New York Rangers vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Sunday, February 24, 2019 · Capital One Arena
NHLN · SN · NBCSWA · MSG
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the New York Rangers 6-5 in overtime on Sunday, February 24, 2019 at Capital One Arena. The Capitals outshot the Rangers 35-31.
Nicklas Backstrom scored twice and Brady Skjei scored twice. Chris Kreider, Michal Kempny, Tom Wilson, Jimmy Vesey, Nic Dowd, Vladislav Namestnikov and Evgeny Kuznetsov also scored.
Pheonix Copley made 26 saves on 31 shots for the win; Henrik Lundqvist stopped 29 of 35.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Chris Kreider (26)Jimmy Vesey (17), Mika Zibanejad (35)1–000:21 NYR
Nicklas Backstrom (14)John Carlson (47), T.J. Oshie (20)1–118:42 WSH
Michal Kempny (6)Brett Connolly (18), Andre Burakovsky (11)1–219:03 WSH
2nd period
Tom Wilson (17)Jakub Vrana (20), Lars Eller (20)1–305:09 WSH · PPG
Brady Skjei (5)Connor Brickley (2), Lias Andersson (4)2–318:18 NYR
3rd period
Jimmy Vesey (15)Unassisted3–300:21 NYR
Nic Dowd (6)Travis Boyd (12), Brooks Orpik (4)3–402:25 WSH- Nicklas Backstrom (15)Unassisted3–503:01 WSH
Vladislav Namestnikov (8)Neal Pionk (16), Tony DeAngelo (18)4–506:01 NYR · PPG- Brady Skjei (6)Kevin Shattenkirk (18), Mika Zibanejad (36)5–519:29 NYR
OT period
Evgeny Kuznetsov (16)Alex Ovechkin (28), Dmitry Orlov (15)5–604:20 WSH
Team stats
NYRWSH
31Shots on goal35
52%Faceoff %48%
1/4Power play1/3
19Penalty minutes21
16Hits20
16Blocked shots13
10Giveaways8
6Takeaways5
Penalties
- 1st 04:19
Brady Skjei · cross checking2 min - 2nd 01:24
Dmitry Orlov · hooking2 min - 2nd 03:39Lias Andersson · holding2 min
- 2nd 06:01Bench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 2nd 12:47Michal Kempny · roughing2 min
- 2nd 12:47Lias Andersson · slashing2 min
- 2nd 15:50Lars Eller · slashing2 min
- 3rd 04:54Carl Hagelin · hooking2 min
- 3rd 06:23Tom Wilson · roughing2 min
- 3rd 06:23Ryan Strome · roughing2 min
- 3rd 06:23Tom Wilson · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 3rd 06:23Tony DeAngelo · roughing2 min
- 3rd 06:23Ryan Strome · fighting5 min
- 3rd 06:23Matt Niskanen · fighting5 min
- 3rd 16:17Brooks Orpik · roughing2 min
- 3rd 16:17Connor Brickley · roughing2 min
- 3rd 16:17Brooks Orpik · cross checking2 min
Season series
New York Rangers
| 26Jimmy VeseyL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 21:14 |
| 93Mika ZibanejadC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 23:47 |
| 76Brady SkjeiD | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 5 | 21:17 |
| 20Chris KreiderC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 21:29 |
| 23Connor BrickleyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 07:36 |
| 50Lias AnderssonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 13:15 |
| 90Vladislav NamestnikovC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 20:21 |
| 22Kevin ShattenkirkD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 19:00 |
| 44Neal PionkD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 24:11 |
| 77Tony DeAngeloD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 1 | 20:31 |
| 16Ryan StromeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 19:22 |
| 17Jesper FastR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 15:50 |
| 24Boo NievesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:28 |
| 72Filip ChytilC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 10:00 |
| 89Pavel BuchnevichL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 15:44 |
| 18Marc StaalD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 20:03 |
| 33Fredrik ClaessonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:30 |
| 42Brendan SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 06:36 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Henrik LundqvistG | O | 35 | 29 | 6 | .829 | 63:36 |
| 40Alexandar GeorgievG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Washington Capitals
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 22:33 |
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 19:56 |
| 10Brett ConnollyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 11:29 |
| 13Jakub VranaL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 14:22 |
| 20Lars EllerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 16:02 |
| 26Nic DowdC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 10:44 |
| 43Tom WilsonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 17:35 |
| 65Andre BurakovskyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10:53 |
| 72Travis BoydC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 07:23 |
| 77T.J. OshieR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 20:36 |
| 92Evgeny KuznetsovC | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 19:12 |
| 6Michal KempnyD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 17:42 |
| 9Dmitry OrlovD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22:05 |
| 44Brooks OrpikD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 12:32 |
| 74John CarlsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 28:36 |
| 62Carl HagelinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13:22 |
| 2Matt NiskanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 24:35 |
| 3Nick JensenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 14:16 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pheonix CopleyG | W | 31 | 26 | 5 | .839 | 64:20 |
| 70Braden HoltbyG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |