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	01:42	NYR	Kevin Rooney	holding	2
1st	12:29	WSH	Bench	too many men on the ice	2
1st	19:18	WSH	Zdeno Chara	slashing	2
2nd	12:44	NYR	Phillip Di Giuseppe	tripping	2
3rd	18:50	NYR	Brendan Smith	cross checking	2
3rd	19:25	WSH	Tom Wilson	unsportsmanlike conduct	2
3rd	19:25	WSH	Tom Wilson	misconduct	10

Shot map

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

Expected goals: WSH 2.85 · NYR 3.04 · xG% WSH 48.4

Washington Capitals

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
74	John Carlson	D	0	1	1	-2	0	1	0	2		23:56	26
4	Brenden Dillon	D	0	1	1	0	0	3	1	1		20:38	23
19	Nicklas Backstrom	C	0	1	1	-2	0	1	1	0	53.3	20:10	22
77	T.J. Oshie	R	1	0	1	-1	0	3	0	0	80.0	17:31	21
21	Garnet Hathaway	R	0	1	1	0	0	2	3	3		12:24	17
26	Nic Dowd	C	1	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	61.5	12:14	17
9	Dmitry Orlov	D	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0	0		20:20	24
2	Justin Schultz	D	0	0	0	-2	0	2	0	1		19:20	23
43	Tom Wilson	R	0	0	0	-2	12	2	0	0		19:05	24
92	Evgeny Kuznetsov	C	0	0	0	-2	0	4	2	1	55.6	17:19	20
8	Alex Ovechkin	L	0	0	0	-2	0	2	2	0		17:16	20
3	Nick Jensen	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3		16:14	20
33	Zdeno Chara	D	0	0	0	-1	2	1	1	0		15:45	19
73	Conor Sheary	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0		15:39	18
62	Carl Hagelin	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		13:29	17
13	Jakub Vrana	L	0	0	0	-2	0	2	0	0		13:28	17
10	Daniel Sprong	R	0	0	0	-1	0	4	1	0		12:00	17
20	Lars Eller	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	50.0	10:05	16

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
41	Vitek Vanecek	L	26	22	4	.846	58:32

New York Rangers

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
10	Artemi Panarin	L	1	2	3	+3	0	1	0	0		19:44	21
55	Ryan Lindgren	D	0	2	2	+2	0	0	0	1		18:08	25
23	Adam Fox	D	1	0	1	+2	0	2	0	1		23:11	27
16	Ryan Strome	C	0	1	1	+3	0	1	1	0	54.5	18:32	23
89	Pavel Buchnevich	L	1	0	1	0	0	3	1	0		17:21	23
42	Brendan Smith	D	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	3		15:13	21
24	Kaapo Kakko	R	1	0	1	+3	0	2	0	0		15:13	19
72	Filip Chytil	C	1	0	1	+1	0	2	0	0	25.0	12:16	17
79	K'Andre Miller	D	0	0	0	+2	0	2	3	1		22:16	25
8	Jacob Trouba	D	0	0	0	+2	0	1	2	3		21:45	25
93	Mika Zibanejad	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	38.1	20:32	25
20	Chris Kreider	L	0	0	0	-1	0	4	2	0	100.0	18:49	21
25	Libor Hajek	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		15:21	22
43	Colin Blackwell	C	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	1	66.7	13:01	16
17	Kevin Rooney	C	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	2	45.5	12:43	17
33	Phillip Di Giuseppe	L	0	0	0	0	2	2	4	0		11:38	16
13	Alexis Lafrenière	L	0	0	0	+1	0	2	1	0		10:57	17
12	Julien Gauthier	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		9:44	17

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31	Igor Shesterkin	W	32	30	2	.938	59:45