🦅 Away Capitals 22-13-2
0–1
Final / SO
🗽 Home Rangers 19-13-4
Goals 1st2nd3rdSOF
🦅 WSH 00000
🗽 NYR 00011

Capitals at Rangers

Rangers beat Capitals 1–0 in a shootout at Madison Square Garden on December 27, 2017.

🗓 📍 Madison Square Garden, New York 🏒 2017-18 🔁 Season series tied 1–1
⚔️ Head-to-head

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🗽 NYR
Ondrej Pavelec
30 saves
1.000 SV% · 0 GA

🚨 Scoring

1 goal · in order
Shootout
🗽 Mats Zuccarello Go-ahead SO · 00:00
Unassisted
0–1

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🦅Capitals
L1 Ovechkin · Kuznetsov · Oshie 21:18
L2 Vrana · Backstrom · Wilson 19:20
L3 Eller · Beagle · Chiasson 13:35
L4 Burakovsky · Smith-Pelly · Connolly 8:50
D1 Carlson · Orlov 24:48
D2 Niskanen · Orpik 23:18
D3 Bowey · Djoos 12:50
🗽Rangers
L1 Grabner · Miller · Zuccarello 21:03
L2 Nash · Zibanejad · Hayes 18:23
L3 Vesey · Buchnevich · Desharnais 17:02
L4 Kreider · Nieves · Carey 7:35
D1 McDonagh · Skjei 23:33
D2 Holden · Staal 19:58
D3 Shattenkirk · Smith 18:13

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🦅WSH NYR🗽
30 Shots on goal 37
22 Hits 20
12 Blocked shots 19
11 Takeaways 13
18 Giveaways 21
6 Penalty minutes 4
WSH shooting 0.0% (0/30) NYR shooting 2.7% (1/37)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🦅Capitals
Philipp Grubauer Shutout
37/37
1.000 SV% · 0 GA · 65:00 TOI
🗽Rangers
Ondrej Pavelec Shutout
30/30
1.000 SV% · 0 GA · 65:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Capitals
Capitals — tied after 1st: 5-5-1 (45% win rate, 11 games)
Rangers
Rangers — tied after 1st: 6-3-1 (60% win rate, 10 games)
After 2nd — 0–0
Capitals
Capitals — tied after 2nd: 5-2 (71% win rate, 7 games)
Rangers
Rangers — tied after 2nd: 3-3-2 (38% win rate, 8 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

All →
Season series tied 1–1
Dec 82017 🗽NYR @ 🦅WSH 2–4 Apr 52017 🗽NYR @ 🦅WSH 0–2 Feb 282017 🦅WSH @ 🗽NYR 4–1 Feb 192017 🦅WSH @ 🗽NYR 1–2 Oct 222016 🗽NYR @ 🦅WSH 4–2
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❓ WSH vs NYR, answered

Who won Capitals vs Rangers on December 27, 2017?

Rangers won 1–0 in a shootout. The final score was Capitals 0, Rangers 1.

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Philipp Grubauer made 37 saves on 37 shots (1.000 save percentage) for a shutout.

How did the Rangers goalie play?

Ondrej Pavelec made 30 saves on 30 shots (1.000 save percentage) for a shutout.

Where is Capitals vs Rangers played?

At Madison Square Garden in New York, the Rangers home rink.

What is the Capitals vs Rangers season series?

Season series tied 1–1 after 2 games.

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🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🦅 Capitals
BeforeDec 23 🦅WSH @ 🎰VGK 0–3 AfterDec 28 🐻BOS @ 🦅WSH 3–4
🗽 Rangers
BeforeDec 23 🍁TOR @ 🗽NYR 3–2 AfterDec 29 🗽NYR @ 🐙DET 2–3
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