Washington Capitals vs New York Rangers
Regular season · Monday, May 3, 2021 · Madison Square Garden
ESPN+ · NBCSWA · MSG 2
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the New York Rangers 6-3 on Monday, May 3, 2021 at Madison Square Garden. The Capitals outshot the Rangers 40-26.
Mika Zibanejad scored twice. Nic Dowd, Conor Sheary, Kaapo Kakko, Garnet Hathaway, Daniel Sprong, Nicklas Backstrom and Tom Wilson also scored.
Vitek Vanecek made 23 saves on 26 shots for the win; Igor Shesterkin stopped 34 of 39.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Nic Dowd (10)Carl Hagelin (9), Garnet Hathaway (11)1–014:12 WSH
Conor Sheary (13)Michael Raffl (6), Tom Wilson (20)2–015:44 WSH
Mika Zibanejad (21)Artemi Panarin (40), Pavel Buchnevich (25)2–118:00 NYR
2nd period
- Mika Zibanejad (22)Ryan Strome (33), Artemi Panarin (41)2–202:30 NYR · PPG
Kaapo Kakko (9)Alexis Lafrenière (9), Kevin Rooney (6)2–304:35 NYR
Garnet Hathaway (6)Nic Dowd (3)3–318:30 WSH
3rd period
Daniel Sprong (12)Unassisted4–304:37 WSH
Nicklas Backstrom (15)Michael Raffl (7), Nick Jensen (12)5–311:41 WSH
Tom Wilson (13)John Carlson (33)6–318:34 WSH · EN
Team stats
WSHNYR
40Shots on goal26
53%Faceoff %47%
0/3Power play1/4
22Penalty minutes10
20Hits16
8Blocked shots8
8Giveaways10
4Takeaways6
Penalties
- 1st 01:04
Lars Eller · tripping2 min - 1st 09:49
Brendan Smith · holding the stick2 min - 2nd 01:12Tom Wilson · roughing2 min
- 2nd 06:07Bench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 2nd 07:40Tom Wilson · roughing2 min
- 2nd 07:40Artemi Panarin · roughing2 min
- 2nd 07:40Brenden Dillon · roughing2 min
- 2nd 07:40Pavel Buchnevich · roughing2 min
- 2nd 07:40Tom Wilson · roughing2 min
- 2nd 07:40Tom Wilson · misconduct10 min
- 2nd 12:26Bench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 3rd 00:33Zac Jones · tripping2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 17Michael RafflL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 3 | 15:35 |
| 21Garnet HathawayR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | 16:25 |
| 26Nic DowdC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 21:25 |
| 43Tom WilsonR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 11:49 |
| 10Daniel SprongR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 17:25 |
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 18:49 |
| 62Carl HagelinL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 18:02 |
| 73Conor ShearyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 18:00 |
| 3Nick JensenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13:46 |
| 74John CarlsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 25:00 |
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 00:39 |
| 20Lars EllerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 19:08 |
| 39Anthony ManthaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 3 | 19:51 |
| 4Brenden DillonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | 18:54 |
| 9Dmitry OrlovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 22:51 |
| 33Zdeno CharaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:23 |
| 57Trevor van RiemsdykD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 17:40 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Craig AndersonG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 41Vitek VanecekG | W | 26 | 23 | 3 | .885 | 60:00 |
New York Rangers
| 10Artemi PanarinC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10:40 |
| 93Mika ZibanejadC | 2 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 7 | 23:47 |
| 13Alexis LafrenièreL | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 14:30 |
| 16Ryan StromeC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 16:45 |
| 17Kevin RooneyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 12:15 |
| 24Kaapo KakkoR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 13:57 |
| 89Pavel BuchnevichL | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 22:29 |
| 12Julien GauthierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 11:01 |
| 43Colin BlackwellC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 16:18 |
| 47Morgan BarronC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 10:44 |
| 72Filip ChytilC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15:10 |
| 74Vitali KravtsovR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | 16:29 |
| 6Zac JonesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 18:34 |
| 23Adam FoxD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 27:48 |
| 25Libor HajekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 17:29 |
| 42Brendan SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 15:23 |
| 51Tarmo ReunanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 10:03 |
| 79K'Andre MillerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 22:48 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Igor ShesterkinG | L | 39 | 34 | 5 | .872 | 57:50 |
| 40Alexandar GeorgievG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |