Washington Capitals vs New York Rangers
Regular season · Tuesday, March 30, 2021 · Madison Square Garden
NBCSWA · MSG
Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the Washington Capitals 5-2 on Tuesday, March 30, 2021 at Madison Square Garden. The Capitals outshot the Rangers 32-27.
Goals came from T.J. Oshie, Nic Dowd, Filip Chytil, Kaapo Kakko, Adam Fox, Artemi Panarin and Pavel Buchnevich.
Igor Shesterkin made 30 saves on 32 shots for the win; Vitek Vanecek stopped 22 of 26.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
T.J. Oshie (9)Nicklas Backstrom (24), John Carlson (22)1–002:23 WSH · PPG
Nic Dowd (7)Garnet Hathaway (8), Brenden Dillon (9)2–004:22 WSH
Filip Chytil (6)Unassisted2–115:36 NYR
3rd period
Kaapo Kakko (5)Ryan Strome (22), Artemi Panarin (22)2–204:10 NYR
Adam Fox (4)Artemi Panarin (23), Ryan Lindgren (10)2–306:32 NYR
Artemi Panarin (9)Brendan Smith (4)2–415:41 NYR
Pavel Buchnevich (14)Ryan Lindgren (11)2–519:25 NYR · SHG · EN
Team stats
WSHNYR
32Shots on goal27
56%Faceoff %44%
1/3Power play0/2
16Penalty minutes6
14Hits19
11Blocked shots13
6Giveaways7
6Takeaways5
Penalties
- 1st 01:42
Kevin Rooney · holding2 min - 1st 12:29
Bench · too many men on the ice2 min - 1st 19:18Zdeno Chara · slashing2 min
- 2nd 12:44Phillip Di Giuseppe · tripping2 min
- 3rd 18:50Brendan Smith · cross checking2 min
- 3rd 19:25Tom Wilson · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 3rd 19:25Tom Wilson · misconduct10 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 1 | 20:10 |
| 21Garnet HathawayR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 12:24 |
| 26Nic DowdC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 12:14 |
| 77T.J. OshieR | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 17:31 |
| 4Brenden DillonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 20:38 |
| 74John CarlsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 1 | 23:56 |
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 17:16 |
| 10Daniel SprongR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 12:00 |
| 13Jakub VranaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 13:28 |
| 20Lars EllerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 10:05 |
| 43Tom WilsonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 19:05 |
| 62Carl HagelinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:29 |
| 73Conor ShearyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 15:39 |
| 92Evgeny KuznetsovC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 4 | 17:19 |
| 2Justin SchultzD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 19:20 |
| 3Nick JensenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:14 |
| 9Dmitry OrlovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 20:20 |
| 33Zdeno CharaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 15:45 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Ilya SamsonovG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 41Vitek VanecekG | L | 26 | 22 | 4 | .846 | 58:32 |
New York Rangers
| 10Artemi PanarinC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 1 | 19:44 |
| 55Ryan LindgrenD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | 18:08 |
| 16Ryan StromeC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 1 | 18:32 |
| 24Kaapo KakkoR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +3 | 2 | 15:13 |
| 72Filip ChytilC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 12:16 |
| 89Pavel BuchnevichL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 17:21 |
| 23Adam FoxD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 23:11 |
| 42Brendan SmithD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15:13 |
| 12Julien GauthierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:44 |
| 13Alexis LafrenièreL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 10:57 |
| 17Kevin RooneyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:43 |
| 20Chris KreiderC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 18:49 |
| 33Phillip Di GiuseppeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:38 |
| 43Colin BlackwellC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 13:01 |
| 93Mika ZibanejadC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:32 |
| 8Jacob TroubaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 21:45 |
| 25Libor HajekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:21 |
| 79K'Andre MillerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | 22:16 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Igor ShesterkinG | W | 32 | 30 | 2 | .938 | 59:45 |
| 40Alexandar GeorgievG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |