New York Rangers vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Saturday, October 22, 2016 · Verizon Center
NHLN-US · CSN-DC · MSG
Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the Washington Capitals 4-2 on Saturday, October 22, 2016 at Verizon Center. The Capitals outshot the Rangers 28-26.
Jimmy Vesey scored twice. Lars Eller, Alex Ovechkin, Brandon Pirri and Rick Nash also scored.
Henrik Lundqvist made 26 saves on 28 shots for the win; Braden Holtby stopped 22 of 25.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Lars Eller (1)Brooks Orpik (2)0–101:33 WSH
Alex Ovechkin (3)Evgeny Kuznetsov (2), Dmitry Orlov (2)0–214:49 WSH
2nd period
Brandon Pirri (2)J.T. Miller (2), Adam Clendening (1)1–202:21 NYR
Jimmy Vesey (2)Rick Nash (1), Derek Stepan (3)2–211:22 NYR · PPG- Jimmy Vesey (3)Mats Zuccarello (3), Mika Zibanejad (4)3–214:22 NYR
3rd period
Rick Nash (2)Ryan McDonagh (4)4–219:54 NYR · EN
Team stats
NYRWSH
26Shots on goal28
46%Faceoff %54%
1/3Power play0/2
4Penalty minutes6
21Hits24
15Blocked shots13
6Giveaways19
7Takeaways10
Penalties
- 1st 02:19
Karl Alzner · high sticking2 min - 1st 16:32Lars Eller · slashing2 min
- 2nd 04:08
Mika Zibanejad · high sticking2 min - 2nd 04:08Mika Zibanejad · high sticking2 min
- 2nd 10:37Matt Niskanen · roughing2 min
Season series
New York Rangers
| 26Jimmy VeseyL | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 17:19 |
| 61Rick NashL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 16:47 |
| 10J.T. MillerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15:16 |
| 21Derek StepanC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 18:25 |
| 36Mats ZuccarelloC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 17:24 |
| 73Brandon PirriC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 11:16 |
| 93Mika ZibanejadC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 16:05 |
| 4Adam ClendeningD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11:55 |
| 27Ryan McDonaghD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 25:30 |
| 13Kevin HayesR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 16:59 |
| 19Jesper FastR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 12:46 |
| 20Chris KreiderC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16:23 |
| 40Michael GrabnerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 13:55 |
| 86Josh JoorisR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:49 |
| 8Kevin KleinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 22:07 |
| 18Marc StaalD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 23:02 |
| 22Nick HoldenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:31 |
| 76Brady SkjeiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:50 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Henrik LundqvistG | W | 28 | 26 | 2 | .929 | 59:41 |
| 32Antti RaantaG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Washington Capitals
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 19:44 |
| 20Lars EllerC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 13:42 |
| 92Evgeny KuznetsovC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 20:01 |
| 9Dmitry OrlovD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 21:13 |
| 44Brooks OrpikD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 16:50 |
| 14Justin WilliamsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 14:47 |
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 18:05 |
| 26Daniel WinnikL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:18 |
| 43Tom WilsonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:39 |
| 65Andre BurakovskyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 15:10 |
| 77T.J. OshieR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:21 |
| 82Zachary SanfordL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10:23 |
| 83Jay BeagleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:15 |
| 90Marcus JohanssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 15:40 |
| 2Matt NiskanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 19:54 |
| 27Karl AlznerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 18:12 |
| 74John CarlsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 24:45 |
| 88Nate SchmidtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:47 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Philipp GrubauerG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 70Braden HoltbyG | L | 25 | 22 | 3 | .880 | 58:29 |