Washington Capitals at New York Rangers

Wed, May 5, 2021 · Madison Square Garden · 2020–21 Regular Season

Washington Capitals

4 – 2

Final

New York Rangers

The Washington Capitals beat the New York Rangers 4–2 on Wed, May 5, 2021 at Madison Square Garden. T.J. Oshie scored a hat trick. Vitek Vanecek made 19 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 35–21.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
WSH	0	3	1	4	35
NYR	0	0	2	2	21

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
2nd	00:12	WSH	PP	T.J. Oshie (19) · wrist	Brenden Dillon (16), Trevor van Riemsdyk (2)	1–0
2nd	08:26	WSH	PP	T.J. Oshie (20) · slap	Dmitry Orlov (11), Nicklas Backstrom (38)	2–0
2nd	14:48	WSH	EV	Nic Dowd (11) · tip-in	John Carlson (34), Dmitry Orlov (12)	3–0
3rd	01:15	NYR	EV	Alexis Lafrenière (11) · wrist	Filip Chytil (13), Zac Jones (2)	3–1
3rd	18:20	WSH	SH EN	T.J. Oshie (21) · wrist	Carl Hagelin (10), Dmitry Orlov (13)	4–1
3rd	18:44	NYR	EV	Morgan Barron (1) · wrist	Zac Jones (3), Libor Hajek (2)	4–2

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	00:01	WSH	Nic Dowd	fighting	5
1st	00:01	WSH	Carl Hagelin	fighting	5
1st	00:01	WSH	Garnet Hathaway	fighting	5
1st	00:01	NYR	Colin Blackwell	fighting	5
1st	00:01	NYR	Phillip Di Giuseppe	fighting	5
1st	00:01	NYR	Kevin Rooney	fighting	5
1st	00:50	NYR	Brendan Smith	instigator	2
1st	00:50	NYR	Brendan Smith	fighting	5
1st	00:50	WSH	Tom Wilson	fighting	5
1st	00:50	NYR	Brendan Smith	misconduct	10
1st	04:14	NYR	Anthony Bitetto	fighting	5
1st	04:14	WSH	Michael Raffl	fighting	5
1st	04:14	NYR	Ryan Strome	fighting	5
1st	04:14	WSH	Lars Eller	fighting	5
1st	11:24	WSH	Carl Hagelin	slashing	2
1st	12:18	WSH	Zdeno Chara	tripping	2
1st	15:56	NYR	Pavel Buchnevich	slashing	2
1st	15:56	NYR	Kevin Rooney	misconduct	10
1st	15:56	WSH	Tom Wilson	misconduct	10
1st	18:13	NYR	Pavel Buchnevich	high sticking	2
2nd	04:39	WSH	Anthony Mantha	unsportsmanlike conduct	2
2nd	04:39	NYR	Pavel Buchnevich	cross checking	5
2nd	04:39	NYR	Pavel Buchnevich	game misconduct	10
2nd	15:46	WSH	Zdeno Chara	misconduct	10
3rd	07:48	NYR	Ryan Strome	tripping	2
3rd	07:48	NYR	Ryan Strome	misconduct	10
3rd	13:45	NYR	Phillip Di Giuseppe	interference	2

Shot map

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

Expected goals: WSH 4.19 · NYR 1.55 · xG% WSH 73.0

Washington Capitals

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
9	Dmitry Orlov	D	0	3	3	+1	0	3	0	3		26:13	21
77	T.J. Oshie	R	3	0	3	0	0	7	0	1	80.0	22:06	22
74	John Carlson	D	0	1	1	+1	0	3	0	0		23:07	22
19	Nicklas Backstrom	C	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	80.0	22:19	21
57	Trevor van Riemsdyk	D	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0		20:55	23
4	Brenden Dillon	D	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	1		19:34	22
62	Carl Hagelin	L	0	1	1	+2	7	1	0	0		12:31	17
26	Nic Dowd	C	1	0	1	+1	5	3	2	0	66.7	12:08	16
39	Anthony Mantha	R	0	0	0	0	2	5	1	0		21:32	22
73	Conor Sheary	L	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	0		19:57	21
20	Lars Eller	C	0	0	0	-1	5	1	2	0	47.4	19:40	23
17	Michael Raffl	L	0	0	0	-1	5	1	0	0	66.7	18:34	23
3	Nick Jensen	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0		17:16	20
33	Zdeno Chara	D	0	0	0	-1	12	2	0	1		14:45	22
28	Daniel Carr	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0		11:32	15
21	Garnet Hathaway	R	0	0	0	0	5	3	2	1		11:24	17
43	Tom Wilson	R	0	0	0	0	15	0	0	0		2:36	4

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
41	Vitek Vanecek	W	21	19	2	.905	59:57

New York Rangers

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
6	Zac Jones	D	0	2	2	+2	0	2	0	2		18:40	25
25	Libor Hajek	D	0	1	1	+2	0	0	0	2		19:20	27
47	Morgan Barron	C	1	0	1	+1	0	1	3	0	33.3	18:00	23
13	Alexis Lafrenière	L	1	0	1	0	0	1	2	0		15:01	19
72	Filip Chytil	C	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	1	42.9	14:07	18
23	Adam Fox	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	3	1		27:57	31
93	Mika Zibanejad	C	0	0	0	-2	0	3	1	2	34.8	24:12	29
79	K'Andre Miller	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	4		23:53	30
43	Colin Blackwell	C	0	0	0	0	5	2	0	0	50.0	17:48	23
16	Ryan Strome	C	0	0	0	-1	17	4	0	0	50.0	17:45	23
24	Kaapo Kakko	R	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0		15:51	21
17	Kevin Rooney	C	0	0	0	+1	15	0	2	0		13:37	20
42	Brendan Smith	D	0	0	0	-1	17	1	0	0		13:34	17
74	Vitali Kravtsov	R	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	2		13:17	16
22	Anthony Bitetto	D	0	0	0	-1	5	0	1	1		12:16	17
89	Pavel Buchnevich	L	0	0	0	0	19	0	2	0		12:02	13
33	Phillip Di Giuseppe	L	0	0	0	+1	7	1	0	1		8:37	14
12	Julien Gauthier	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0		0:43	1

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
40	Alexandar Georgiev	L	34	31	3	.912	58:31