🦅 Away Capitals 2-2 in series
2–3
Final / OT
NYR leads 4–3
🗽 Home Rangers 2-2 in series
Scoring 1st2nd3rdOTF
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Capitals at Rangers — Second Round Game 5

Rangers, Second Round Game 5, beat Capitals 3–2 in overtime at Madison Square Garden on May 7, 2012.

🗓 Mon, May 7, 2012 · 18:30 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
Marc Staal
1 G, 1 A
3 shots · 24:05 TOI
2nd star 🦅 WSH
Troy Brouwer
2 A
18:35 TOI
3rd star 🗽 NYR
Brad Richards
1 G
1 shots · 22:58 TOI

🚨 Scoring

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📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🦅WSH NYR🗽
18 Shots on goal 38
1/4 Power play (goals / chances) 2/5
14 Hits 29
25 Blocked shots 10
1 Takeaways 3
5 Giveaways 7
10 Penalty minutes 8
WSH shooting 11.1% (2/18) NYR shooting 7.9% (3/38)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🦅Capitals
Braden Holtby
35/38
.921 SV% · 3 GA · 61:30 TOI
🗽Rangers
Henrik Lundqvist
16/18
.889 SV% · 2 GA · 60:16 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Capitals
Capitals — tied after 1st: 48-34-11 (52% win rate, 93 games)
Rangers
Rangers — tied after 1st: 57-27-9 (61% win rate, 93 games)
After 2nd — 0–0
Capitals
Capitals — tied after 2nd: 48-34-11 (52% win rate, 93 games)
Rangers
Rangers — tied after 2nd: 57-27-9 (61% win rate, 93 games)

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🦅Capitals
L1 Ovechkin · Backstrom · Laich 19:59
L2 Johansson · Hendricks · Brouwer 18:23
L3 Chimera · Beagle · Semin 13:22
L4 Aucoin · Ward · Knuble 9:30
D1 Green · Carlson 23:20
D2 Alzner · Wideman 20:30
D3 Hamrlik · Schultz 16:46
🗽Rangers
L1 Richards · Callahan · Gaborik 22:58
L2 Hagelin · Boyle · Anisimov 15:32
L3 Fedotenko · Prust · Stepan 14:53
L4 Kreider · Rupp · Mitchell 6:57
D1 Girardi · McDonagh 24:58
D2 Staal · Del Zotto 22:16
D3 Stralman · Bickel 12:22

⚔️ Last meetings

Full head-to-head →
May 5, 2012
🗽NYR @ 🦅WSH
2–3 · Capitals won
May 2, 2012
🗽NYR @ 🦅WSH
2–1 (OT) · Rangers won
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

❓ WSH vs NYR, answered

Who won Capitals vs Rangers on May 7, 2012?

Rangers won 3–2 in overtime.

What was the final score of Capitals vs Rangers?

The final score was Capitals 2, Rangers 3, in overtime.

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Braden Holtby made 35 saves on 38 shots (.921 save percentage).

How did the Rangers goalie play?

Henrik Lundqvist made 16 saves on 18 shots (.889 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 · May 5
🗽NYR @ 🦅WSH
2–3 · WSH won
Next game · May 9
🗽NYR @ 🦅WSH
1–2 · WSH won
🗽Rangers
Previous game · May 5
🗽NYR @ 🦅WSH
2–3 · WSH won
Next game · May 9
🗽NYR @ 🦅WSH
1–2 · WSH won
Also on May 7, 2012
🐯NSH @ 🌵PHX
1–2 final
Capitals season page Rangers season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule