🗽 Away Rangers 2-3 in series
1–2
Final
NYR leads 4–3
🦅 Home Capitals 3-2 in series
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
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Rangers at Capitals — Second Round Game 6

Capitals, Second Round Game 6, beat Rangers 2–1 at Capital One Arena on May 9, 2012.

🗓 Wed, May 9, 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 🦅 WSH
Nicklas Backstrom
2 A
2 shots · 18:54 TOI
2nd star 🦅 WSH
Jason Chimera
1 G
5 shots · 13:33 TOI
3rd star 🦅 WSH
Alex Ovechkin
1 G
3 shots · 15:14 TOI
4rd star 🦅 WSH
Braden Holtby
30 saves
0.968 SV% · 1 GA

🚨 Scoring

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📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🗽NYR WSH🦅
31 Shots on goal 23
0/5 Power play (goals / chances) 1/3
37 Hits 33
6 Blocked shots 24
5 Takeaways 5
9 Giveaways 18
6 Penalty minutes 10
NYR shooting 3.2% (1/31) WSH shooting 8.7% (2/23)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🗽Rangers
Henrik Lundqvist
21/23
.913 SV% · 2 GA · 57:42 TOI
🦅Capitals
Braden Holtby
30/31
.968 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Rangers
Rangers — tied after 1st: 58-27-9 (62% win rate, 94 games)
Capitals
Capitals — tied after 1st: 48-34-12 (51% win rate, 94 games)
After 2nd — 0–0
Rangers
Rangers — tied after 2nd: 58-27-9 (62% win rate, 94 games)
Capitals
Capitals — tied after 2nd: 48-34-12 (51% win rate, 94 games)

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🗽Rangers
L1 Richards · Gaborik · Callahan 22:59
L2 Boyle · Stepan · Anisimov 16:35
L3 Hagelin · Prust · Fedotenko 13:52
L4 Kreider · Rupp · Mitchell 6:06
D1 Girardi · Staal 26:34
D2 Del Zotto · McDonagh 21:15
D3 Stralman · Bickel 11:26
🦅Capitals
L1 Johansson · Backstrom · Hendricks 18:17
L2 Ovechkin · Laich · Brouwer 17:09
L3 Chimera · Semin · Ward 13:33
L4 Halpern · Aucoin · Knuble 7:51
D1 Alzner · Carlson 22:36
D2 Wideman · Green 21:04
D3 Hamrlik · Schultz 16:33

⚔️ Last meetings

Full head-to-head →
May 7, 2012
🦅WSH @ 🗽NYR
2–3 (OT) · Rangers won
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

❓ NYR vs WSH, answered

Who won Rangers vs Capitals on May 9, 2012?

Capitals won 2–1.

What was the final score of Rangers vs Capitals?

The final score was Rangers 1, Capitals 2.

How did the Rangers goalie play?

Henrik Lundqvist made 21 saves on 23 shots (.913 save percentage).

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Braden Holtby made 30 saves on 31 shots (.968 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 · May 7
🦅WSH @ 🗽NYR
2–3 · NYR won
Next game · May 12
🦅WSH @ 🗽NYR
1–2 · NYR won
🦅Capitals
Previous game · May 7
🦅WSH @ 🗽NYR
2–3 · NYR won
Next game · May 12
🦅WSH @ 🗽NYR
1–2 · NYR won
Rangers season page Capitals season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule