
Game No: 1170
Started: 2018-03-26 20:40:00
Ended: 2018-03-26 23:06:00
Attendance: 18,006
Three Stars by: attending media
Full Recap
| Period | Time | Team | Scorer | Shot Type | Distance (ft) | Assist | Assist | Highlight | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5:13 | WSH | Matt Niskanen | Snap | 8 | Evgeny Kuznetsov | Alex Ovechkin | |
| 1 | 2:50 | WSH | T.J. Oshie | Nicklas Backstrom | Jakub Jerabek | |||
| 1 | 8:54 | WSH | Alex Ovechkin | Slap | 34 | John Carlson | Nicklas Backstrom | |
| 1 | 16:39 | WSH | Evgeny Kuznetsov | Wrist | 8 | Alex Chiasson | ||
| 2 | 13:16 | NYR | Lias Andersson | Wrist | 10 | Jimmy Vesey | ||
| 3 | 4:26 | NYR | Mats Zuccarello | Wrist | 10 | Filip Chytil | Rob O'Gara | 
#33 Kevin Pollock
#12 Justin StPierre
#53 Bevan Mills
#76 Michel Cormier
| Period | Time | Team | Player | Penalty | PIM | Drawn By | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0:31 | WSH | Evgeny Kuznetsov | Slashing | 2 | Mika Zibanejad | 
| 1 | 7:57 | NYR | Cody McLeod | Hooking | 2 | Dmitry Orlov | 
| 1 | 14:43 | WSH | Michal Kempny | Holding | 2 | Kevin Hayes | 
| 2 | 0:42 | WSH | Matt Niskanen | Holding | 2 | Jesper Fast | 
| 2 | 19:40 | NYR | Vladislav Namestnikov | Hooking | 2 | Jakub Vrana | 
| 3 | 8:04 | NYR | Marc Staal | Hi-sticking | 2 | Alex Ovechkin | 
| 3 | 16:20 | WSH | Brooks Orpik | Interference | 2 | Chris Kreider | 
Coach: Barry Trotz
| # | Player | Position | 
|---|---|---|
| 2 | Matt Niskanen | D | 
| 6 | Michal Kempny | D | 
| 8 | Alex Ovechkin | L | 
| 9 | Dmitry Orlov | D | 
| 10 | Brett Connolly | R | 
| 13 | Jakub Vrana | L | 
| 18 | Chandler Stephenson | C | 
| 19 | Nicklas Backstrom | C | 
| 20 | Lars Eller | C | 
| 28 | Jakub Jerabek | D | 
| 31 | Philipp Grubauer | G | 
| 39 | Alex Chiasson | R | 
| 43 | Tom Wilson | R | 
| 44 | Brooks Orpik | D | 
| 65 | Andre Burakovsky | L | 
| 70 | Braden Holtby | G | 
| 74 | John Carlson | D | 
| 77 | T.J. Oshie | R | 
| 83 | Jay Beagle | C | 
| 92 | Evgeny Kuznetsov | C | 
Coach: Alain Vigneault
| # | Player | Position | 
|---|---|---|
| 8 | Cody McLeod | L | 
| 13 | Kevin Hayes | R | 
| 17 | Jesper Fast | R | 
| 18 | Marc Staal | D | 
| 20 | Chris Kreider | C | 
| 23 | Ryan Spooner | C | 
| 25 | Ryan Sproul | D | 
| 26 | Jimmy Vesey | L | 
| 31 | Ondrej Pavelec | G | 
| 36 | Mats Zuccarello | C | 
| 40 | Alexandar Georgiev | G | 
| 44 | Neal Pionk | D | 
| 46 | Rob O'Gara | D | 
| 50 | Lias Andersson | C | 
| 58 | John Gilmour | D | 
| 72 | Filip Chytil | C | 
| 76 | Brady Skjei | D | 
| 89 | Pavel Buchnevich | L | 
| 90 | Vladislav Namestnikov | C | 
| 93 | Mika Zibanejad | C | 
| # | Player | Position | 
|---|---|---|
| 25 | Devante Smith-Pelly | R | 
| 29 | Christian Djoos | D | 
| 63 | Shane Gersich | C | 
| # | Player | Position | 
|---|---|---|
| 12 | Peter Holland | C | 
| 28 | Paul Carey | C | 
| 30 | Henrik Lundqvist | G | 
| 51 | David Desharnais | C | 
| 77 | Tony Deangelo | D | 
| 4 | Goals | 2 | 
| 7 | Assists | 3 | 
| 4 | Plus / Minus | -5 | 
| 4 | Penalties | 3 | 
| 8 | PIM | 6 | 
| 38 | Corsi For | 47 | 
| 44.71 | Corsi % | 55.29 | 
| 33 | Fenwick For | 47 | 
| 41.25 | Fenwick % | 58.75 | 
| 33 | Shots | 30 | 
| 9 | Shots Blocked | 15 | 
| 5 | Missed Shots | 17 | 
| 16 | Hits | 17 | 
| 6 | Giveaways | 15 | 
| 6 | Takeaways | 6 | 
| 15 | Blocked Shots | 9 | 
| 27 | Faceoffs Won | 26 | 
| 26 | Faceoffs Lost | 27 | 
| 51% | Faceoff Percentage | 49% | 
| Washington Capitals | New York Rangers | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Lead | Time With Lead | Lead | Time With Lead | 
| 1 | 2:23 | 1 | |
| 2 | 3:41 | 2 | |
| 3 | 7:45 | 3 | |
| 4 | 16:37 | 4 | |
| 5 | 11:10 | 5 | |
| 6 | 15:34 | 6 | |
| Washington Capitals - New York Rangers | Time With Lead | 
|---|---|
| 1 - 0 | 2:23 | 
| 2 - 0 | 3:41 | 
| 3 - 0 | 7:45 | 
| 4 - 0 | 16:37 | 
| 5 - 0 | 11:10 | 
| 6 - 0 | 15:34 | 
| # | Player | G | A | Pts | +/- | P | PIM | S | SB | MS | H | GV | TK | B Shots | FW | FL | F% | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Matt Niskanen | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 6 | Michal Kempny | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 8 | Alex Ovechkin | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 9 | Dmitry Orlov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 10 | Brett Connolly | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 
| 13 | Jakub Vrana | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 18 | Chandler Stephenson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 100 | 
| 19 | Nicklas Backstrom | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 60 | 
| 20 | Lars Eller | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 80 | 
| 28 | Jakub Jerabek | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 31 | Philipp Grubauer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 39 | Alex Chiasson | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 43 | Tom Wilson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 
| 44 | Brooks Orpik | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 65 | Andre Burakovsky | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 70 | Braden Holtby | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 74 | John Carlson | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 77 | T.J. Oshie | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 
| 83 | Jay Beagle | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 36 | 
| 92 | Evgeny Kuznetsov | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 58 | 
| # | Player | G | A | Pts | +/- | P | PIM | S | SB | MS | H | GV | TK | B Shots | FW | FL | F% | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | Cody McLeod | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 13 | Kevin Hayes | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 50 | 
| 17 | Jesper Fast | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 18 | Marc Staal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 20 | Chris Kreider | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 
| 23 | Ryan Spooner | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 33 | 
| 25 | Ryan Sproul | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 26 | Jimmy Vesey | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 31 | Ondrej Pavelec | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 36 | Mats Zuccarello | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 40 | Alexandar Georgiev | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 44 | Neal Pionk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 46 | Rob O'Gara | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 50 | Lias Andersson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 100 | 
| 58 | John Gilmour | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 72 | Filip Chytil | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 36 | 
| 76 | Brady Skjei | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 89 | Pavel Buchnevich | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 50 | 
| 90 | Vladislav Namestnikov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 38 | 
| 93 | Mika Zibanejad | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 65 | 
| TOI | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Player | Shifts | Avg Shift | Total | Power Play | Shorthanded | Even Strength | 
| 2 | Matt Niskanen | 21 | 01:05 | 22:49 | 00:00 | 02:57 | 19:52 | 
| 6 | Michal Kempny | 18 | 00:52 | 15:42 | 00:00 | 01:45 | 13:57 | 
| 8 | Alex Ovechkin | 19 | 00:55 | 17:41 | 04:57 | 00:00 | 12:44 | 
| 9 | Dmitry Orlov | 23 | 01:04 | 24:39 | 01:19 | 03:33 | 19:47 | 
| 10 | Brett Connolly | 13 | 00:52 | 11:16 | 01:19 | 00:00 | 09:57 | 
| 13 | Jakub Vrana | 11 | 00:48 | 08:53 | 00:00 | 00:00 | 08:53 | 
| 18 | Chandler Stephenson | 16 | 00:45 | 12:09 | 00:00 | 03:15 | 08:54 | 
| 19 | Nicklas Backstrom | 19 | 01:00 | 19:02 | 03:38 | 00:46 | 14:38 | 
| 20 | Lars Eller | 18 | 00:53 | 16:10 | 01:19 | 03:41 | 11:10 | 
| 28 | Jakub Jerabek | 14 | 00:59 | 13:47 | 00:00 | 00:09 | 13:38 | 
| 39 | Alex Chiasson | 12 | 00:50 | 10:11 | 00:00 | 00:21 | 09:50 | 
| 43 | Tom Wilson | 19 | 00:45 | 14:30 | 00:00 | 03:38 | 10:52 | 
| 44 | Brooks Orpik | 20 | 00:51 | 17:00 | 00:00 | 03:25 | 13:35 | 
| 65 | Andre Burakovsky | 16 | 01:02 | 16:45 | 01:19 | 00:00 | 15:26 | 
| 74 | John Carlson | 22 | 00:57 | 21:15 | 03:38 | 04:11 | 13:26 | 
| 77 | T.J. Oshie | 19 | 01:01 | 19:34 | 03:38 | 00:14 | 15:42 | 
| 83 | Jay Beagle | 19 | 00:42 | 13:27 | 00:00 | 03:44 | 09:43 | 
| 92 | Evgeny Kuznetsov | 20 | 00:52 | 17:36 | 03:38 | 00:21 | 13:37 | 
| TOI | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Player | Shifts | Avg Shift | Total | Power Play | Shorthanded | Even Strength | 
| 8 | Cody McLeod | 9 | 00:49 | 07:29 | 00:00 | 00:00 | 07:29 | 
| 13 | Kevin Hayes | 25 | 00:50 | 21:10 | 03:49 | 03:18 | 14:03 | 
| 17 | Jesper Fast | 21 | 00:44 | 15:36 | 00:04 | 03:10 | 12:22 | 
| 18 | Marc Staal | 23 | 00:43 | 16:41 | 00:00 | 01:37 | 15:04 | 
| 20 | Chris Kreider | 20 | 00:54 | 18:16 | 04:07 | 00:00 | 14:09 | 
| 23 | Ryan Spooner | 17 | 00:49 | 13:56 | 03:45 | 00:00 | 10:11 | 
| 25 | Ryan Sproul | 19 | 00:53 | 16:59 | 00:52 | 00:31 | 15:36 | 
| 26 | Jimmy Vesey | 17 | 00:46 | 13:07 | 03:43 | 00:00 | 09:24 | 
| 36 | Mats Zuccarello | 22 | 00:54 | 20:00 | 04:21 | 01:47 | 13:52 | 
| 44 | Neal Pionk | 25 | 00:56 | 23:20 | 04:12 | 03:29 | 15:39 | 
| 46 | Rob O'Gara | 22 | 00:49 | 18:19 | 00:00 | 01:55 | 16:24 | 
| 50 | Lias Andersson | 14 | 00:46 | 10:44 | 00:04 | 00:00 | 10:40 | 
| 58 | John Gilmour | 19 | 00:45 | 14:29 | 00:08 | 00:00 | 14:21 | 
| 72 | Filip Chytil | 17 | 00:50 | 14:23 | 00:08 | 00:00 | 14:15 | 
| 76 | Brady Skjei | 23 | 01:00 | 23:02 | 03:40 | 02:22 | 17:00 | 
| 89 | Pavel Buchnevich | 17 | 00:51 | 14:41 | 03:35 | 00:00 | 11:06 | 
| 90 | Vladislav Namestnikov | 19 | 00:51 | 16:25 | 04:07 | 00:00 | 12:18 | 
| 93 | Mika Zibanejad | 22 | 00:51 | 18:50 | 04:09 | 01:39 | 13:02 | 
| # | Player | Period | Goals Against | Shots Against | Save Percentage | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 | Philipp Grubauer | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 
| 2 | 1 | 16 | 0.938 | ||
| 3 | 1 | 7 | 0.857 | 
| # | Player | Period | Goals Against | Shots Against | Save Percentage | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 | Ondrej Pavelec | 1 | 1 | 9 | 0.889 | 
| 2 | 0 | 10 | 1 | ||
| 3 | 0 | 8 | 1 | ||
| 40 | Alexandar Georgiev | 1 | 3 | 6 | 0.5 |