New York Rangers

33-36-9, 75 PTS

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New York Rangers beat the Washington Capitals

39-30-9, 87 PTS 1 – 8

33-36-9, 75 PTS

Final · Sun, Apr 5

Game Details

Madison Square Garden (New York) · 17,335 fans · ESPN

Recap

Capitals get blown out 8-1 by the Rangers in a game crucial to their playoff hopes

Charlie Lindgren allowed eight goals on 32 shots as the defense melted down in front of him, and the Washington Capitals blew a major opportunity to keep pace in the

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Madison Square Garden · New York

Line Score

	1	2	3	T
WSH	1	0	0	1
NYR	1	5	2	8

Game Leaders

Washington Capitals

New York Rangers

Will Cuylle · 3Goals
Mika Zibanejad · 3Assists
Will Cuylle · 3Points

2026-27 Metropolitan Division Standings

Team	W	L	OTL	Pts
NY Rangers	3	1	0	6
Pittsburgh	2	0	0	4
Carolina	1	1	1	3
NY Islanders	1	1	0	2
Washington	1	1	0	2
Columbus	1	1	0	2
New Jersey	1	1	0	2
Philadelphia	0	1	2	2

Scoring

3rd 19:28

Will Cuylle Goal (20) Snap Shot, assists: Mika Zibanejad (42), Alexis Lafrenière (31)1–8

3rd 2:27

Vincent Trocheck Goal (16) Wrist Shot, assists: none1–7

2nd 18:27

PPG Adam Fox Goal (8) Snap Shot, assists: Mika Zibanejad (41), J.T. Miller (33)1–6

2nd 13:22

Adam Sykora Goal (3) Snap Shot, assists: Noah Laba (14), Jaroslav Chmelar (2)1–5

2nd 8:33

Will Cuylle Goal (19) Wrist Shot, assists: Vincent Trocheck (36), Vladislav Gavrikov (20)1–4

2nd 5:53

Will Cuylle Goal (18) Tip-In, assists: Braden Schneider (16), Jonny Brodzinski (10)1–3

2nd 3:07

PPG J.T. Miller Goal (17) Deflected, assists: Mika Zibanejad (40), Adam Fox (42)1–2

1st 13:45

Connor McMichael Goal (12) Snap Shot, assists: Tom Wilson (29), Martin Fehervary (19)1–1

1st 0:23

Conor Sheary Goal (7) Snap Shot, assists: Tye Kartye (13), Adam Fox (41)0–1

Team Stats

Washington CapitalsNew York Rangers

Shots & Puck

21 Shots on Goal 33

20 Blocked Shots 13

26 Hits 23

35.0 Faceoff % 65.0

4 Takeaways 5

10 Giveaways 17

Special Teams

0/3 Power Play 2/4

0 Short-Handed Goals 0

23 Penalty Minutes 21

Box Score

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Forwards

Player	G	A	+/-	S	TOI	PIM	HT	BS	TK	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	SM	FW	FL	FO%	GV	PN
A. Beauvillier	0	0	-1	0	12:46	2	0	0	1	0:00	1:33	11:13	16	0	0	0	0.0	0	1
P. Dubois	0	0	-3	1	16:44	0	1	0	0	3:10	0:00	13:34	23	1	5	10	33.3	0	0
B. Duhaime	0	0	-1	2	13:29	7	4	2	0	0:08	2:07	11:14	18	0	0	0	0.0	1	2
E. Frank	0	0	0	1	9:44	0	3	1	0	0:08	0:00	9:36	16	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
H. Lapierre	0	0	0	1	10:33	5	2	1	0	0:08	0:00	10:25	15	0	0	11	0.0	1	1
R. Leonard	0	0	-3	2	15:58	0	3	0	0	3:13	0:00	12:45	18	1	0	0	0.0	1	0
C. McMichael	1	0	-3	1	17:12	2	0	3	0	2:41	2:50	11:41	24	0	2	3	40.0	1	1
A. Ovechkin	0	0	-1	3	17:26	0	2	0	0	5:52	0:00	11:34	18	1	0	0	0.0	1	0
A. Protas	0	0	0	2	17:05	0	0	0	0	0:00	2:38	14:27	22	1	0	3	0.0	0	0
J. Sourdif	0	0	-2	2	15:29	0	3	0	1	2:36	0:00	12:53	18	1	6	7	46.2	0	0
D. Strome	0	0	0	0	13:35	2	1	2	1	1:38	0:00	11:57	19	1	8	5	61.5	0	1
T. Wilson	0	1	-2	1	19:13	0	4	2	0	4:16	3:51	11:06	24	3	0	0	0.0	0	0

