New York Rangers vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Sunday, March 28, 2021 · Capital One Arena
NBC · SN · TVAS
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the New York Rangers 5-4 on Sunday, March 28, 2021 at Capital One Arena. The Capitals outshot the Rangers 22-20.
Tom Wilson scored twice and Colin Blackwell scored twice. Alex Ovechkin, Evgeny Kuznetsov, T.J. Oshie, Alexis Lafrenière and Chris Kreider also scored.
Ilya Samsonov made 16 saves on 20 shots for the win; Keith Kinkaid stopped 17 of 22.
Three stars
Scoring
2nd period
Tom Wilson (8)Jakub Vrana (12)0–110:43 WSH
Alex Ovechkin (18)T.J. Oshie (15), Dmitry Orlov (2)0–212:29 WSH- Tom Wilson (9)Nicklas Backstrom (23), T.J. Oshie (16)0–315:07 WSH
3rd period
Evgeny Kuznetsov (6)Carl Hagelin (6), Garnet Hathaway (7)0–405:10 WSH
Colin Blackwell (7)Adam Fox (25)1–406:42 NYR- Colin Blackwell (8)Kevin Rooney (4), Phillip Di Giuseppe (7)2–409:41 NYR
T.J. Oshie (8)Justin Schultz (15), Dmitry Orlov (3)2–511:46 WSH
Alexis Lafrenière (5)Julien Gauthier (5), Kevin Rooney (5)3–512:18 NYR
Chris Kreider (17)Ryan Strome (21), Adam Fox (26)4–516:08 NYR · PPG
Team stats
NYRWSH
20Shots on goal22
45%Faceoff %55%
1/4Power play0/3
6Penalty minutes8
21Hits36
7Blocked shots20
8Giveaways7
7Takeaways6
Penalties
- 1st 17:15
Colin Blackwell · roughing2 min - 2nd 03:25Brendan Smith · hooking2 min
- 2nd 07:11
Nic Dowd · holding2 min - 2nd 12:51Tom Wilson · tripping2 min
- 2nd 18:14Carl Hagelin · high sticking2 min
- 3rd 01:50Libor Hajek · interference2 min
- 3rd 15:57Tom Wilson · tripping2 min
Season series
New York Rangers
| 17Kevin RooneyC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | 12:43 |
| 43Colin BlackwellC | 2 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 2 | 09:28 |
| 23Adam FoxD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 27:09 |
| 12Julien GauthierR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 06:53 |
| 13Alexis LafrenièreL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 08:13 |
| 16Ryan StromeC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 21:15 |
| 20Chris KreiderC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 21:47 |
| 33Phillip Di GiuseppeL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 07:46 |
| 10Artemi PanarinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 21:27 |
| 24Kaapo KakkoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 15:26 |
| 72Filip ChytilC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 11:55 |
| 89Pavel BuchnevichL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22:09 |
| 93Mika ZibanejadC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 23:36 |
| 8Jacob TroubaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 22:06 |
| 25Libor HajekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 12:29 |
| 42Brendan SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 13:03 |
| 55Ryan LindgrenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 19:35 |
| 79K'Andre MillerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:01 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Igor ShesterkinG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 71Keith KinkaidG | L | 22 | 17 | 5 | .773 | 57:59 |
Washington Capitals
| 77T.J. OshieR | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 3 | 16:54 |
| 43Tom WilsonR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 19:58 |
| 9Dmitry OrlovD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | 16:47 |
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 17:07 |
| 13Jakub VranaL | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 10:13 |
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 21:42 |
| 21Garnet HathawayR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 15:43 |
| 62Carl HagelinL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 15:20 |
| 92Evgeny KuznetsovC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 15:00 |
| 2Justin SchultzD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 18:04 |
| 10Daniel SprongR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:29 |
| 14Richard PanikR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 08:06 |
| 26Nic DowdC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:59 |
| 73Conor ShearyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:05 |
| 3Nick JensenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:47 |
| 4Brenden DillonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 19:33 |
| 33Zdeno CharaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 18:25 |
| 74John CarlsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 22:52 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Ilya SamsonovG | W | 20 | 16 | 4 | .800 | 59:45 |
| 41Vitek VanecekG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |