Washington Capitals at New York Rangers

Mon, May 3, 2021 · Madison Square Garden · 2020–21 Regular Season

Washington Capitals

6 – 3

Final

New York Rangers

The Washington Capitals beat the New York Rangers 6–3 on Mon, May 3, 2021 at Madison Square Garden. Mika Zibanejad scored twice. Vitek Vanecek made 23 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 40–26.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
WSH	2	1	3	6	40
NYR	1	2	0	3	26

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	14:12	WSH	EV	Nic Dowd (10) · wrist	Carl Hagelin (9), Garnet Hathaway (11)	1–0
1st	15:44	WSH	EV	Conor Sheary (13) · slap	Michael Raffl (6), Tom Wilson (20)	2–0
1st	18:00	NYR	EV	Mika Zibanejad (21) · wrist	Artemi Panarin (40), Pavel Buchnevich (25)	2–1
2nd	02:30	NYR	PP	Mika Zibanejad (22) · snap	Ryan Strome (33), Artemi Panarin (41)	2–2
2nd	04:35	NYR	EV	Kaapo Kakko (9) · wrist	Alexis Lafrenière (9), Kevin Rooney (6)	2–3
2nd	18:30	WSH	EV	Garnet Hathaway (6) · wrist	Nic Dowd (3)	3–3
3rd	04:37	WSH	EV	Daniel Sprong (12) · wrist	Unassisted	4–3
3rd	11:41	WSH	EV	Nicklas Backstrom (15) · wrist	Michael Raffl (7), Nick Jensen (12)	5–3
3rd	18:34	WSH	SH EN	Tom Wilson (13) · wrist	John Carlson (33)	6–3

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	01:04	WSH	Lars Eller	tripping	2
1st	09:49	NYR	Brendan Smith	holding the stick	2
2nd	01:12	WSH	Tom Wilson	roughing	2
2nd	06:07	WSH	Bench	too many men on the ice	2
2nd	07:40	WSH	Tom Wilson	roughing	2
2nd	07:40	NYR	Artemi Panarin	roughing	2
2nd	07:40	WSH	Brenden Dillon	roughing	2
2nd	07:40	NYR	Pavel Buchnevich	roughing	2
2nd	07:40	WSH	Tom Wilson	roughing	2
2nd	07:40	WSH	Tom Wilson	misconduct	10
2nd	12:26	NYR	Bench	too many men on the ice	2
3rd	00:33	NYR	Zac Jones	tripping	2

Shot map

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

Expected goals: WSH 4.86 · NYR 2.87 · xG% WSH 62.8

Washington Capitals

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
26	Nic Dowd	C	1	1	2	+2	0	2	3	1	66.7	21:25	29
21	Garnet Hathaway	R	1	1	2	+2	0	3	2	0	100.0	16:25	25
17	Michael Raffl	L	0	2	2	+2	0	3	0	0	100.0	15:35	23
43	Tom Wilson	R	1	1	2	+1	16	2	1	0		11:49	17
74	John Carlson	D	0	1	1	+2	0	3	0	3		25:00	25
19	Nicklas Backstrom	C	1	0	1	+1	0	2	3	0	46.7	18:49	22
62	Carl Hagelin	L	0	1	1	+2	0	1	1	0		18:02	26
73	Conor Sheary	L	1	0	1	0	0	5	2	0		18:00	24
10	Daniel Sprong	R	1	0	1	0	0	7	0	0		17:25	22
3	Nick Jensen	D	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	1		13:46	20
9	Dmitry Orlov	D	0	0	0	+2	0	1	2	0		22:51	24
39	Anthony Mantha	R	0	0	0	+2	0	3	1	1		19:51	23
20	Lars Eller	C	0	0	0	0	2	4	1	0	44.4	19:08	27
4	Brenden Dillon	D	0	0	0	+2	2	2	2	1		18:54	25
57	Trevor van Riemsdyk	D	0	0	0	+2	0	0	0	1		17:40	27
33	Zdeno Chara	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0		17:23	21
8	Alex Ovechkin	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0:39	1

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
41	Vitek Vanecek	W	26	23	3	.885	60:00

New York Rangers

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
93	Mika Zibanejad	C	2	0	2	-3	0	7	0	1	57.1	23:47	22
10	Artemi Panarin	L	0	2	2	0	2	1	0	0		10:40	10
89	Pavel Buchnevich	L	0	1	1	-1	2	1	0	0		22:29	22
16	Ryan Strome	C	0	1	1	-1	0	1	0	0	28.6	16:45	17
13	Alexis Lafrenière	L	0	1	1	-1	0	1	0	0		14:30	16
24	Kaapo Kakko	R	1	0	1	+1	0	1	0	0		13:57	16
17	Kevin Rooney	C	0	1	1	-1	0	2	2	0	40.0	12:15	19
23	Adam Fox	D	0	0	0	+1	0	2	0	4		27:48	29
79	K'Andre Miller	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0		22:48	28
6	Zac Jones	D	0	0	0	-2	2	1	0	0		18:34	28
25	Libor Hajek	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0		17:29	24
74	Vitali Kravtsov	R	0	0	0	-2	0	3	1	0		16:29	18
43	Colin Blackwell	C	0	0	0	-2	0	0	1	0		16:18	22
42	Brendan Smith	D	0	0	0	-3	2	0	2	0		15:23	23
72	Filip Chytil	C	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	1	44.4	15:10	20
12	Julien Gauthier	R	0	0	0	-2	0	0	1	0		11:01	16
47	Morgan Barron	C	0	0	0	-2	0	2	3	1	100.0	10:44	17
51	Tarmo Reunanen	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	1		10:03	13

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31	Igor Shesterkin	L	39	34	5	.872	57:50