🗽 Away Rangers 0-0 in series
4–3
Final / OT
NYR leads 4–2
🦅 Home Capitals 0-0 in series
Scoring 1st2nd3rdOTF
NYR 00004
WSH 00003

Rangers at Capitals — Second Round Game 1

Rangers, Second Round Game 1, beat Capitals 4–3 in overtime at Capital One Arena on April 17, 1986.

🗓 Thu, Apr 17, 1986 · 18:30 CST 📍 Capital One Arena, Washington 🏒 1985-86 playoffs View the series → Head-to-head history →

🏒 Second Round — Best of 7

NYR vs WSH · NYR leads 4–2 Full series →
Game 1
4–3
OT · NYR
Game 2
1–8
Final · WSH
Game 3
6–3
Final · WSH
Game 4
5–6
OT · NYR
Game 5
4–2
Final · NYR
Game 6
1–2
Final · NYR

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🗽 NYR
Brian MacLellan
2 G
5 shots · +2
2nd star 🗽 NYR
Kelly Miller
2 A
2 shots · -1
3rd star 🦅 WSH
Rod Langway
2 A
1 shots · +1

🚨 Scoring

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📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🗽NYR WSH🦅
23 Shots on goal 27
29 Penalty minutes 29
NYR shooting 17.4% (4/23) WSH shooting 11.1% (3/27)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🗽Rangers
John Vanbiesbrouck
0/3
.000 SV% · 3 GA · 61:16 TOI
🦅Capitals
Pete Peeters
0/4
.000 SV% · 4 GA · 61:16 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Rangers
Rangers — tied after 1st: 43-33-9 (51% win rate, 85 games)
Capitals
Capitals — tied after 1st: 58-23-2 (70% win rate, 83 games)
After 2nd — 0–0
Rangers
Rangers — tied after 2nd: 43-33-9 (51% win rate, 85 games)
Capitals
Capitals — tied after 2nd: 58-23-2 (70% win rate, 83 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

Full head-to-head →
Apr 5, 1986
🗽NYR @ 🦅WSH
4–4 (OT) · Rangers won
Mar 2, 1986
🦅WSH @ 🗽NYR
4–2 · Capitals won
Mar 1, 1986
🗽NYR @ 🦅WSH
0–4 · Capitals won
Jan 1, 1986
🗽NYR @ 🦅WSH
0–3 · Capitals won
Dec 29, 1985
🦅WSH @ 🗽NYR
5–6 · Rangers won

❓ NYR vs WSH, answered

Who won Rangers vs Capitals on April 17, 1986?

Rangers won 4–3 in overtime.

What was the final score of Rangers vs Capitals?

The final score was Rangers 4, Capitals 3, in overtime.

How did the Rangers goalie play?

John Vanbiesbrouck made 0 saves on 3 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Pete Peeters made 0 saves on 4 shots (.000 save percentage).

Where is Rangers vs Capitals played?

At Capital One Arena in Washington, the Capitals home rink.

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🧭 Around this game

Each team's schedule either side of it
🗽Rangers
Previous game · Apr 15
🗽NYR @ 🔔PHI
5–2 · NYR won
Next game · Apr 19
🗽NYR @ 🦅WSH
1–8 · WSH won
🦅Capitals
Previous game · Apr 12
🦅WSH @ 🏝️NYI
3–1 · WSH won
Next game · Apr 19
🗽NYR @ 🦅WSH
1–8 · WSH won
Also on April 17, 1986
🐳HFD @ 🇨🇦MTL
4–1 final
Rangers season page Capitals season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule