New York Rangers at Washington Capitals

Sun, Mar 28, 2021 · Capital One Arena · 2020–21 Regular Season

New York Rangers

4 – 5

Final

Washington Capitals

The Washington Capitals beat the New York Rangers 5–4 on Sun, Mar 28, 2021 at Capital One Arena. Tom Wilson scored twice; Colin Blackwell scored twice. Ilya Samsonov made 16 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 20–22.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
NYR	0	0	4	4	20
WSH	0	3	2	5	22

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
2nd	10:43	WSH	EV	Tom Wilson (8) · backhand	Jakub Vrana (12)	0–1
2nd	12:29	WSH	EV	Alex Ovechkin (18) · wrist	T.J. Oshie (15), Dmitry Orlov (2)	0–2
2nd	15:07	WSH	EV	Tom Wilson (9) · backhand	Nicklas Backstrom (23), T.J. Oshie (16)	0–3
3rd	05:10	WSH	EV	Evgeny Kuznetsov (6) · snap	Carl Hagelin (6), Garnet Hathaway (7)	0–4
3rd	06:42	NYR	EV	Colin Blackwell (7) · wrist	Adam Fox (25)	1–4
3rd	09:41	NYR	EV	Colin Blackwell (8) · snap	Kevin Rooney (4), Phillip Di Giuseppe (7)	2–4
3rd	11:46	WSH	EV	T.J. Oshie (8) · tip-in	Justin Schultz (15), Dmitry Orlov (3)	2–5
3rd	12:18	NYR	EV	Alexis Lafrenière (5) · snap	Julien Gauthier (5), Kevin Rooney (5)	3–5
3rd	16:08	NYR	PP	Chris Kreider (17) · tip-in	Ryan Strome (21), Adam Fox (26)	4–5

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	17:15	NYR	Colin Blackwell	roughing	2
2nd	03:25	NYR	Brendan Smith	hooking	2
2nd	07:11	WSH	Nic Dowd	holding	2
2nd	12:51	WSH	Tom Wilson	tripping	2
2nd	18:14	WSH	Carl Hagelin	high sticking	2
3rd	01:50	NYR	Libor Hajek	interference	2
3rd	15:57	WSH	Tom Wilson	tripping	2

Shot map

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

Expected goals: NYR 1.99 · WSH 2.20 · xG% NYR 47.6

New York Rangers

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
23	Adam Fox	D	0	2	2	0	0	1	0	1		27:09	28
17	Kevin Rooney	C	0	2	2	+2	0	0	2	0	60.0	12:43	20
43	Colin Blackwell	C	2	0	2	-1	2	2	0	0		9:28	15
20	Chris Kreider	L	1	0	1	0	0	3	2	1		21:47	25
16	Ryan Strome	C	0	1	1	-1	0	0	0	0	40.0	21:15	26
13	Alexis Lafrenière	L	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1		8:13	16
33	Phillip Di Giuseppe	L	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	0		7:46	12
12	Julien Gauthier	R	0	1	1	+1	0	2	2	0		6:53	12
93	Mika Zibanejad	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0	40.9	23:36	27
89	Pavel Buchnevich	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0		22:09	27
8	Jacob Trouba	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	3	1		22:06	24
10	Artemi Panarin	L	0	0	0	-2	0	2	3	0		21:27	23
55	Ryan Lindgren	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0		19:35	26
79	K'Andre Miller	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		19:01	21
24	Kaapo Kakko	R	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0	0	100.0	15:26	19
42	Brendan Smith	D	0	0	0	-1	2	1	1	0		13:03	20
25	Libor Hajek	D	0	0	0	-1	2	1	1	1		12:29	19
72	Filip Chytil	C	0	0	0	-2	0	1	1	1	50.0	11:55	19

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
71	Keith Kinkaid	L	22	17	5	.773	57:59

Washington Capitals

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
77	T.J. Oshie	R	1	2	3	+1	0	3	3	1	28.6	16:54	21
43	Tom Wilson	R	2	0	2	+1	4	2	2	1		19:58	28
9	Dmitry Orlov	D	0	2	2	+1	0	0	2	3		16:47	22
19	Nicklas Backstrom	C	0	1	1	+2	0	1	1	0	58.3	21:42	27
2	Justin Schultz	D	0	1	1	+1	0	1	1	1		18:04	22
8	Alex Ovechkin	L	1	0	1	+1	0	3	2	1		17:07	19
21	Garnet Hathaway	R	0	1	1	+1	0	1	4	1		15:43	21
62	Carl Hagelin	L	0	1	1	+1	2	3	1	1		15:20	20
92	Evgeny Kuznetsov	C	1	0	1	+2	0	2	3	2	45.5	15:00	20
13	Jakub Vrana	L	0	1	1	-1	0	1	1	1		10:13	15
74	John Carlson	D	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	3		22:52	26
4	Brenden Dillon	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	1		19:33	24
3	Nick Jensen	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		18:47	21
33	Zdeno Chara	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	4	1		18:25	20
73	Conor Sheary	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		16:05	21
26	Nic Dowd	C	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	2	76.9	14:59	22
10	Daniel Sprong	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		8:29	11
14	Richard Panik	R	0	0	0	-2	0	2	3	0		8:06	12

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30	Ilya Samsonov	W	20	16	4	.800	59:45