🦅 Away Capitals 2-2 in series
5–4
Final / OT
WSH leads 4–2
🗽 Home Rangers 2-2 in series
Scoring 1st2nd3rdOTF
WSH 00005
NYR 00004

Capitals at Rangers — First Round Game 5

Capitals, First Round Game 5, beat Rangers 5–4 in overtime at Madison Square Garden on April 11, 1991.

🗓 Thu, Apr 11, 1991 · 18:30 CDT 📍 Madison Square Garden, New York 🏒 1990-91 playoffs View the series → Head-to-head history →

🏒 First Round — Best of 7

WSH vs NYR · WSH leads 4–2 Full series →
Game 1
1–2
Final · NYR
Game 2
3–0
Final · WSH
Game 3
6–0
Final · NYR
Game 4
2–3
Final · WSH
Game 5
5–4
OT · WSH
Game 6
2–4
Final · WSH

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🦅 WSH
Kelly Miller
1 G, 2 A
5 shots · +2
2nd star 🦅 WSH
Dino Ciccarelli
1 G, 1 A
6 shots · +2
3rd star 🦅 WSH
Mike Ridley
1 G, 1 A
6 shots · +1

🚨 Scoring

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📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🦅WSH NYR🗽
55 Shots on goal 35
1/5 Power play (goals / chances) 1/6
44 Penalty minutes 32
WSH shooting 9.1% (5/55) NYR shooting 11.4% (4/35)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🦅Capitals
Don Beaupre
0/4
.000 SV% · 4 GA · 66:44 TOI
🗽Rangers
Mike Richter
0/5
.000 SV% · 5 GA · 66:44 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Capitals
Capitals — tied after 1st: 41-35-8 (49% win rate, 84 games)
Rangers
Rangers — tied after 1st: 44-31-9 (52% win rate, 84 games)
After 2nd — 0–0
Capitals
Capitals — tied after 2nd: 41-35-8 (49% win rate, 84 games)
Rangers
Rangers — tied after 2nd: 44-31-9 (52% win rate, 84 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

Full head-to-head →
Apr 9, 1991
🗽NYR @ 🦅WSH
2–3 · Capitals won
Apr 7, 1991
🗽NYR @ 🦅WSH
6–0 · Rangers won
Apr 5, 1991
🦅WSH @ 🗽NYR
3–0 · Capitals won
Apr 3, 1991
🦅WSH @ 🗽NYR
1–2 · Rangers won
Feb 27, 1991
🦅WSH @ 🗽NYR
4–4 (OT) · Capitals won

❓ WSH vs NYR, answered

Who won Capitals vs Rangers on April 11, 1991?

Capitals won 5–4 in overtime.

What was the final score of Capitals vs Rangers?

The final score was Capitals 5, Rangers 4, in overtime.

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Don Beaupre made 0 saves on 4 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Rangers goalie play?

Mike Richter made 0 saves on 5 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 9
🗽NYR @ 🦅WSH
2–3 · WSH won
Next game · Apr 13
🗽NYR @ 🦅WSH
2–4 · WSH won
🗽Rangers
Previous game · Apr 9
🗽NYR @ 🦅WSH
2–3 · WSH won
Next game · Apr 13
🗽NYR @ 🦅WSH
2–4 · WSH won
Also on April 11, 1991
🐳HFD @ 🐻BOS
1–6 final
⚔️BUF @ 🇨🇦MTL
3–4 final
😈NJD @ 🐧PIT
4–2 final
Capitals season page Rangers season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule