🗽 Away Rangers 1-1 in series
2–1
Final / OT
NYR leads 4–3
🦅 Home Capitals 1-1 in series
Scoring 1st2nd3rdOTF
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Rangers at Capitals — Second Round Game 3

Rangers, Second Round Game 3, beat Capitals 2–1 in overtime at Capital One Arena on May 2, 2012.

🗓 Wed, May 2, 2012 · 18:30 CDT 📍 Capital One Arena, Washington 🏒 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
Marian Gaborik
1 G, 1 A
7 shots · 32:26 TOI
2nd star 🗽 NYR
Ryan Callahan
1 G
5 shots · 41:48 TOI
3rd star 🗽 NYR
Brad Richards
1 A
6 shots · 39:26 TOI
4rd star 🗽 NYR
Henrik Lundqvist
45 saves
0.978 SV% · 1 GA

🚨 Scoring

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📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🗽NYR WSH🦅
49 Shots on goal 46
1/4 Power play (goals / chances) 0/3
46 Hits 59
41 Blocked shots 40
10 Takeaways 12
10 Giveaways 27
6 Penalty minutes 8
NYR shooting 4.1% (2/49) WSH shooting 2.2% (1/46)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🗽Rangers
Henrik Lundqvist
45/46
.978 SV% · 1 GA · 114:41 TOI
🦅Capitals
Braden Holtby
47/49
.959 SV% · 2 GA · 114:37 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Rangers
Rangers — tied after 1st: 56-26-9 (62% win rate, 91 games)
Capitals
Capitals — tied after 1st: 47-34-10 (52% win rate, 91 games)
After 2nd — 0–0
Rangers
Rangers — tied after 2nd: 56-26-9 (62% win rate, 91 games)
Capitals
Capitals — tied after 2nd: 47-34-10 (52% win rate, 91 games)

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🗽Rangers
L1 Richards · Stepan · Callahan 39:26
L2 Fedotenko · Boyle · Gaborik 31:05
L3 Hagelin · Kreider · Anisimov 27:40
L4 Prust · Rupp · Mitchell 15:45
D1 McDonagh · Staal 51:26
D2 Girardi · Del Zotto 44:00
D3 Stralman · Bickel 15:42
🦅Capitals
L1 Johansson · Ovechkin · Beagle 35:14
L2 Backstrom · Laich · Hendricks 32:18
L3 Chimera · Brouwer · Semin 25:38
L4 Aucoin · Ward · Knuble 17:41
D1 Wideman · Carlson 40:00
D2 Hamrlik · Green 38:21
D3 Alzner · Schultz 34:33

⚔️ Last meetings

Full head-to-head →
Apr 30, 2012
🦅WSH @ 🗽NYR
3–2 · Capitals won
Apr 28, 2012
🦅WSH @ 🗽NYR
1–3 · Rangers won
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

❓ NYR vs WSH, answered

Who won Rangers vs Capitals on May 2, 2012?

Rangers won 2–1 in overtime.

What was the final score of Rangers vs Capitals?

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

How did the Rangers goalie play?

Henrik Lundqvist made 45 saves on 46 shots (.978 save percentage).

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Braden Holtby made 47 saves on 49 shots (.959 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 30
🦅WSH @ 🗽NYR
3–2 · WSH won
Next game · May 5
🗽NYR @ 🦅WSH
2–3 · WSH won
🦅Capitals
Previous game · Apr 30
🦅WSH @ 🗽NYR
3–2 · WSH won
Next game · May 5
🗽NYR @ 🦅WSH
2–3 · WSH won
Also on May 2, 2012
🌵PHX @ 🐯NSH
0–2 final
Rangers season page Capitals season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule