New York Rangers vs Washington Capitals

Regular season · Wednesday, April 5, 2017 · Verizon Center

NY RangersRangersAway

0–2

Final

SOG 24–25

WashingtonCapitalsHome

NBCSN · TVAS

Game summary

The Washington Capitals beat the New York Rangers 2-0 on Wednesday, April 5, 2017 at Verizon Center. The Capitals outshot the Rangers 25-24.

Goals came from Justin Williams and Evgeny Kuznetsov.

Braden Holtby made 24 saves on 24 shots for the win; Henrik Lundqvist stopped 23 of 25.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
NYR	0	0	0	0	24
WSH	0	1	1	2	25

Three stars

Scoring

2nd period

Justin Williams (23)Alex Ovechkin (35), Evgeny Kuznetsov (39)0–114:49 WSH · PPG

3rd period

Evgeny Kuznetsov (19)Marcus Johansson (34), Justin Williams (23)0–205:42 WSH

Team stats

NYRWSH

24Shots on goal25

51%Faceoff %49%

0/0Power play1/3

8Penalty minutes4

19Hits24

14Blocked shots9

7Giveaways20

7Takeaways8

Penalties

2nd 01:05Chris Kreider · holding2 min
2nd 01:53Justin Williams · holding the stick2 min
2nd 02:56Bench · too many men on the ice2 min
2nd 12:34Karl Alzner · roughing2 min
2nd 12:34Jimmy Vesey · roughing2 min
2nd 13:09Brendan Smith · holding the stick2 min

Season series

New York Rangers

New York Rangers skaters

10J.T. MillerC	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0	–	18:07
12Matt PuempelL	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	–	09:53
13Kevin HayesR	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	55	17:44
15Tanner GlassL	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	–	11:01
20Chris KreiderC	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	2	–	14:22
21Derek StepanC	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	23	16:20
24Oscar LindbergC	0	0	0	-1	1	0	1	0	75	12:26
26Jimmy VeseyL	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	2	–	14:04
40Michael GrabnerR	0	0	0	-1	1	1	0	0	–	16:43
73Brandon PirriC	0	0	0	0	2	3	1	0	86	15:26
89Pavel BuchnevichL	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	13:27
93Mika ZibanejadC	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	63	15:17
4Adam ClendeningD	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	17:18
5Dan GirardiD	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0	–	22:40
8Kevin KleinD	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	0	–	21:30
18Marc StaalD	0	0	0	0	4	2	3	0	–	20:37
42Brendan SmithD	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	2	–	21:04
43Steven KampferD	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	–	15:43

New York Rangers goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30Henrik LundqvistG	L	25	23	2	.920	58:38
32Antti RaantaG		0	0	0	–	00:00

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

14Justin WilliamsR	1	1	2	+1	4	1	0	2	–	17:01
92Evgeny KuznetsovC	1	1	2	+1	2	2	0	0	50	17:51
8Alex OvechkinL	0	1	1	0	2	5	1	0	–	19:22
90Marcus JohanssonL	0	1	1	+1	2	1	0	0	–	17:19
10Brett ConnollyR	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	10:04
19Nicklas BackstromC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	53	19:14
20Lars EllerC	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	50	13:06
26Daniel WinnikL	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	–	11:36
43Tom WilsonR	0	0	0	0	1	4	1	0	–	11:19
65Andre BurakovskyL	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	13:29
77T.J. OshieR	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	33	17:24
83Jay BeagleC	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	58	10:37
2Matt NiskanenD	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	–	22:56
9Dmitry OrlovD	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	–	22:09
22Kevin ShattenkirkD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	0	–	21:53
27Karl AlznerD	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	–	17:46
44Brooks OrpikD	0	0	0	+1	4	1	2	0	–	17:05
88Nate SchmidtD	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	–	15:49

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31Philipp GrubauerG		0	0	0	–	00:00
70Braden HoltbyG	W	24	24	0	1.000	60:00