Defense

Player	A	+/-	S	TOI	PIM	HT	BS	TK	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	SM	GV	PN
J. Chychrun	0	-1	2	17:41	5	0	1	0	3:22	0:28	13:51	19	0	0	1
M. Fehervary	1	1	1	18:59	0	1	1	1	0:00	4:26	14:33	21	0	1	0
C. Hutson	0	-4	0	18:38	0	0	1	0	2:32	0:00	16:06	21	1	0	0
M. Roy	0	-3	0	18:00	0	0	3	0	0:08	4:25	13:27	23	1	1	0
R. Sandin	0	-1	1	21:06	0	2	2	0	0:00	1:34	19:32	22	0	0	0
T. van Riemsdyk	0	-1	1	19:52	0	0	1	0	0:08	2:08	17:36	22	0	1	0

Goalies

Player	SV	SA	GA	SV%	TOI	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	PIM
C. Lindgren	25	33	8	.758	60:00	19	5	1	0

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Forwards

Player	G	A	+/-	S	TOI	PIM	HT	BS	TK	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	SM	FW	FL	FO%	GV	PN
J. Brodzinski	0	1	2	1	14:07	0	0	1	0	2:26	0:00	11:41	17	3	2	1	66.7	0	0
J. Chmelar	0	1	1	1	14:19	0	3	1	0	0:28	0:00	13:51	18	0	0	1	0.0	0	0
W. Cuylle	3	0	3	6	12:58	9	4	0	0	2:26	0:26	10:06	18	3	0	0	0.0	2	3
T. Kartye	0	1	0	0	9:44	5	4	2	2	0:00	1:35	8:09	16	0	0	0	0.0	1	1
N. Laba	0	1	2	2	15:38	5	2	0	0	0:27	3:19	11:52	19	1	9	4	69.2	0	1
A. Lafreniere	0	1	1	2	18:06	0	0	0	0	3:34	0:00	14:32	21	0	0	0	0.0	1	0
J.T. Miller	1	1	0	2	14:58	0	1	1	0	3:36	2:17	9:05	23	0	13	4	76.5	1	0
G. Perreault	0	0	0	1	15:55	0	1	0	0	2:26	0:00	13:29	17	1	0	0	0.0	0	0
C. Sheary	1	0	1	3	13:49	0	0	0	0	2:32	2:14	9:03	19	1	0	1	0.0	1	0
A. Sykora	1	0	1	3	13:36	0	1	2	0	0:24	0:00	13:12	17	2	0	0	0.0	1	0
V. Trocheck	1	1	3	3	17:03	0	3	0	1	3:37	1:18	12:08	21	2	8	4	66.7	1	0
M. Zibanejad	0	3	1	2	19:54	0	1	3	2	3:35	0:53	15:26	22	0	7	6	53.8	1	0

Defense

Player	G	A	+/-	S	TOI	PIM	HT	BS	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	SM	GV	PN
W. Borgen	0	0	0	0	17:24	0	0	0	0:00	2:37	14:47	23	0	0	0
D. Fortescue	0	0	3	0	17:53	0	1	0	0:28	0:00	17:25	17	0	0	0
A. Fox	1	2	1	1	19:31	0	0	0	3:31	0:34	15:26	25	0	1	0
V. Gavrikov	0	1	2	2	21:05	0	1	1	2:31	3:24	15:10	25	0	0	0
M. Robertson	0	0	0	2	17:50	0	1	1	0:00	2:36	15:14	21	0	3	0
B. Schneider	0	1	4	2	20:10	2	0	1	0:29	2:47	16:54	23	1	3	1

Goalies

Player	SV	SA	GA	SV%	TOI	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	PIM
I. Shesterkin	20	21	1	.952	60:00	15	5	0	0

Injury Report

New York Rangers

Joe Veleno COut
Joonas Korpisalo GInjured Reserve
Aidan Thompson CInjured Reserve
Adam Sykora LWInjured Reserve

Washington Capitals

Matt Roy DDay-To-Day
Patrick Thomas CInjured Reserve
Rasmus Sandin DInjured Reserve

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