New York Rangers vs Washington Capitals
Playoffs · Saturday, May 5, 2012 · Verizon Center
NBC · CBC · RDS
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the New York Rangers 3–2 on Saturday, May 5, 2012 at Verizon Center. The Capitals outshot the Rangers 26–20.
Goals came from Alex Ovechkin, Artem Anisimov, Nicklas Backstrom, Marian Gaborik and Mike Green.
Braden Holtby made 18 saves on 20 shots for the win; Henrik Lundqvist stopped 23 of 26.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Alex Ovechkin (1)Unassisted0–112:43 WSH
2nd period
Artem Anisimov (1)Dan Girardi (1), Brian Boyle (1)1–101:10 NYR
Nicklas Backstrom (1)Jason Chimera (1), Joel Ward (1)1–211:54 WSH
Marian Gaborik (1)Artem Anisimov (1), Marc Staal (1)2–216:43 NYR
3rd period
Mike Green (1)Dennis Wideman (1)2–314:12 WSH ·
Team stats
NYRWSH
2026
45%55%
0/21/2
44
3324
726
617
38
Penalties
- 2:25 into the first period
Anton Stralman · interference2 min - 9:30 into the second period
Joel Ward · holding2 min - 12:17 into the second periodAlex Ovechkin · charging2 min
- 13:45 into the third periodCarl Hagelin · slashing2 min
Season series
New York Rangers
| 42Artem AnisimovC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 18:48 |
| 10Marian GaborikR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 22:13 |
| 22Brian BoyleC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 18:57 |
| 5Dan GirardiD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22:46 |
| 18Marc StaalD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 24:20 |
| 8Brandon PrustL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:26 |
| 19Brad RichardsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 23:19 |
| 20Chris KreiderC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 07:34 |
| 21Derek StepanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:33 |
| 24Ryan CallahanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22:51 |
| 26Ruslan FedotenkoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:27 |
| 34John MitchellC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 07:21 |
| 62Carl HagelinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 18:20 |
| 71Mike RuppC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:27 |
| 4Michael Del ZottoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20:52 |
| 27Ryan McDonaghD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21:54 |
| 32Anton StralmanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 17:55 |
| 41Stu BickelD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:02 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Henrik LundqvistG | L | 26 | 3 | .885 |
| 43Martin BironG | 0 | 0 | – |
Washington Capitals
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | 15:09 |
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 17:47 |
| 25Jason ChimeraL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 14:07 |
| 42Joel WardR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 10:10 |
| 6Dennis WidemanD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | 18:27 |
| 52Mike GreenD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 22:08 |
| 20Troy BrouwerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:12 |
| 21Brooks LaichC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 15:40 |
| 22Mike KnubleR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 08:57 |
| 23Keith AucoinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:13 |
| 26Matt HendricksC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:03 |
| 28Alexander SeminR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 17:02 |
| 83Jay BeagleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:13 |
| 90Marcus JohanssonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 16:35 |
| 27Karl AlznerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22:09 |
| 44Roman HamrlikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 20:47 |
| 55Jeff SchultzD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 14:25 |
| 74John CarlsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20:56 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Michal NeuvirthG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 70Braden HoltbyG | W | 20 | 2 | .900 |