Washington Capitals vs New York Rangers

Playoffs · Saturday, May 12, 2012 · Madison Square Garden

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1–2

23–31

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NBCSN · CBC · RDS

Game summary

The New York Rangers beat the Washington Capitals 2–1 on Saturday, May 12, 2012 at Madison Square Garden. The Rangers outshot the Capitals 31–23.

Goals came from Brad Richards, Michael Del Zotto and Roman Hamrlik.

Henrik Lundqvist made 22 saves on 23 shots for the win; Braden Holtby stopped 29 of 31.

Goals
WSH	0	0	1	1	23
NYR	1	0	1	2	31

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Brad Richards (1)Carl Hagelin (1), Michael Del Zotto (1)0–101:32 NYR

3rd period

Michael Del Zotto (1)Marian Gaborik (1), Carl Hagelin (2)0–210:05 NYR
Roman Hamrlik (1)Brooks Laich (1), Jason Chimera (1)1–210:43 WSH

Team stats

WSHNYR

2331

46%54%

0/10/2

42

2733

1519

65

68

Penalties

11:59 into the first periodMatt Hendricks · hooking2 min
11:19 into the third periodRuslan Fedotenko · delaying game puck over glass2 min
12:57 into the third periodNicklas Backstrom · slashing2 min

Season series

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

21Brooks LaichC	0	1	1	0	1	3	2	0	58	0	0	26	19:25
25Jason ChimeraL	0	1	1	0	3	1	0	0	–	0	0	19	15:38
44Roman HamrlikD	1	0	1	0	2	0	3	0	–	0	0	23	21:17
8Alex OvechkinL	0	0	0	−1	2	4	1	0	–	0	1	25	20:54
15Jeff HalpernC	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	60	0	0	9	05:44
19Nicklas BackstromC	0	0	0	−1	2	2	0	2	33	1	2	22	22:03
20Troy BrouwerR	0	0	0	+1	1	2	0	0	–	0	0	24	20:17
22Mike KnubleR	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	–	0	0	8	05:57
23Keith AucoinC	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	33	0	0	13	08:22
26Matt HendricksC	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	2	38	0	1	22	13:22
28Alexander SeminR	0	0	0	−2	4	1	1	0	–	1	1	18	17:28
42Joel WardR	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	33	0	0	17	11:32
90Marcus JohanssonC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	20	16:16
6Dennis WidemanD	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	–	1	0	17	15:16
27Karl AlznerD	0	0	0	−1	1	1	1	0	–	0	0	26	23:24
52Mike GreenD	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	–	2	0	23	23:19
55Jeff SchultzD	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	–	0	1	16	12:30
74John CarlsonD	0	0	0	−1	2	0	1	0	–	0	0	29	24:14

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie
30Michal NeuvirthG		0	0	0	–	00:00
70Braden HoltbyG	L	31	29	2	.935	59:02

New York Rangers

New York Rangers skaters

62Carl HagelinL	0	2	2	+2	0	1	0	0	–	1	1	23	18:21
4Michael Del ZottoD	1	1	2	+1	2	8	1	0	–	1	0	28	23:16
10Marian GaborikR	0	1	1	+2	6	1	0	0	–	0	0	26	19:32
19Brad RichardsC	1	0	1	+2	4	0	0	0	58	0	1	28	22:03
8Brandon PrustL	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	0	0	13	08:13
20Chris KreiderC	0	0	0	−1	3	1	0	0	–	1	1	15	13:07
21Derek StepanC	0	0	0	−1	1	4	1	0	57	0	0	19	19:50
22Brian BoyleC	0	0	0	0	2	3	1	0	50	1	0	22	14:35
24Ryan CallahanR	0	0	0	−1	4	1	1	0	–	0	0	24	20:29
26Ruslan FedotenkoL	0	0	0	0	1	3	2	2	–	0	0	23	15:05
34John MitchellC	0	0	0	0	1	4	1	0	33	0	0	9	06:32
42Artem AnisimovC	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	–	0	2	21	16:09
71Mike RuppC	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	100	0	0	11	05:32
5Dan GirardiD	0	0	0	0	2	1	3	0	–	0	0	29	25:29
18Marc StaalD	0	0	0	+1	2	3	5	0	–	0	1	29	26:55
27Ryan McDonaghD	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	–	1	1	30	29:37
32Anton StralmanD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	0	0	13	10:23
41Stu BickelD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	0	1	4	02:53

New York Rangers goalies
Goalie
30Henrik LundqvistG	W	23	22	1	.957	59:59
43Martin BironG		0	0	0	–	00:00