New York Rangers vs Washington Capitals

Regular season · Saturday, March 20, 2021 · Capital One Arena

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3–1

Final

SOG 25–29

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Game summary

The New York Rangers beat the Washington Capitals 3-1 on Saturday, March 20, 2021 at Capital One Arena. The Capitals outshot the Rangers 29-25.

Goals came from Pavel Buchnevich, John Carlson, Mika Zibanejad and Brett Howden.

Keith Kinkaid made 28 saves on 29 shots for the win; Ilya Samsonov stopped 22 of 24.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
NYR	1	0	2	3	25
WSH	0	0	1	1	29

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Pavel Buchnevich (11)Adam Fox (16), Mika Zibanejad (12)1–017:49 NYR

3rd period

John Carlson (7)Tom Wilson (11), Nicklas Backstrom (22)1–105:55 WSH
Mika Zibanejad (7)Unassisted2–117:28 NYR
Brett Howden (1)Ryan Strome (14), Pavel Buchnevich (17)3–119:32 NYR · EN

Team stats

NYRWSH

25Shots on goal29

43%Faceoff %57%

0/3Power play0/4

8Penalty minutes6

14Hits31

23Blocked shots7

8Giveaways6

8Takeaways8

Penalties

1st 01:57Alexis Lafrenière · hooking2 min
1st 05:16Tom Wilson · slashing2 min
1st 09:20Artemi Panarin · holding2 min
2nd 05:54Brett Howden · hooking2 min
2nd 15:41Brenden Dillon · boarding2 min
3rd 01:44Carl Hagelin · interference2 min
3rd 08:12Brendan Lemieux · cross checking2 min

Season series

New York Rangers

New York Rangers skaters

89Pavel BuchnevichL	1	1	2	+2	4	2	0	0	–	19:59
93Mika ZibanejadC	1	1	2	+2	4	1	3	0	33	21:30
16Ryan StromeC	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	50	22:06
21Brett HowdenC	1	0	1	0	1	1	4	2	–	13:04
23Adam FoxD	0	1	1	+3	1	0	2	0	–	28:00
10Artemi PanarinC	0	0	0	+1	4	0	0	2	–	19:34
13Alexis LafrenièreL	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	2	50	07:53
17Kevin RooneyC	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	43	09:31
20Chris KreiderC	0	0	0	+1	1	2	0	0	–	20:45
24Kaapo KakkoR	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	–	12:42
43Colin BlackwellC	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	50	15:38
48Brendan LemieuxL	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	–	04:27
72Filip ChytilC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	50	09:57
8Jacob TroubaD	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	0	–	22:13
25Libor HajekD	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	–	08:42
42Brendan SmithD	0	0	0	-1	1	1	2	0	–	13:47
55Ryan LindgrenD	0	0	0	+3	1	0	2	0	–	23:28
79K'Andre MillerD	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	–	18:44

New York Rangers goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
40Alexandar GeorgievG		0	0	0	–	00:00
71Keith KinkaidG	W	29	28	1	.966	60:00

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

19Nicklas BackstromC	0	1	1	+1	2	1	0	0	47	19:14
43Tom WilsonR	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	2	–	16:33
74John CarlsonD	1	0	1	-1	5	2	1	0	–	27:38
8Alex OvechkinL	0	0	0	-2	6	1	0	0	–	23:19
10Daniel SprongR	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	–	09:59
13Jakub VranaL	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	–	17:27
14Richard PanikR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	04:28
21Garnet HathawayR	0	0	0	-1	2	4	0	0	–	13:49
26Nic DowdC	0	0	0	-1	2	5	0	0	70	17:00
62Carl HagelinL	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	–	15:58
73Conor ShearyL	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	–	10:26
77T.J. OshieR	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	0	58	18:10
92Evgeny KuznetsovC	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0	0	50	18:07
2Justin SchultzD	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	0	–	18:34
3Nick JensenD	0	0	0	-1	1	2	2	0	–	14:32
4Brenden DillonD	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	2	–	17:38
9Dmitry OrlovD	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	–	18:34
33Zdeno CharaD	0	0	0	-1	1	0	1	0	–	13:44

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30Ilya SamsonovG	L	24	22	2	.917	58:24
41Vitek VanecekG		0	0	0	–	00:00