🗽 Away Rangers 1-3 in series
1–3
Final
WSH leads 4–1
🦅 Home Capitals 3-1 in series
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
NYR 0011
WSH 1113

Rangers at Capitals — First Round Game 5

Capitals, First Round Game 5, beat Rangers 3–1 at Capital One Arena on April 23, 2011.

🗓 Sat, Apr 23, 2011 · 14:00 CDT 📍 Capital One Arena, Washington 🏒 2010-11 playoffs View the series → Head-to-head history →

🏒 First Round — Best of 7

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

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🦅 WSH
Alex Ovechkin
1 G, 1 A
4 shots · 20:03 TOI
2nd star 🦅 WSH
Brooks Laich
2 A
3 shots · 20:55 TOI
3rd star 🦅 WSH
Alexander Semin
1 G
2 shots · 14:48 TOI

🚨 Scoring

4 goals · in order
1st period
🦅 Mike Green PP Go-ahead 1st · 05:59
Assists: Alex Ovechkin, Brooks Laich · beat Henrik Lundqvist
0–1
2nd period
🦅 Alex Ovechkin 2nd · 07:04
Assists: Scott Hannan, Brooks Laich · beat Henrik Lundqvist
0–2
3rd period
🦅 Alexander Semin 3rd · 16:23
Assists: Marcus Johansson, Marco Sturm · beat Henrik Lundqvist
0–3
🗽 Wojtek Wolski 3rd · 19:28
Assists: Bryan McCabe, Sean Avery · beat Michal Neuvirth
1–3

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🗽NYR WSH🦅
27 Shots on goal 27
0/2 Power play (goals / chances) 1/4
32 Hits 31
20 Blocked shots 19
5 Takeaways 5
3 Giveaways 11
34 Penalty minutes 10
NYR shooting 3.7% (1/27) WSH shooting 11.1% (3/27)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🗽Rangers
Henrik Lundqvist
24/27
.889 SV% · 3 GA · 56:49 TOI
🦅Capitals
Michal Neuvirth
26/27
.963 SV% · 1 GA · 59:53 TOI

🗺 Where the goals came from

4 of 4 goals located
Mike Green · 1st 05:59 · 0–1 Alex Ovechkin · 2nd 07:04 · 0–2 Alexander Semin · 3rd 16:23 · 0–3 Wojtek Wolski · 3rd 19:28 · 1–3
NYR WSH
The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–1
Rangers
Rangers: no games found in this situation this year.
Capitals
Capitals: no games found in this situation this year.
After 2nd — 0–2
Rangers
Rangers: no games found in this situation this year.
Capitals
Capitals: no games found in this situation this year.

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🗽Rangers
L1 Wolski · Boyle · Gaborik 19:27
L2 Fedotenko · Dubinsky · Stepan 18:01
L3 Prospal · Avery · Christensen 14:12
L4 Prust · Anisimov · Drury 12:08
D1 Staal · Sauer 21:54
D2 McDonagh · McCabe 19:00
D3 Girardi · Gilroy 15:30
🦅Capitals
L1 Ovechkin · Laich · Backstrom 20:46
L2 Sturm · Johansson · Gordon 15:35
L3 Chimera · Arnott · Semin 12:32
L4 Hendricks · Fehr · Bradley 10:35
D1 Carlson · Alzner 25:30
D2 Hannan · Schultz 22:02
D3 Erskine · Green 10:34

⚔️ Last meetings

Full head-to-head →
Apr 20, 2011
🦅WSH @ 🗽NYR
4–3 (OT) · Capitals won
Apr 17, 2011
🦅WSH @ 🗽NYR
2–3 · Rangers won
Apr 15, 2011
🗽NYR @ 🦅WSH
0–2 · Capitals won
Apr 13, 2011
🗽NYR @ 🦅WSH
1–2 (OT) · Capitals won
Feb 25, 2011
🗽NYR @ 🦅WSH
6–0 · Rangers won

❓ NYR vs WSH, answered

Who won Rangers vs Capitals on April 23, 2011?

Capitals won 3–1.

What was the final score of Rangers vs Capitals?

The final score was Rangers 1, Capitals 3.

Who scored for Rangers?

Wojtek Wolski.

Who scored for Capitals?

Alex Ovechkin, Alexander Semin, Mike Green.

How did the Rangers goalie play?

Henrik Lundqvist made 24 saves on 27 shots (.889 save percentage).

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Michal Neuvirth made 26 saves on 27 shots (.963 save percentage).

Where is Rangers vs Capitals played?

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

Have a different question? Ask the Oracle — it answers from this season's box scores.

🧭 Around this game

Each team's schedule either side of it
🗽Rangers
Previous game · Apr 20
🦅WSH @ 🗽NYR
4–3 · WSH won
Next game · Oct 7
🗽NYR @ 👑LAK
2–3 · LAK won
🦅Capitals
Previous game · Apr 20
🦅WSH @ 🗽NYR
4–3 · WSH won
Next game · Apr 29
⚡TBL @ 🦅WSH
4–2 · TBL won
Also on April 23, 2011
⚡TBL @ 🐧PIT
8–2 final
🇨🇦MTL @ 🐻BOS
1–2 final
👑LAK @ 🦈SJS
3–1 final
Rangers season page Capitals season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule