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

Rangers, Second Round Game 5, beat Capitals 2–1 in overtime at Madison Square Garden on May 8, 2015.

🗓 Fri, May 8, 2015 · 18:00 CDT 📍 Madison Square Garden, New York 🏒 2014-15 playoffs View the series → Head-to-head history →

🏒 Second Round — Best of 7

WSH vs NYR · NYR leads 4–3 Full series →
Game 1
2–1
Final · WSH
Game 2
2–3
Final · NYR
Game 3
0–1
Final · WSH
Game 4
1–2
Final · WSH
Game 5
1–2
OT · NYR
Game 6
4–3
Final · NYR
Game 7
1–2
OT · NYR

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🗽 NYR
Derek Stepan
2 A
4 shots · 25:01 TOI
2nd star 🗽 NYR
Chris Kreider
1 G
2 shots · 21:44 TOI
3rd star 🗽 NYR
Ryan McDonagh
1 G
2 shots · 25:12 TOI

🚨 Scoring

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📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🦅WSH NYR🗽
29 Shots on goal 43
24 Hits 32
13 Blocked shots 21
10 Takeaways 10
5 Giveaways 18
4 Penalty minutes 4
WSH shooting 3.4% (1/29) NYR shooting 4.7% (2/43)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🦅Capitals
Braden Holtby
41/43
.953 SV% · 2 GA · 69:27 TOI
🗽Rangers
Henrik Lundqvist
28/29
.966 SV% · 1 GA · 69:13 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Capitals
Capitals — tied after 1st: 52-29-12 (56% win rate, 93 games)
Rangers
Rangers — tied after 1st: 58-26-7 (64% win rate, 91 games)
After 2nd — 0–0
Capitals
Capitals — tied after 2nd: 52-29-12 (56% win rate, 93 games)
Rangers
Rangers — tied after 2nd: 58-26-7 (64% win rate, 91 games)

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🦅Capitals
L1 Backstrom · Brouwer · Ward 22:41
L2 Ovechkin · Burakovsky · Beagle 19:55
L3 Johansson · Chimera · Kuznetsov 15:42
L4 Glencross · Laich · Wilson 10:12
D1 Niskanen · Carlson 27:03
D2 Orpik · Alzner 25:00
D3 Green · Gleason 16:25
🗽Rangers
L1 Kreider · Stepan · Brassard 21:44
L2 Nash · Fast · St. Louis 19:51
L3 Hagelin · Moore · Hayes 14:45
L4 Glass · Miller · Sheppard 10:25
D1 McDonagh · Staal 25:07
D2 Boyle · Girardi 23:26
D3 Yandle · Klein 20:11

⚔️ Last meetings

Full head-to-head →
May 6, 2015
🗽NYR @ 🦅WSH
1–2 · Capitals won
May 4, 2015
🗽NYR @ 🦅WSH
0–1 · Capitals won
May 2, 2015
🦅WSH @ 🗽NYR
2–3 · Rangers won
Apr 30, 2015
🦅WSH @ 🗽NYR
2–1 · Capitals won
Apr 11, 2015
🗽NYR @ 🦅WSH
4–2 · Rangers won

❓ WSH vs NYR, answered

Who won Capitals vs Rangers on May 8, 2015?

Rangers won 2–1 in overtime.

What was the final score of Capitals vs Rangers?

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

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Braden Holtby made 41 saves on 43 shots (.953 save percentage).

How did the Rangers goalie play?

Henrik Lundqvist made 28 saves on 29 shots (.966 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 6
🗽NYR @ 🦅WSH
1–2 · WSH won
Next game · May 10
🗽NYR @ 🦅WSH
4–3 · NYR won
🗽Rangers
Previous game · May 6
🗽NYR @ 🦅WSH
1–2 · WSH won
Next game · May 10
🗽NYR @ 🦅WSH
4–3 · NYR won
Also on May 8, 2015
🦆ANA @ 🔥CGY
4–2 final
Capitals season page Rangers season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule