🦅 Away Capitals 0-0 in series
1–3
Final
NYR leads 4–3
🗽 Home Rangers 0-0 in series
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
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Capitals at Rangers — Second Round Game 1

Rangers, Second Round Game 1, beat Capitals 3–1 at Madison Square Garden on April 28, 2012.

🗓 Sat, Apr 28, 2012 · 14:00 CDT 📍 Madison Square Garden, New York 🏒 2011-12 playoffs View the series → Head-to-head history →

🏒 Second Round — Best of 7

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

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🗽 NYR
Chris Kreider
1 G, 1 A
1 shots · 15:28 TOI
2nd star 🗽 NYR
Artem Anisimov
1 G
1 shots · 11:51 TOI
3rd star 🗽 NYR
Brad Richards
1 G
1 shots · 23:16 TOI

🚨 Scoring

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📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🦅WSH NYR🗽
18 Shots on goal 14
28 Hits 35
15 Blocked shots 15
6 Takeaways 13
4 Giveaways 3
8 Penalty minutes 8
WSH shooting 5.6% (1/18) NYR shooting 21.4% (3/14)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🦅Capitals
Braden Holtby
11/14
.786 SV% · 3 GA · 57:33 TOI
🗽Rangers
Henrik Lundqvist
17/18
.944 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Capitals
Capitals — tied after 1st: 46-33-10 (52% win rate, 89 games)
Rangers
Rangers — tied after 1st: 55-25-9 (62% win rate, 89 games)
After 2nd — 0–0
Capitals
Capitals — tied after 2nd: 46-33-10 (52% win rate, 89 games)
Rangers
Rangers — tied after 2nd: 55-25-9 (62% win rate, 89 games)

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🦅Capitals
L1 Ovechkin · Laich · Backstrom 19:40
L2 Johansson · Brouwer · Semin 18:03
L3 Chimera · Beagle · Hendricks 12:25
L4 Aucoin · Ward · Knuble 8:46
D1 Alzner · Green 22:39
D2 Carlson · Wideman 21:22
D3 Hamrlik · Erskine 13:46
🗽Rangers
L1 Richards · Stepan · Callahan 23:01
L2 Hagelin · Kreider · Gaborik 18:50
L3 Fedotenko · Prust · Anisimov 13:35
L4 Rupp · Mitchell 6:16
D1 McDonagh · Girardi 24:51
D2 Staal · Del Zotto 21:58
D3 Stralman · Bickel 11:04
D4 Eminger 4:25

⚔️ Last meetings

Full head-to-head →
Apr 7, 2012
🦅WSH @ 🗽NYR
4–1 · Capitals won
Feb 12, 2012
🦅WSH @ 🗽NYR
2–3 · Rangers won
Dec 28, 2011
🗽NYR @ 🦅WSH
1–4 · Capitals won
Nov 25, 2011
🗽NYR @ 🦅WSH
6–3 · Rangers won
Apr 23, 2011
🗽NYR @ 🦅WSH
1–3 · Capitals won

❓ WSH vs NYR, answered

Who won Capitals vs Rangers on April 28, 2012?

Rangers won 3–1.

What was the final score of Capitals vs Rangers?

The final score was Capitals 1, Rangers 3.

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Braden Holtby made 11 saves on 14 shots (.786 save percentage).

How did the Rangers goalie play?

Henrik Lundqvist made 17 saves on 18 shots (.944 save percentage).

Where is Capitals vs Rangers played?

At Madison Square Garden in New York, the Rangers 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
🦅Capitals
Previous game · Apr 25
🦅WSH @ 🐻BOS
2–1 · WSH won
Next game · Apr 30
🦅WSH @ 🗽NYR
3–2 · WSH won
🗽Rangers
Previous game · Apr 26
🏛️OTT @ 🗽NYR
1–2 · NYR won
Next game · Apr 30
🦅WSH @ 🗽NYR
3–2 · WSH won
Also on April 28, 2012
👑LAK @ 🎵STL
3–1 final
Capitals season page Rangers season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule