Washington Capitals vs New York Rangers
Regular season · Saturday, November 24, 2018 · Madison Square Garden
NHLN-US · NBCSWA · MSG
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the New York Rangers 5-3 on Saturday, November 24, 2018 at Madison Square Garden. The Rangers outshot the Capitals 30-28.
Goals came from Jimmy Vesey, Brady Skjei, Nic Dowd, Jakub Vrana, Alex Ovechkin, Ryan Strome, Brett Connolly and Tom Wilson.
Pheonix Copley made 27 saves on 30 shots for the win; Alexandar Georgiev stopped 23 of 27.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Jimmy Vesey (8)Jesper Fast (7), Kevin Hayes (10)0–109:12 NYR
2nd period
Brady Skjei (2)Brendan Smith (4), Kevin Hayes (11)0–209:39 NYR
Nic Dowd (2)John Carlson (18), Brett Connolly (9)1–210:10 WSH
Jakub Vrana (6)Unassisted2–216:27 WSH
Alex Ovechkin (17)John Carlson (19), Dmitry Orlov (7)3–219:30 WSH
3rd period
Ryan Strome (2)Brett Howden (9), Neal Pionk (11)3–305:30 NYR
Brett Connolly (4)John Carlson (20), Jakub Vrana (8)4–313:36 WSH
Tom Wilson (4)Michal Kempny (4)5–318:52 WSH · EN
Team stats
WSHNYR
28Shots on goal30
36%Faceoff %64%
0/2Power play0/2
4Penalty minutes4
33Hits42
11Blocked shots8
18Giveaways23
5Takeaways9
Penalties
- 1st 00:25
Jesper Fast · tripping2 min - 1st 06:59Jimmy Vesey · high sticking2 min
- 1st 17:27
Tom Wilson · interference2 min - 2nd 00:59Lars Eller · hooking2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 74John CarlsonD | 0 | 3 | 3 | +4 | 4 | 24:40 |
| 10Brett ConnollyR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 14:40 |
| 13Jakub VranaL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 16:12 |
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 21:10 |
| 26Nic DowdC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 13:11 |
| 43Tom WilsonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 20:24 |
| 6Michal KempnyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 1 | 23:04 |
| 9Dmitry OrlovD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 19:59 |
| 18Chandler StephensonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:55 |
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19:53 |
| 20Lars EllerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | 16:41 |
| 23Dmitrij JaskinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 11:25 |
| 25Devante Smith-PellyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 10:26 |
| 65Andre BurakovskyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 09:51 |
| 72Travis BoydC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:26 |
| 2Matt NiskanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 1 | 22:02 |
| 29Christian DjoosD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 12:12 |
| 34Jonas SiegenthalerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 14:49 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pheonix CopleyG | W | 30 | 27 | 3 | .900 | 60:00 |
| 70Braden HoltbyG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
New York Rangers
| 13Kevin HayesR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 20:03 |
| 16Ryan StromeC | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 3 | 17:11 |
| 17Jesper FastR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17:45 |
| 21Brett HowdenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 1 | 18:44 |
| 26Jimmy VeseyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 16:20 |
| 42Brendan SmithD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 18:45 |
| 44Neal PionkD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 23:03 |
| 76Brady SkjeiD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 19:57 |
| 20Chris KreiderC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 17:34 |
| 25Tim GettingerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:00 |
| 38Steven FogartyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 06:50 |
| 50Lias AnderssonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:38 |
| 72Filip ChytilC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:44 |
| 90Vladislav NamestnikovC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 17:56 |
| 93Mika ZibanejadC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | 18:55 |
| 18Marc StaalD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 20:31 |
| 22Kevin ShattenkirkD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 3 | 19:17 |
| 33Fredrik ClaessonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 13:48 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Henrik LundqvistG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 40Alexandar GeorgievG | L | 27 | 23 | 4 | .852 | 58:59 |