Washington Capitals vs New York Rangers

Playoffs · Thursday, April 30, 2015 · Madison Square Garden

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2–1

29–32

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Game summary

The Washington Capitals beat the New York Rangers 2–1 on Thursday, April 30, 2015 at Madison Square Garden. The Rangers outshot the Capitals 32–29.

Goals came from Alex Ovechkin, Jesper Fast and Joel Ward.

Braden Holtby made 31 saves on 32 shots for the win; Henrik Lundqvist stopped 27 of 29.

Goals
WSH	1	0	1	2	29
NYR	0	0	1	1	32

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Alex Ovechkin (3)John Carlson (4), Braden Holtby (1)1–018:13 WSH ·

3rd period

Jesper Fast (1)Kevin Hayes (1), Carl Hagelin (2)1–115:21 NYR
Joel Ward (2)Alex Ovechkin (4), Nicklas Backstrom (4)2–119:58 WSH

Team stats

WSHNYR

2932

44%56%

1/20/2

66

3234

1915

1320

37

Penalties

13:30 into the first periodBrooks Orpik · holding2 min
17:26 into the first periodDominic Moore · holding2 min
19:39 into the first periodChris Kreider · high sticking2 min
0:54 into the second periodJohn Carlson · interference2 min
20:00 into the third periodTom Wilson · roughing2 min
20:00 into the third periodTanner Glass · roughing2 min

Season series

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

8Alex OvechkinL	1	1	2	+1	6	0	1	0	100	0	0	28	18:26
19Nicklas BackstromC	0	1	1	+1	2	5	0	0	33	1	1	30	20:03
42Joel WardR	1	0	1	+1	1	1	0	0	100	0	0	26	16:34
74John CarlsonD	0	1	1	+1	2	1	3	2	–	0	0	33	23:10
20Troy BrouwerR	0	0	0	−1	1	2	1	0	–	0	0	25	17:32
21Brooks LaichC	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	44	0	0	19	13:35
22Curtis GlencrossL	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	–	1	0	21	13:58
25Jason ChimeraL	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	50	0	0	22	15:08
43Tom WilsonR	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	2	–	0	0	15	10:07
65Andre BurakovskyL	0	0	0	−1	2	1	2	0	–	1	0	14	10:45
83Jay BeagleC	0	0	0	−1	2	1	1	0	70	1	1	22	14:10
90Marcus JohanssonL	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	17	11:12
92Evgeny KuznetsovC	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	50	1	1	23	15:53
2Matt NiskanenD	0	0	0	−1	0	2	3	0	–	5	0	30	21:32
6Tim GleasonD	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	–	0	0	24	15:00
27Karl AlznerD	0	0	0	0	1	4	2	0	–	1	0	28	18:33
44Brooks OrpikD	0	0	0	+1	1	4	4	2	–	2	0	30	22:54
52Mike GreenD	0	0	0	−1	2	1	0	0	–	0	0	26	17:28

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie
35Justin PetersG		0	0	0	–	00:00
70Braden HoltbyG	W	32	31	1	.969	60:00

New York Rangers

New York Rangers skaters

13Kevin HayesR	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	22	2	0	20	14:52
19Jesper FastR	1	0	1	+1	1	1	1	0	–	2	0	19	14:49
62Carl HagelinL	0	1	1	+1	1	3	0	0	–	0	1	22	16:05
10J.T. MillerC	0	0	0	−1	2	5	2	0	100	3	1	24	16:23
15Tanner GlassL	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	2	–	0	0	17	09:18
16Derick BrassardC	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	57	1	0	27	16:40
20Chris KreiderC	0	0	0	−1	4	3	0	2	–	0	1	23	14:04
21Derek StepanC	0	0	0	−1	1	0	0	0	60	2	0	25	17:38
26Martin St. LouisR	0	0	0	0	4	1	2	0	100	0	0	25	17:16
28Dominic MooreC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	64	0	0	19	12:09
45James SheppardC	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	–	0	0	16	11:02
61Rick NashL	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	–	0	0	28	18:40
5Dan GirardiD	0	0	0	0	4	2	2	0	–	0	0	30	21:30
8Kevin KleinD	0	0	0	0	3	6	0	0	–	2	0	31	18:47
18Marc StaalD	0	0	0	+1	0	2	1	0	–	5	1	31	20:03
22Dan BoyleD	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	0	–	1	1	31	18:06
27Ryan McDonaghD	0	0	0	−1	1	0	3	0	–	2	2	28	22:05
93Keith YandleD	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	–	0	0	26	17:46

New York Rangers goalies
Goalie
30Henrik LundqvistG	L	29	27	2	.931	60:00
33Cam TalbotG		0	0	0	–	00:00