New York Rangers at Washington Capitals

Fri, Dec 8, 2017 · Capital One Arena · 2017–18 Regular Season

New York Rangers

2 – 4

Final

Washington Capitals

The Washington Capitals beat the New York Rangers 4–2 on Fri, Dec 8, 2017 at Capital One Arena. Nicklas Backstrom led the way with 2 points. Braden Holtby made 27 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 29–40.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
NYR	0	1	1	2	29
WSH	1	1	2	4	40

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	00:14	WSH	EV	Jay Beagle (4) · wrist	Devante Smith-Pelly (6), Chandler Stephenson (5)	0–1
2nd	11:42	WSH	EV	Nicklas Backstrom (5) · wrist	Unassisted	0–2
2nd	19:03	NYR	EV	Michael Grabner (14) · wrist	J.T. Miller (17), Ryan McDonagh (14)	1–2
3rd	09:37	NYR	EV	Jesper Fast (6) · wrist	Paul Carey (2), Marc Staal (5)	2–2
3rd	16:28	WSH	EV	Matt Niskanen (1) · wrist	Tom Wilson (10), Alex Ovechkin (12)	2–3
3rd	18:28	WSH	EV	Tom Wilson (5) · wrist	Nicklas Backstrom (20), Dmitry Orlov (8)	2–4

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	16:57	NYR	Mats Zuccarello	slashing	2
2nd	01:34	NYR	J.T. Miller	tripping	2
2nd	01:57	WSH	Evgeny Kuznetsov	tripping	2
2nd	13:32	NYR	Paul Carey	high sticking	2
2nd	16:28	WSH	Alex Chiasson	holding	2
3rd	06:08	WSH	Madison Bowey	tripping	2
3rd	11:51	NYR	Brendan Smith	hooking	2

Shot map

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

Expected goals: NYR 2.11 · WSH 4.05 · xG% NYR 34.3

New York Rangers

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
27	Ryan McDonagh	D	0	1	1	-1	0	1	2	4		24:47	30
10	J.T. Miller	C	0	1	1	0	2	1	0	1	38.5	17:51	22
18	Marc Staal	D	0	1	1	+1	0	3	0	1		16:27	22
40	Michael Grabner	L	1	0	1	0	0	4	0	2		15:43	22
17	Jesper Fast	R	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	100.0	11:58	18
28	Paul Carey	C	0	1	1	0	2	1	0	0		11:47	16
76	Brady Skjei	D	0	0	0	-2	0	2	1	0		20:34	26
22	Kevin Shattenkirk	D	0	0	0	-3	0	3	1	1		19:43	26
55	Nick Holden	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2		19:17	26
36	Mats Zuccarello	R	0	0	0	0	2	4	2	0	100.0	18:26	24
61	Rick Nash	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	0	50.0	17:39	26
13	Kevin Hayes	R	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	0	14.3	16:53	25
42	Brendan Smith	D	0	0	0	+1	2	2	1	1		15:55	19
89	Pavel Buchnevich	L	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	0		14:19	19
20	Chris Kreider	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	3	1	50.0	14:01	23
51	David Desharnais	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	1	46.2	13:06	22
26	Jimmy Vesey	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	4	0	100.0	13:04	18
24	Boo Nieves	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2		11:22	17

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30	Henrik Lundqvist	L	40	36	4	.900	59:08

Washington Capitals

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
19	Nicklas Backstrom	C	1	1	2	+3	0	2	0	0	66.7	18:56	21
43	Tom Wilson	R	1	1	2	+3	0	3	6	0	100.0	15:58	20
2	Matt Niskanen	D	1	0	1	+1	0	3	1	2		24:04	24
9	Dmitry Orlov	D	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	2		22:40	25
8	Alex Ovechkin	L	0	1	1	+3	0	5	1	0		20:31	20
83	Jay Beagle	C	1	0	1	+1	0	2	2	1	66.7	13:57	19
18	Chandler Stephenson	C	0	1	1	+1	0	2	0	1		11:10	16
25	Devante Smith-Pelly	R	0	1	1	+1	0	0	1	1	100.0	11:10	17
74	John Carlson	D	0	0	0	+2	0	7	0	1		25:52	29
44	Brooks Orpik	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	4	1		22:26	26
20	Lars Eller	C	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	66.7	17:57	22
92	Evgeny Kuznetsov	C	0	0	0	-2	2	6	0	2	38.5	15:59	21
10	Brett Connolly	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1		15:38	16
65	Andre Burakovsky	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	100.0	14:08	16
39	Alex Chiasson	R	0	0	0	-2	2	0	0	0	100.0	12:48	20
13	Jakub Vrana	L	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0	0		11:12	16
22	Madison Bowey	D	0	0	0	-1	2	0	2	2		10:34	12
29	Christian Djoos	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0		9:21	11

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
70	Braden Holtby	W	29	27	2	.931	59:39