Washington Capitals vs New York Rangers
Playoffs · Monday, May 7, 2012 · Madison Square Garden
NBCSN · CBC · RDS
Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the Washington Capitals 3–2 in overtime on Monday, May 7, 2012 at Madison Square Garden. The Rangers outshot the Capitals 38–18.
Goals came from Anton Stralman, Brooks Laich, John Carlson, Brad Richards and Marc Staal.
Henrik Lundqvist made 16 saves on 18 shots for the win; Braden Holtby stopped 35 of 38.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Anton Stralman (1)Marc Staal (1), Derek Stepan (1)0–110:44 NYR
2nd period
Brooks Laich (1)Alex Ovechkin (1), Troy Brouwer (1)1–108:15 WSH
3rd period
John Carlson (1)Dennis Wideman (1), Troy Brouwer (2)2–104:20 WSH · 
Brad Richards (1)Ryan Callahan (1), Michael Del Zotto (1)2–219:52 NYR ·
Overtime
Marc Staal (1)John Mitchell (1)2–301:35 NYR ·
Team stats
WSHNYR
1838
43%57%
1/42/5
108
1429
2510
57
13
Penalties
- 14:31 into the first period
Roman Hamrlik · high sticking2 min - 18:13 into the first period
Michael Del Zotto · tripping2 min - 0:38 into the second periodMike Green · slashing2 min
- 4:14 into the second periodMichael Del Zotto · interference2 min
- 12:35 into the second periodJohn Carlson · delaying game puck over glass2 min
- 2:39 into the third periodMike Rupp · hooking2 min
- 8:31 into the third periodChris Kreider · high sticking2 min
- 19:38 into the third periodJoel Ward · high sticking double minor4 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 20Troy BrouwerR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | 18:35 |
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 19:08 |
| 21Brooks LaichC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 19:59 |
| 6Dennis WidemanD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 19:51 |
| 74John CarlsonD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 21:53 |
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:25 |
| 22Mike KnubleR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:21 |
| 23Keith AucoinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 09:30 |
| 25Jason ChimeraL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10:43 |
| 26Matt HendricksC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 15:47 |
| 28Alexander SeminR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13:22 |
| 42Joel WardR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:40 |
| 83Jay BeagleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:59 |
| 90Marcus JohanssonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 18:23 |
| 27Karl AlznerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:08 |
| 44Roman HamrlikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:29 |
| 52Mike GreenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24:47 |
| 55Jeff SchultzD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:03 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Michal NeuvirthG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 70Braden HoltbyG | L | 38 | 3 | .921 |
New York Rangers
| 18Marc StaalD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 24:05 |
| 19Brad RichardsC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 22:58 |
| 21Derek StepanC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 14:53 |
| 24Ryan CallahanR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 5 | 23:43 |
| 34John MitchellC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 07:34 |
| 4Michael Del ZottoD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20:27 |
| 32Anton StralmanD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 17:37 |
| 8Brandon PrustL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 11:50 |
| 10Marian GaborikR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 21:34 |
| 20Chris KreiderC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 06:57 |
| 22Brian BoyleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 20:44 |
| 26Ruslan FedotenkoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 15:18 |
| 42Artem AnisimovC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 15:31 |
| 62Carl HagelinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15:32 |
| 71Mike RuppC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 05:46 |
| 5Dan GirardiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 25:04 |
| 27Ryan McDonaghD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 24:53 |
| 41Stu BickelD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:07 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Henrik LundqvistG | W | 18 | 2 | .889 |
| 43Martin BironG | 0 | 0 | – |