New York Rangers vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Saturday, February 20, 2021 · Capital One Arena
NHLN · NBCSWA · MSG
Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the Washington Capitals 4-1 on Saturday, February 20, 2021 at Capital One Arena. The Capitals outshot the Rangers 27-24.
Goals came from Chris Kreider, Alexis Lafrenière, Ryan Strome, Dmitry Orlov and Mika Zibanejad.
Igor Shesterkin made 26 saves on 27 shots for the win; Vitek Vanecek stopped 20 of 23.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Chris Kreider (5)Artemi Panarin (12), Ryan Strome (4)1–014:57 NYR · PPG
2nd period
Alexis Lafrenière (2)Artemi Panarin (13), Anthony Bitetto (2)2–017:44 NYR
Ryan Strome (5)Ryan Lindgren (4), Pavel Buchnevich (7)3–018:43 NYR
Dmitry Orlov (1)Nick Jensen (4)3–119:21 WSH
3rd period
Mika Zibanejad (2)Pavel Buchnevich (8)4–117:48 NYR · SHG · EN
Team stats
NYRWSH
24Shots on goal27
57%Faceoff %43%
1/5Power play0/4
8Penalty minutes10
12Hits19
12Blocked shots13
2Giveaways5
6Takeaways9
Penalties
- 1st 07:03
Libor Hajek · high sticking2 min - 1st 11:55
Richard Panik · roughing2 min - 1st 14:05Lars Eller · hooking2 min
- 2nd 08:25Julien Gauthier · tripping2 min
- 2nd 13:25Garnet Hathaway · tripping2 min
- 3rd 00:36Tom Wilson · roughing2 min
- 3rd 04:42Brendan Smith · roughing2 min
- 3rd 15:54Anthony Bitetto · holding2 min
- 3rd 18:42Richard Panik · roughing2 min
Season series
New York Rangers
| 10Artemi PanarinC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 16:17 |
| 16Ryan StromeC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 16:49 |
| 89Pavel BuchnevichL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 4 | 18:05 |
| 13Alexis LafrenièreL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14:40 |
| 20Chris KreiderC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 16:07 |
| 93Mika ZibanejadC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 18:18 |
| 22Anthony BitettoD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14:23 |
| 55Ryan LindgrenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 21:51 |
| 12Julien GauthierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:03 |
| 17Kevin RooneyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:09 |
| 21Brett HowdenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:04 |
| 33Phillip Di GiuseppeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:05 |
| 43Colin BlackwellC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:39 |
| 48Brendan LemieuxL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:47 |
| 23Adam FoxD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 24:20 |
| 25Libor HajekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:11 |
| 42Brendan SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:47 |
| 79K'Andre MillerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20:25 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Igor ShesterkinG | W | 27 | 26 | 1 | .963 | 60:00 |
| 40Alexandar GeorgievG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Washington Capitals
| 3Nick JensenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 16:47 |
| 9Dmitry OrlovD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 16:39 |
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 22:25 |
| 13Jakub VranaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 5 | 15:20 |
| 14Richard PanikR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 10:42 |
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 17:20 |
| 20Lars EllerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 16:11 |
| 21Garnet HathawayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 10:19 |
| 26Nic DowdC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 12:49 |
| 43Tom WilsonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 17:06 |
| 62Carl HagelinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 11:12 |
| 73Conor ShearyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 10:22 |
| 77T.J. OshieR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 18:24 |
| 92Evgeny KuznetsovC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 18:19 |
| 2Justin SchultzD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 16:47 |
| 4Brenden DillonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 20:11 |
| 33Zdeno CharaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 16:41 |
| 74John CarlsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 25:16 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Craig AndersonG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 41Vitek VanecekG | L | 23 | 20 | 3 | .870 | 58:36 |