New York Rangers vs Washington Capitals

Playoffs · Sunday, April 7, 1991 · Capital Centre

6–0

38–37

Game summary

The New York Rangers beat the Washington Capitals 6–0 on Sunday, April 7, 1991 at Capital Centre. The Rangers outshot the Capitals 38–37.

Bernie Nicholls scored twice. Kris King, Mike Gartner, Mark Janssens and Darren Turcotte also scored.

Mike Richter made 37 saves on 37 shots for the win; Don Beaupre stopped 23 of 27.

Goals
NYR	2	2	2	6	38
WSH	0	0	0	0	37

Scoring

1st period

Kris King (1)Unassisted1–008:07 NYR
Mike Gartner (1)Bernie Nicholls (1), Brian Leetch (1)2–019:29 NYR ·

2nd period

Bernie Nicholls (2)Joey Kocur (1), Mark Hardy (1)3–012:17 NYR
Mark Janssens (1)Brian Mullen (2), Randy Moller (1)4–015:47 NYR

3rd period

Bernie Nicholls (3)Joey Kocur (2), Jan Erixon (1)5–006:34 NYR
Darren Turcotte (1)Bernie Nicholls (2), Brian Leetch (2)6–017:15 NYR ·

Team stats

NYRWSH

3837

0%0%

2/90/5

3654

Penalties

1:33 into the first periodKris King · boarding2 min
4:25 into the first periodMark Hardy · high sticking2 min
5:20 into the first periodAl Iafrate · interference2 min
13:19 into the first periodMark Hardy · high sticking2 min
13:19 into the first periodMark Hardy · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
18:30 into the first periodKevin Hatcher · high sticking2 min
19:51 into the first periodMark Janssens · roughing2 min
19:51 into the first periodKevin Hatcher · roughing2 min
2:48 into the second periodBernie Nicholls · roughing2 min
2:48 into the second periodKen Sabourin · slashing2 min
17:11 into the second periodDino Ciccarelli · tripping2 min
2:43 into the third periodJoe Cirella · cross checking2 min
8:40 into the third periodPaul Broten · roughing2 min
8:40 into the third periodAlan May · roughing2 min
8:40 into the third periodAlan May · roughing2 min
11:30 into the third periodAl Iafrate · slashing2 min
13:46 into the third periodNeil Sheehy · roughing2 min
16:44 into the third periodMark Hardy · game misconduct10 min
16:44 into the third periodJoey Kocur · fighting5 min
16:44 into the third periodDavid Shaw · fighting5 min
16:44 into the third periodTim Bergland · misconduct10 min
16:44 into the third periodNick Kypreos · roughing2 min
16:44 into the third periodAlan May · instigator2 min
16:44 into the third periodAlan May · fighting5 min
16:44 into the third periodAlan May · game misconduct10 min
16:44 into the third periodNeil Sheehy · fighting5 min
18:57 into the third periodKen Sabourin · roughing2 min

Season series

New York Rangers

New York Rangers skaters

9Bernie NichollsC	2	2	4	+2	7	2	–	–
26Joey KocurR	0	2	2	+2	3	5	–	–
2Brian LeetchD	0	2	2	0	2	0	–	–
8Darren TurcotteC	1	0	1	0	4	0	–	–
12Kris KingL	1	0	1	+1	3	2	–	–
15Mark JanssensC	1	0	1	+2	1	2	–	–
19Brian MullenR	0	1	1	+1	2	0	–	–
20Jan ErixonL	0	1	1	+2	2	0	–	–
22Mike GartnerR	1	0	1	0	3	0	–	–
14Mark HardyD	0	1	1	+1	1	16	–	–
24Randy MollerD	0	1	1	+3	2	0	–	–
16Troy MalletteL	0	0	0	+1	0	0	–	–
25John OgrodnickL	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	–
32Corey MillenC	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	–
37Paul BrotenR	0	0	0	+1	3	2	–	–
3James PatrickD	0	0	0	0	3	0	–	–
18Joe CirellaD	0	0	0	+3	0	2	–	–
27David ShawD	0	0	0	+1	0	5	–	–

New York Rangers goalies
Goalie
34John VanbiesbrouckG		0	0	0	–	–
35Mike RichterG	W	37	37	0	1.000	60:00

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

9Nick KypreosL	−3	0	2	–	–
10Kelly MillerL	0	3	0	–	–
11Tim BerglandR	−3	2	10	–	–
12Peter BondraR	0	2	0	–	–
14Dave TippettL	−1	3	0	–	–
16Alan MayL	−3	1	21	–	–
17Mike RidleyC	0	5	0	–	–
19John DruceR	0	3	0	–	–
20Michal PivonkaC	0	2	0	–	–
22Dino CiccarelliR	−1	3	2	–	–
29Dmitri KhristichR	0	1	0	–	–
32Dale HunterC	−1	0	0	–	–
4Kevin HatcherD	−1	5	4	–	–
5Rod LangwayD	0	0	0	–	–
6Calle JohanssonD	−1	0	0	–	–
8Ken SabourinD	−3	3	4	–	–
15Neil SheehyD	−2	0	7	–	–
34Al IafrateD	−1	4	4	–	–

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie
1Mike LiutG		11	9	2	.818	20:00
33Don BeaupreG	L	27	23	4	.852	40:00