Washington Capitals vs New York Rangers
Regular season · Monday, March 26, 2018 · Madison Square Garden
NBCSN
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the New York Rangers 4-2 on Monday, March 26, 2018 at Madison Square Garden. The Capitals outshot the Rangers 33-30.
Goals came from T.J. Oshie, Matt Niskanen, Alex Ovechkin, Evgeny Kuznetsov, Lias Andersson and Mats Zuccarello.
Philipp Grubauer made 28 saves on 30 shots for the win; Alexandar Georgiev stopped 3 of 6.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
T.J. Oshie (17)Nicklas Backstrom (43), Jakub Jerabek (5)1–002:50 WSH
Matt Niskanen (7)Evgeny Kuznetsov (51), Alex Ovechkin (38)2–005:13 WSH
Alex Ovechkin (45)John Carlson (49), Nicklas Backstrom (44)3–008:54 WSH · PPG
Evgeny Kuznetsov (24)Alex Chiasson (9)4–016:39 WSH · SHG
2nd period
Lias Andersson (1)Jimmy Vesey (9)4–113:16 NYR
3rd period
Mats Zuccarello (16)Filip Chytil (1), Rob O'Gara (3)4–204:26 NYR
Team stats
WSHNYR
33Shots on goal30
51%Faceoff %49%
1/3Power play0/4
8Penalty minutes6
16Hits17
15Blocked shots9
6Giveaways15
6Takeaways6
Penalties
- 1st 00:31
Evgeny Kuznetsov · slashing2 min - 1st 07:57
Cody McLeod · hooking2 min - 1st 14:43Michal Kempny · holding2 min
- 2nd 00:42Matt Niskanen · holding2 min
- 2nd 19:40Vladislav Namestnikov · hooking2 min
- 3rd 08:04Marc Staal · high sticking2 min
- 3rd 16:20Brooks Orpik · interference2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 8 | 17:41 |
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 19:02 |
| 92Evgeny KuznetsovC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 17:36 |
| 39Alex ChiassonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10:11 |
| 77T.J. OshieR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 19:34 |
| 2Matt NiskanenD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 22:49 |
| 28Jakub JerabekD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 13:47 |
| 74John CarlsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 21:15 |
| 10Brett ConnollyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 11:16 |
| 13Jakub VranaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 08:53 |
| 18Chandler StephensonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:09 |
| 20Lars EllerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16:10 |
| 43Tom WilsonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 14:30 |
| 65Andre BurakovskyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:45 |
| 83Jay BeagleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 13:27 |
| 6Michal KempnyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 15:42 |
| 9Dmitry OrlovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 3 | 24:39 |
| 44Brooks OrpikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:00 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Philipp GrubauerG | W | 30 | 28 | 2 | .933 | 59:34 |
| 70Braden HoltbyG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
New York Rangers
| 26Jimmy VeseyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 13:07 |
| 36Mats ZuccarelloC | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 20:00 |
| 50Lias AnderssonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 10:44 |
| 72Filip ChytilC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 14:23 |
| 46Rob O'GaraD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 18:19 |
| 8Cody McLeodL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 07:29 |
| 13Kevin HayesR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 21:10 |
| 17Jesper FastR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 15:36 |
| 20Chris KreiderC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 18:16 |
| 23Ryan SpoonerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:56 |
| 89Pavel BuchnevichL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:41 |
| 90Vladislav NamestnikovC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:25 |
| 93Mika ZibanejadC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 18:50 |
| 18Marc StaalD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:41 |
| 25Ryan SproulD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 16:59 |
| 44Neal PionkD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23:20 |
| 58John GilmourD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 14:29 |
| 76Brady SkjeiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23:02 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Ondrej PavelecG | 27 | 26 | 1 | .963 | 48:42 | |
| 40Alexandar GeorgievG | L | 6 | 3 | 3 | .500 | 08:54 |