New York Rangers vs Washington Capitals
Playoffs · Wednesday, May 9, 2012 · Verizon Center
NBCSN · CBC · RDS
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the New York Rangers 2–1 on Wednesday, May 9, 2012 at Verizon Center. The Rangers outshot the Capitals 31–23.
Goals came from Alex Ovechkin, Jason Chimera and Marian Gaborik.
Braden Holtby made 30 saves on 31 shots for the win; Henrik Lundqvist stopped 21 of 23.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Alex Ovechkin (1)Nicklas Backstrom (1), Mike Green (1)0–101:28 WSH ·
2nd period
Jason Chimera (1)Nicklas Backstrom (2), John Carlson (1)0–210:59 WSH
3rd period
Marian Gaborik (1)Dan Girardi (1), Derek Stepan (1)1–219:09 NYR
Team stats
NYRWSH
3123
42%58%
0/51/3
610
3733
624
918
55
Penalties
- 1:13 into the first period
Anton Stralman · tripping2 min - 13:44 into the first period
Brooks Laich · holding2 min - 18:49 into the first periodRoman Hamrlik · interference2 min
- 6:29 into the second periodRyan Callahan · tripping2 min
- 12:05 into the second periodJeff Halpern · high sticking2 min
- 12:05 into the second periodJeff Halpern · high sticking2 min
- 17:04 into the second periodBrandon Prust · roughing2 min
- 2:16 into the third periodMike Green · delaying game puck over glass2 min
Season series
New York Rangers
| 10Marian GaborikR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 23:26 |
| 21Derek StepanC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 16:35 |
| 5Dan GirardiD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 27:45 |
| 8Brandon PrustL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:52 |
| 19Brad RichardsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 22:33 |
| 20Chris KreiderC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:06 |
| 22Brian BoyleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:01 |
| 24Ryan CallahanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | 22:59 |
| 26Ruslan FedotenkoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:18 |
| 34John MitchellC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:55 |
| 42Artem AnisimovC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:00 |
| 62Carl HagelinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:39 |
| 71Mike RuppC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 05:09 |
| 4Michael Del ZottoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 22:52 |
| 18Marc StaalD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 25:23 |
| 27Ryan McDonaghD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19:38 |
| 32Anton StralmanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:51 |
| 41Stu BickelD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 06:01 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Henrik LundqvistG | L | 23 | 2 | .913 |
| 43Martin BironG | 0 | 0 | – |
Washington Capitals
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 18:54 |
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 15:14 |
| 25Jason ChimeraL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 13:33 |
| 52Mike GreenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 21:02 |
| 74John CarlsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 22:00 |
| 15Jeff HalpernC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 10:23 |
| 20Troy BrouwerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 17:24 |
| 21Brooks LaichC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:09 |
| 22Mike KnubleR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:51 |
| 23Keith AucoinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 06:54 |
| 26Matt HendricksC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 18:17 |
| 28Alexander SeminR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 13:33 |
| 42Joel WardR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:41 |
| 90Marcus JohanssonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:40 |
| 6Dennis WidemanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:06 |
| 27Karl AlznerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23:13 |
| 44Roman HamrlikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:42 |
| 55Jeff SchultzD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:24 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Michal NeuvirthG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 70Braden HoltbyG | W | 31 | 1 | .968 |