Washington Capitals vs New York Rangers
Playoffs · Saturday, May 2, 2015 · Madison Square Garden
NBC · SN · TVA
Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the Washington Capitals 3–2 on Saturday, May 2, 2015 at Madison Square Garden. The Rangers outshot the Capitals 35–32.
Goals came from Chris Kreider, Dan Boyle, Evgeny Kuznetsov, Derick Brassard and Alex Ovechkin.
Henrik Lundqvist made 30 saves on 32 shots for the win; Braden Holtby stopped 32 of 35.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Chris Kreider (2)Jesper Fast (1), Derek Stepan (2)0–100:38 NYR
Dan Boyle (1)Unassisted0–215:40 NYR ·
2nd period
Evgeny Kuznetsov (4)Jason Chimera (3)1–213:59 WSH
3rd period
Derick Brassard (4)Martin St. Louis (2), Rick Nash (4)1–306:07 NYR
Alex Ovechkin (4)Joel Ward (4), Brooks Orpik (2)2–310:29 WSH
Team stats
WSHNYR
3235
53%47%
0/11/4
82
3830
1512
1213
57
Penalties
- 7:14 into the first period
Karl Alzner · interference2 min - 14:27 into the first periodJoel Ward · hooking2 min
- 18:04 into the first periodTom Wilson · charging2 min
- 3:57 into the third period
Derick Brassard · interference2 min - 14:23 into the third periodTroy Brouwer · high sticking2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 19:49 |
| 25Jason ChimeraL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 14:47 |
| 42Joel WardR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 18:01 |
| 92Evgeny KuznetsovC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 15:40 |
| 44Brooks OrpikD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 20:14 |
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21:28 |
| 20Troy BrouwerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:29 |
| 21Brooks LaichC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:02 |
| 22Curtis GlencrossL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 11:17 |
| 43Tom WilsonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 09:59 |
| 65Andre BurakovskyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:11 |
| 83Jay BeagleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 14:14 |
| 90Marcus JohanssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 16:01 |
| 2Matt NiskanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 22:33 |
| 6Tim GleasonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:36 |
| 27Karl AlznerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:30 |
| 52Mike GreenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 18:09 |
| 74John CarlsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 22:29 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Justin PetersG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 70Braden HoltbyG | L | 35 | 3 | .914 |
New York Rangers
| 16Derick BrassardC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 18:16 |
| 19Jesper FastR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 15:05 |
| 20Chris KreiderC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 18:27 |
| 21Derek StepanC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 17:45 |
| 26Martin St. LouisR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 17:20 |
| 61Rick NashL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 16:06 |
| 22Dan BoyleD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | 17:41 |
| 10J.T. MillerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 15:00 |
| 13Kevin HayesR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 14:15 |
| 15Tanner GlassL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:42 |
| 28Dominic MooreC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14:54 |
| 45James SheppardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10:45 |
| 62Carl HagelinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 14:11 |
| 5Dan GirardiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:04 |
| 8Kevin KleinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 19:44 |
| 18Marc StaalD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 20:08 |
| 27Ryan McDonaghD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20:49 |
| 93Keith YandleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 16:09 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Henrik LundqvistG | W | 32 | 2 | .938 |
| 33Cam TalbotG | 0 | 0 | – |