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Washington Capitals vs New York Rangers

Regular season · Sunday, April 5, 2026 · Madison Square Garden

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1–8

Final

SOG 21–33

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ESPN · SN

Game summary

The New York Rangers beat the Washington Capitals 8-1 on Sunday, April 5, 2026 at Madison Square Garden. The Rangers outshot the Capitals 33-21.

Will Cuylle scored a hat trick. Conor Sheary, Connor McMichael, J.T. Miller, Adam Sykora, Adam Fox and Vincent Trocheck also scored.

Igor Shesterkin made 20 saves on 21 shots for the win; Charlie Lindgren stopped 25 of 33.

Goals1st2nd3rdTSOG
Washington CapitalsWSH100121
New York RangersNYR152833

Three stars

  1. ★1st starWill CuylleNYR · 3G 0A
  2. ★2nd starMika ZibanejadNYR · 0G 3A
  3. ★3rd starAdam FoxNYR · 1G 2A

Scoring

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Tired legs

Seconds into the shift for every skater on the ice at each goal. Taller bar, longer shift.

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+
2:05

1–4 · 2nd 8:33 · Cuylle. Ovechkin was 2:05 into his shift when it went in.

GoalWSH on iceNYR on ice

0–1 NYR

1st 0:23 · Sheary

Wilson 0:23

1–1 WSH

1st 13:45 · McMichael

Gavrikov 0:50

1–2 NYR

2nd 3:07 · PP · Miller

Long shift: Duhaime 1:04

1–3 NYR

2nd 5:53 · Cuylle

Sandin 0:56

1–4 NYR

2nd 8:33 · Cuylle

Stuck out there: Ovechkin 2:05

1–5 NYR

2nd 13:22 · Sykora

Leonard 0:56

1–6 NYR

2nd 18:27 · PP · Fox

Wilson 0:32

1–7 NYR

3rd 2:27 · Trocheck

Long shift: Sourdif 1:02

1–8 NYR

3rd 19:28 · Cuylle

Duhaime 0:25

Hover or tap a bar for the skater.

Across the league. Share of 5v5 unblocked shots that went in, by how far into his shift the defending team’s longest-serving skater was (2025–26).
3.9%
5.8%
6.5%
7.1%
7.3%
0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1.9×

Shots against a skater 80s+ into his shift go in 1.9 times as often as against fresh legs (7.3% vs 3.9%).

30%

of 5v5 goals came with a defender 60s+ into his shift.

Team stats

WSHNYR
21Shots on goal33
35%Faceoff %65%
0/3Power play2/4
23Penalty minutes21
26Hits23
20Blocked shots13
10Giveaways17
4Takeaways5

Penalties

  • 1st 01:31Will Cuylle · holding2 min
  • 1st 19:02Dylan Strome · delaying game puck over glass2 min
  • 2nd 01:09Anthony Beauvillier · delaying game puck over glass2 min
  • 2nd 06:28Will Cuylle · holding2 min
  • 2nd 17:12Jakob Chychrun · fighting5 min
  • 2nd 17:12Will Cuylle · fighting5 min
  • 2nd 17:55Brandon Duhaime · roughing2 min
  • 2nd 17:55Tye Kartye · fighting5 min
  • 2nd 17:55Brandon Duhaime · fighting5 min
  • 3rd 03:03Braden Schneider · slashing2 min
  • 3rd 10:23Connor McMichael · tripping2 min
  • 3rd 15:36Noah Laba · fighting5 min
  • 3rd 15:36Hendrix Lapierre · fighting5 min

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