🦅 Away Capitals 3-1 in series
2–1
Final / OT
WSH leads 4–1
🗽 Home Rangers 1-3 in series
Scoring 1st2nd3rdOTF
WSH 00002
NYR 00001

Capitals at Rangers — Second Round Game 5

Capitals, Second Round Game 5, beat Rangers 2–1 in overtime at Madison Square Garden on April 27, 1990.

🗓 Fri, Apr 27, 1990 · 18:30 CDT 📍 Madison Square Garden, New York 🏒 1989-90 playoffs View the series → Head-to-head history →

🏒 Second Round — Best of 7

WSH vs NYR · WSH leads 4–1 Full series →
Game 1
3–7
Final · NYR
Game 2
6–3
Final · WSH
Game 3
1–7
Final · WSH
Game 4
3–4
OT · WSH
Game 5
2–1
OT · WSH

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🦅 WSH
John Tucker
2 A
+2
2nd star 🦅 WSH
Kelly Miller
1 G
2 shots · +1
3rd star 🦅 WSH
John Druce
1 G
1 shots

🚨 Scoring

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📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🦅WSH NYR🗽
34 Shots on goal 29
31 Penalty minutes 33
WSH shooting 5.9% (2/34) NYR shooting 3.4% (1/29)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🦅Capitals
Mike Liut
0/1
.000 SV% · 1 GA · 66:48 TOI
🗽Rangers
John Vanbiesbrouck
0/2
.000 SV% · 2 GA · 66:48 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Capitals
Capitals — tied after 1st: 37-31-2 (53% win rate, 70 games)
Rangers
Rangers — tied after 1st: 35-24-10 (51% win rate, 69 games)
After 2nd — 0–0
Capitals
Capitals — tied after 2nd: 37-31-2 (53% win rate, 70 games)
Rangers
Rangers — tied after 2nd: 35-24-10 (51% win rate, 69 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

Full head-to-head →
Apr 25, 1990
🗽NYR @ 🦅WSH
3–4 (OT) · Capitals won
Apr 23, 1990
🗽NYR @ 🦅WSH
1–7 · Capitals won
Apr 21, 1990
🦅WSH @ 🗽NYR
6–3 · Capitals won
Apr 19, 1990
🦅WSH @ 🗽NYR
3–7 · Rangers won
Apr 1, 1990
🦅WSH @ 🗽NYR
3–2 · Capitals won

❓ WSH vs NYR, answered

Who won Capitals vs Rangers on April 27, 1990?

Capitals won 2–1 in overtime.

What was the final score of Capitals vs Rangers?

The final score was Capitals 2, Rangers 1, in overtime.

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Mike Liut made 0 saves on 1 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Rangers goalie play?

John Vanbiesbrouck made 0 saves on 2 shots (.000 save percentage).

Where is Capitals vs Rangers played?

At Madison Square Garden in New York, the Rangers home rink.

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🧭 Around this game

Each team's schedule either side of it
🦅Capitals
Previous game · Apr 25
🗽NYR @ 🦅WSH
3–4 · WSH won
Next game · May 3
🦅WSH @ 🐻BOS
3–5 · BOS won
🗽Rangers
Previous game · Apr 25
🗽NYR @ 🦅WSH
3–4 · WSH won
Next game · Oct 4
🗽NYR @ 🪶CHI
3–4 · CHI won
Also on April 27, 1990
🇨🇦MTL @ 🐻BOS
1–3 final
Capitals season page Rangers season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule