New York Rangers at Washington Capitals

Sat, Feb 20, 2021 · Capital One Arena · 2020–21 Regular Season

New York Rangers

4 – 1

Final

Washington Capitals

The New York Rangers beat the Washington Capitals 4–1 on Sat, Feb 20, 2021 at Capital One Arena. Pavel Buchnevich led the way with 2 points. Igor Shesterkin made 26 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 24–27.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
NYR	1	2	1	4	24
WSH	0	1	0	1	27

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	14:57	NYR	PP	Chris Kreider (5) · wrist	Artemi Panarin (12), Ryan Strome (4)	1–0
2nd	17:44	NYR	EV	Alexis Lafrenière (2) · backhand	Artemi Panarin (13), Anthony Bitetto (2)	2–0
2nd	18:43	NYR	EV	Ryan Strome (5) · wrist	Ryan Lindgren (4), Pavel Buchnevich (7)	3–0
2nd	19:21	WSH	EV	Dmitry Orlov (1) · wrist	Nick Jensen (4)	3–1
3rd	17:48	NYR	SH EN	Mika Zibanejad (2) · wrist	Pavel Buchnevich (8)	4–1

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	07:03	NYR	Libor Hajek	high sticking	2
1st	11:55	WSH	Richard Panik	roughing	2
1st	14:05	WSH	Lars Eller	hooking	2
2nd	08:25	NYR	Julien Gauthier	tripping	2
2nd	13:25	WSH	Garnet Hathaway	tripping	2
3rd	00:36	WSH	Tom Wilson	roughing	2
3rd	04:42	NYR	Brendan Smith	roughing	2
3rd	15:54	NYR	Anthony Bitetto	holding	2
3rd	18:42	WSH	Richard Panik	roughing	2

Shot map

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

Expected goals: NYR 2.98 · WSH 1.96 · xG% NYR 60.2

New York Rangers

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
89	Pavel Buchnevich	L	0	2	2	+2	0	4	0	0		18:05	25
16	Ryan Strome	C	1	1	2	+1	0	2	0	0	54.5	16:49	21
10	Artemi Panarin	L	0	2	2	0	0	1	0	0		16:17	20
55	Ryan Lindgren	D	0	1	1	+2	0	2	0	4		21:51	27
93	Mika Zibanejad	C	1	0	1	+1	0	3	0	0	65.2	18:18	25
20	Chris Kreider	L	1	0	1	+1	0	1	1	2	100.0	16:07	23
13	Alexis Lafrenière	L	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	0		14:40	17
22	Anthony Bitetto	D	0	1	1	0	2	0	1	0		14:23	19
23	Adam Fox	D	0	0	0	+2	0	1	0	1		24:20	28
79	K'Andre Miller	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0		20:25	26
42	Brendan Smith	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	2		18:47	26
17	Kevin Rooney	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	38.5	18:09	23
43	Colin Blackwell	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	100.0	14:39	18
25	Libor Hajek	D	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	0		14:11	19
33	Phillip Di Giuseppe	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		13:05	17
48	Brendan Lemieux	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		11:47	15
21	Brett Howden	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	50.0	11:04	15
12	Julien Gauthier	R	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	100.0	9:03	15

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31	Igor Shesterkin	W	27	26	1	.963	60:00

Washington Capitals

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
3	Nick Jensen	D	0	1	1	+1	0	4	3	1		16:47	21
9	Dmitry Orlov	D	1	0	1	+1	0	3	2	2		16:39	22
74	John Carlson	D	0	0	0	-2	0	2	2	2		25:16	28
8	Alex Ovechkin	L	0	0	0	-1	0	4	3	1		22:25	21
4	Brenden Dillon	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	4	1		20:11	25
77	T.J. Oshie	R	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	1	50.0	18:24	21
92	Evgeny Kuznetsov	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	1	38.5	18:19	25
19	Nicklas Backstrom	C	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	1	21.4	17:20	18
43	Tom Wilson	R	0	0	0	-2	2	0	1	1		17:06	20
2	Justin Schultz	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0		16:47	23
33	Zdeno Chara	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	1		16:41	20
20	Lars Eller	C	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	72.7	16:11	20
13	Jakub Vrana	L	0	0	0	-1	0	5	0	0		15:20	15
26	Nic Dowd	C	0	0	0	+1	0	3	0	0	40.0	12:49	17
62	Carl Hagelin	L	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0		11:12	16
14	Richard Panik	R	0	0	0	-1	4	0	2	1		10:42	14
73	Conor Sheary	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0		10:22	13
21	Garnet Hathaway	R	0	0	0	+1	2	0	1	0		10:19	14

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
41	Vitek Vanecek	L	23	20	3	.870	58:36