New York Rangers vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Wednesday, March 28, 2018 · Capital One Arena
NBCSN
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the New York Rangers 3-2 in overtime on Wednesday, March 28, 2018 at Capital One Arena. The Rangers outshot the Capitals 37-33.
Goals came from Kevin Hayes, Andre Burakovsky, Ryan Spooner, Lars Eller and Evgeny Kuznetsov.
Braden Holtby made 35 saves on 37 shots for the win; Henrik Lundqvist stopped 30 of 33.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Kevin Hayes (22)Jimmy Vesey (10), Brady Skjei (19)1–012:42 NYR · PPG
Andre Burakovsky (10)Nicklas Backstrom (45), T.J. Oshie (27)1–119:27 WSH
3rd period
Ryan Spooner (12)Lias Andersson (1), Brady Skjei (20)2–110:35 NYR
Lars Eller (18)Nicklas Backstrom (46), Evgeny Kuznetsov (52)2–218:55 WSH
OT period
Evgeny Kuznetsov (25)Unassisted2–300:38 WSH
Team stats
NYRWSH
37Shots on goal33
47%Faceoff %53%
1/5Power play0/3
8Penalty minutes12
21Hits16
15Blocked shots12
14Giveaways15
12Takeaways15
Penalties
- 1st 10:59
Nicklas Backstrom · roughing2 min - 1st 13:25
Rob O'Gara · ps slash on breakaway0 min - 1st 13:44Tom Wilson · tripping2 min
- 1st 15:57Brady Skjei · slashing2 min
- 2nd 06:50Filip Chytil · hooking2 min
- 2nd 09:50Neal Pionk · tripping2 min
- 2nd 14:50Michal Kempny · high sticking2 min
- 2nd 14:50Michal Kempny · high sticking2 min
- 3rd 02:37Jay Beagle · holding2 min
- 3rd 04:21John Carlson · roughing2 min
- 3rd 04:21Jimmy Vesey · roughing2 min
Season series
New York Rangers
| 76Brady SkjeiD | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 3 | 24:00 |
| 13Kevin HayesR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 19:47 |
| 23Ryan SpoonerC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 15:32 |
| 26Jimmy VeseyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13:34 |
| 50Lias AnderssonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 12:20 |
| 8Cody McLeodL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 04:16 |
| 17Jesper FastR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 15:07 |
| 20Chris KreiderC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 5 | 17:54 |
| 36Mats ZuccarelloC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 20:21 |
| 72Filip ChytilC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 14:40 |
| 89Pavel BuchnevichL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:22 |
| 90Vladislav NamestnikovC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:18 |
| 93Mika ZibanejadC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | 19:49 |
| 18Marc StaalD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 22:22 |
| 25Ryan SproulD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:34 |
| 44Neal PionkD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 26:19 |
| 46Rob O'GaraD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 16:15 |
| 58John GilmourD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 10:26 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Henrik LundqvistG | O | 33 | 30 | 3 | .909 | 60:36 |
| 31Ondrej PavelecG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Washington Capitals
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 21:02 |
| 92Evgeny KuznetsovC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | 19:56 |
| 20Lars EllerC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 17:09 |
| 65Andre BurakovskyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 13:53 |
| 77T.J. OshieR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 21:02 |
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 5 | 20:22 |
| 18Chandler StephensonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:03 |
| 25Devante Smith-PellyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 14:00 |
| 39Alex ChiassonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 06:36 |
| 43Tom WilsonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:39 |
| 63Shane GersichC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 08:52 |
| 83Jay BeagleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:36 |
| 2Matt NiskanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 25:03 |
| 6Michal KempnyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 15:49 |
| 9Dmitry OrlovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23:31 |
| 29Christian DjoosD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 12:12 |
| 44Brooks OrpikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 15:26 |
| 74John CarlsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 5 | 22:29 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pheonix CopleyG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 70Braden HoltbyG | W | 37 | 35 | 2 | .946 | 60:09 |