Washington Capitals vs New York Rangers
Playoffs · Saturday, April 28, 2012 · Madison Square Garden
NBC · CBC · RDS
Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the Washington Capitals 3–1 on Saturday, April 28, 2012 at Madison Square Garden. The Capitals outshot the Rangers 18–14.
Goals came from Artem Anisimov, Jason Chimera, Chris Kreider and Brad Richards.
Henrik Lundqvist made 17 saves on 18 shots for the win; Braden Holtby stopped 11 of 14.
Three stars
Scoring
2nd period
Artem Anisimov (1)Ruslan Fedotenko (1), Ryan McDonagh (1)0–112:38 NYR
Jason Chimera (1)Brooks Laich (1)1–119:56 WSH
3rd period
Chris Kreider (1)Derek Stepan (1)1–207:00 NYR
Brad Richards (1)Chris Kreider (1), Marian Gaborik (1)1–308:30 NYR
Team stats
WSHNYR
1814
48%52%
0/40/4
88
2835
1515
43
613
Penalties
- 3:23 into the first period
Mike Rupp · interference goalkeeper2 min - 3:50 into the first period
Alexander Semin · slashing2 min - 12:16 into the first periodMarc Staal · interference2 min
- 17:54 into the first periodAlex Ovechkin · tripping2 min
- 6:26 into the second periodMarc Staal · holding2 min
- 7:53 into the second periodBrandon Prust · boarding2 min
- 2:12 into the third periodAlexander Semin · tripping2 min
- 12:20 into the third periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 21Brooks LaichC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 19:40 |
| 25Jason ChimeraL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 12:13 |
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 21:03 |
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 19:36 |
| 20Troy BrouwerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:03 |
| 22Mike KnubleR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 06:50 |
| 23Keith AucoinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 08:46 |
| 26Matt HendricksC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:25 |
| 28Alexander SeminR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 16:01 |
| 42Joel WardR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:08 |
| 83Jay BeagleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:54 |
| 90Marcus JohanssonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 18:12 |
| 4John ErskineD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 08:17 |
| 6Dennis WidemanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 21:04 |
| 27Karl AlznerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 23:33 |
| 44Roman HamrlikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 19:16 |
| 52Mike GreenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 21:45 |
| 74John CarlsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 21:41 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Michal NeuvirthG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 70Braden HoltbyG | L | 14 | 3 | .786 |
New York Rangers
| 20Chris KreiderC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 15:28 |
| 10Marian GaborikR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 19:20 |
| 19Brad RichardsC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 23:16 |
| 21Derek StepanC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 20:20 |
| 26Ruslan FedotenkoL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 13:37 |
| 42Artem AnisimovC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 11:51 |
| 27Ryan McDonaghD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 25:04 |
| 8Brandon PrustL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 13:35 |
| 24Ryan CallahanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 23:01 |
| 34John MitchellC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:06 |
| 62Carl HagelinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:50 |
| 71Mike RuppC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:26 |
| 4Michael Del ZottoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 21:34 |
| 5Dan GirardiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24:38 |
| 18Marc StaalD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 22:21 |
| 32Anton StralmanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 16:37 |
| 41Stu BickelD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:31 |
| 44Steve EmingerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 04:25 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Henrik LundqvistG | W | 18 | 1 | .944 |
| 43Martin BironG | 0 | 0 | – |