Washington Capitals at New York Rangers

Sat, Jan 9, 2016 · Madison Square Garden · 2015–16 Regular Season

Washington Capitals

4 – 3

Final/OT

New York Rangers

The Washington Capitals beat the New York Rangers 4–3 in overtime on Sat, Jan 9, 2016 at Madison Square Garden. Alex Ovechkin scored twice. Braden Holtby made 23 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 31–26.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	T	SOG
WSH	1	1	1	1	4	31
NYR	0	0	3	0	3	26

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	19:45	WSH	PP	Alex Ovechkin (23) · wrist	Unassisted	1–0
2nd	03:56	WSH	EV	Justin Williams (12) · wrist	Nate Schmidt (7)	2–0
3rd	05:54	NYR	EV	Oscar Lindberg (11) · slap	Dominic Moore (6), Ryan McDonagh (13)	2–1
3rd	09:48	NYR	EV	Kevin Hayes (7) · wrist	Ryan McDonagh (14), Derick Brassard (16)	2–2
3rd	13:11	NYR	EV	Viktor Stalberg (6) · tip-in	Keith Yandle (20), Kevin Hayes (12)	2–3
3rd	19:54	WSH	PP	Nicklas Backstrom (13) · wrist	Justin Williams (14), Matt Niskanen (16)	3–3
OT	01:25	WSH	EV	Alex Ovechkin (24) · wrist	Nate Schmidt (8)	4–3

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	10:10	WSH	T.J. Oshie	hooking	2
1st	12:58	NYR	Jesper Fast	hooking	2
1st	16:57	WSH	Tom Wilson	holding the stick	2
1st	19:26	NYR	Viktor Stalberg	interference	2
2nd	01:13	WSH	Evgeny Kuznetsov	hooking	2
3rd	07:41	NYR	Kevin Hayes	high sticking	2

Shot map

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

Expected goals: WSH 2.88 · NYR 2.79 · xG% WSH 50.8

Washington Capitals

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
8	Alex Ovechkin	L	2	0	2	+2	0	5	3	0		21:32	24
88	Nate Schmidt	D	0	2	2	+2	0	2	0	2		21:20	28
14	Justin Williams	R	1	1	2	+1	0	5	0	0	33.3	19:44	25
2	Matt Niskanen	D	0	1	1	+1	0	1	5	0		28:34	29
19	Nicklas Backstrom	C	1	0	1	+2	0	4	0	2	68.2	21:52	26
27	Karl Alzner	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	3	7		21:59	30
92	Evgeny Kuznetsov	C	0	0	0	+1	2	2	1	0	27.3	21:01	23
77	T.J. Oshie	R	0	0	0	+1	2	1	2	1	71.4	20:32	25
9	Dmitry Orlov	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0		19:36	25
65	Andre Burakovsky	L	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	0		16:00	18
25	Jason Chimera	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	100.0	13:32	23
4	Taylor Chorney	D	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	1		13:13	21
21	Brooks Laich	C	0	0	0	-2	0	1	2	1	50.0	12:07	17
55	Aaron Ness	D	0	0	0	-2	0	1	1	1		11:44	19
43	Tom Wilson	R	0	0	0	-1	2	0	2	0		11:24	20
46	Michael Latta	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	33.3	10:32	17
28	Paul Carey	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	3	1		7:44	10
49	Stanislav Galiev	R	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	1		7:15	10

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
70	Braden Holtby	W	26	23	3	.885	59:59

New York Rangers

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
27	Ryan McDonagh	D	0	2	2	-1	0	1	2	2		23:32	29
13	Kevin Hayes	R	1	1	2	+2	2	1	1	1	50.0	13:36	18
16	Derick Brassard	C	0	1	1	+1	0	2	1	1	47.1	18:06	26
93	Keith Yandle	D	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	0		17:41	24
28	Dominic Moore	C	0	1	1	-1	0	1	0	1	61.5	14:06	21
24	Oscar Lindberg	L	1	0	1	+2	0	1	4	0		10:58	18
25	Viktor Stalberg	L	1	0	1	+2	2	2	3	0		10:43	18
18	Marc Staal	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0		20:57	29
8	Kevin Klein	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	1		19:37	29
22	Dan Boyle	D	0	0	0	+2	0	3	0	0		19:12	23
21	Derek Stepan	C	0	0	0	-2	0	1	2	1	45.0	19:00	27
61	Rick Nash	L	0	0	0	-1	0	4	1	0		18:52	25
36	Mats Zuccarello	R	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	2		18:51	25
5	Dan Girardi	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3		18:47	25
10	J.T. Miller	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0		15:44	23
23	Jayson Megna	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0		15:11	23
19	Jesper Fast	R	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0		14:03	20
15	Tanner Glass	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0		11:00	17

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30	Henrik Lundqvist	OTL	31	27	4	.871	61:25