Washington Capitals vs New York Rangers
Playoffs · Wednesday, April 20, 2011 · Madison Square Garden
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Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the New York Rangers 4–3 in overtime on Wednesday, April 20, 2011 at Madison Square Garden. The Capitals outshot the Rangers 53–39.
Marcus Johansson scored twice. Artem Anisimov, Marian Gaborik, Brandon Dubinsky, Alexander Semin and Jason Chimera also scored.
Michal Neuvirth made 36 saves on 39 shots for the win; Henrik Lundqvist stopped 49 of 53.
Three stars
Scoring
2nd period
Artem Anisimov (1)Chris Drury (1), Michael Sauer (1)0–105:24 NYR
Marian Gaborik (1)Ruslan Fedotenko (1), Brandon Dubinsky (1)0–213:40 NYR
Brandon Dubinsky (1)Ruslan Fedotenko (2)0–313:47 NYR
3rd period
Alexander Semin (1)Unassisted1–302:47 WSH
Marcus Johansson (1)Brooks Laich (1), Mike Green (1)2–303:44 WSH- Marcus Johansson (2)John Carlson (1), Karl Alzner (1)3–312:07 WSH
2nd overtime
Jason Chimera (1)Unassisted4–312:36 WSH
Team stats
WSHNYR
5339
51%49%
0/40/7
148
5169
2128
1014
515
Penalties
- 7:07 into the first period
Brian Boyle · interference goalkeeper2 min - 9:46 into the first period
Boyd Gordon · tripping2 min - 16:21 into the first periodMarco Sturm · interference2 min
- 18:55 into the first periodBrian Boyle · interference goalkeeper2 min
- 19:58 into the first periodAlex Ovechkin · interference2 min
- 2:56 into the second periodMike Green · tripping2 min
- 19:16 into the second periodAlexander Semin · boarding2 min
- 10:03 into the third periodSean Avery · slashing2 min
- 12:48 into the third periodBoyd Gordon · tripping2 min
- 14:44 into overtimeDerek Stepan · delaying game puck over glass2 min
- 5:21 into the second overtimeBench · too many men on the ice2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 90Marcus JohanssonC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +3 | 4 | 26:27 |
| 21Brooks LaichL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 30:32 |
| 25Jason ChimeraL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 5 | 20:05 |
| 28Alexander SeminR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 7 | 26:20 |
| 27Karl AlznerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 2 | 30:13 |
| 52Mike GreenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 33:38 |
| 74John CarlsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 3 | 34:50 |
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | 30:07 |
| 10Matt BradleyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 10:59 |
| 15Boyd GordonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | 16:08 |
| 16Eric FehrR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 3 | 18:41 |
| 18Marco SturmL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 24:39 |
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | 31:36 |
| 26Matt HendricksC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 13:02 |
| 44Jason ArnottC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 22:46 |
| 4John ErskineD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 19:34 |
| 23Scott HannanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | 29:28 |
| 55Jeff SchultzD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 29:56 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Semyon VarlamovG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Michal NeuvirthG | W | 39 | 3 | .923 |
New York Rangers
| 17Brandon DubinskyC | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 3 | 33:17 |
| 19Ruslan FedotenkoL | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 26:52 |
| 10Marian GaborikR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | 28:21 |
| 23Chris DruryC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 15:28 |
| 42Artem AnisimovC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 22:02 |
| 38Michael SauerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | 32:32 |
| 8Brandon PrustL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | 24:23 |
| 16Sean AveryL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | 17:41 |
| 20Vinny ProspalL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26:04 |
| 21Derek StepanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 28:01 |
| 22Brian BoyleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | 29:51 |
| 26Erik ChristensenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12:55 |
| 86Wojtek WolskiL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 09:40 |
| 5Dan GirardiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 39:45 |
| 18Marc StaalD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 36:55 |
| 27Ryan McDonaghD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31:58 |
| 28Bryan McCabeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 20:20 |
| 97Matt GilroyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 18:55 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Chad JohnsonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Henrik LundqvistG | L | 53 | 4 | .924 |