Washington Capitals vs New York Rangers
Playoffs · Thursday, April 11, 1991 · Madison Square Garden
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the New York Rangers 5–4 in overtime on Thursday, April 11, 1991 at Madison Square Garden. The Capitals outshot the Rangers 55–35.
Goals came from Corey Millen, Mike Ridley, Brian Leetch, Kelly Miller, Mike Lalor, Mark Janssens, Steven Rice, Kevin Hatcher and Dino Ciccarelli.
Don Beaupre made 31 saves on 35 shots for the win; Mike Richter stopped 50 of 55.
Scoring
1st period
Corey Millen (1)Tony Amonte (1), Randy Moller (2)0–110:35 NYR · 
Mike Ridley (1)Kelly Miller (1), Mike Lalor (2)1–112:32 WSH
Brian Leetch (1)Bernie Nicholls (3), Jan Erixon (2)1–218:51 NYR
2nd period
Kelly Miller (2)Dino Ciccarelli (2), Rod Langway (1)2–201:01 WSH
Mike Lalor (1)Dale Hunter (4), Dave Tippett (2)3–215:26 WSH
Mark Janssens (3)Steven Rice (1), Joe Cirella (1)3–318:31 NYR
3rd period
Steven Rice (1)Corey Millen (1), Joe Cirella (2)3–409:29 NYR
Kevin Hatcher (2)Mike Ridley (2), Kelly Miller (2)4–412:59 WSH ·
Overtime
Dino Ciccarelli (2)Al Iafrate (3)5–406:44 WSH
Team stats
WSHNYR
5535
0%0%
1/51/6
4432
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 2:30 into the first period
Kris King · roughing2 min - 2:30 into the first period
Stephen Leach · roughing2 min - 3:45 into the first periodSteven Rice · interference2 min
- 6:50 into the first periodJoey Kocur · roughing2 min
- 6:50 into the first periodDale Hunter · roughing2 min
- 6:50 into the first periodKen Sabourin · misconduct10 min
- 8:53 into the first periodDmitri Khristich · interference2 min
- 17:14 into the first periodJoe Cirella · cross checking2 min
- 17:41 into the first periodKelly Miller · holding2 min
- 20:00 into the first periodKris King · misconduct10 min
- 20:00 into the first periodDale Hunter · misconduct10 min
- 3:03 into the second periodSteven Rice · roughing2 min
- 6:39 into the second periodDmitri Khristich · hooking2 min
- 8:49 into the second periodAl Iafrate · interference2 min
- 10:08 into the second periodBernie Nicholls · hooking2 min
- 12:35 into the second periodTim Bergland · interference2 min
- 16:49 into the second periodMark Hardy · holding2 min
- 16:49 into the second periodKevin Hatcher · roughing2 min
- 20:00 into the second periodKris King · boarding2 min
- 20:00 into the second periodDino Ciccarelli · roughing2 min
- 4:52 into the third periodKris King · hooking2 min
- 4:52 into the third periodMike Ridley · slashing2 min
- 12:08 into the third periodMark Hardy · holding2 min
- 14:02 into the third periodCalle Johansson · hooking2 min
- 2:15 into overtimeSteven Rice · cross checking2 min
- 2:15 into overtimeAl Iafrate · cross checking2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 10Kelly MillerL | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 17Mike RidleyC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 22Dino CiccarelliR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 6 | – |
| 26Mike LalorD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 14Dave TippettL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 32Dale HunterC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 4Kevin HatcherD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | – |
| 5Rod LangwayD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | – |
| 34Al IafrateD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 4 | – |
| 9Nick KypreosL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 11Tim BerglandR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 16Alan MayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 19John DruceR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 20Michal PivonkaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 21Stephen LeachR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 29Dmitri KhristichR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 6Calle JohanssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 8Ken SabourinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mike LiutG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 33Don BeaupreG | W | 35 | 4 | .886 |
New York Rangers
| 10Steven RiceR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 32Corey MillenC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 18Joe CirellaD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 9Bernie NichollsC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 15Mark JanssensC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 20Jan ErixonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 31Tony AmonteR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 2Brian LeetchD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 24Randy MollerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 8Darren TurcotteC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 12Kris KingL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 19Brian MullenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Mike GartnerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 4 | – |
| 26Joey KocurR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 37Paul BrotenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3James PatrickD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Mark HardyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 27David ShawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34John VanbiesbrouckG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Mike RichterG | L | 55 | 5 | .909 |