Washington Capitals @ New York Rangers

33-14-5, 18-7-2 Away

Final

	1	2	3	T
Capitals WSH	2	1	3	6
Rangers NYR	1	2	0	3

New York RangersRangersNYR

26-21-6, 14-10-3 Home

Sprong sends Capitals to 6-3 win over eliminated Rangers

— Daniel Sprong’s tiebreaking goal in the third period propelled the Washington Capitals to a 6-3 victory over the fading New York Rangers, who were knocked out of playoff contention Monday night.

May 3, 2021, 11:28 pm - AP

ESPN+		1	2	3	T
	Capitals	2	1	3	6
	Rangers	1	2	0	3

1st Period		WSH	NYR
14:12	Nic Dowd (10) Assists: Garnet Hathaway (11), Carl Hagelin (9)	1	0
15:44	Conor Sheary (13) Assists: Michael Raffl (6), Tom Wilson (20)	2	0
18:00	Mika Zibanejad (21) Assists: Pavel Buchnevich (25), Artemi Panarin (40)	2	1

2nd Period		WSH	NYR
2:30	Mika Zibanejad (22) (Power Play) Assists: Artemi Panarin (41), Ryan Strome (33)	2	2
4:35	Kaapo Kakko (9) Assists: Alexis Lafreniere (9), Kevin Rooney (6)	2	3
18:30	Garnet Hathaway (6) Assists: Nic Dowd (3)	3	3

3rd Period		WSH	NYR
4:37	Daniel Sprong (12) Unassisted	4	3
11:41	Nicklas Backstrom (15) Assists: Nick Jensen (12), Michael Raffl (7)	5	3
18:34	Tom Wilson (13) (Empty Net) Assists: John Carlson (33)	6	3

CAPITALS

RANGERS

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Washington Capitals @ New York Rangers

Stars of the Game

Daniel SprongRW - WSH

Nic DowdC - WSH

Michael RafflLW - WSH

Game Information

Sprong sends Capitals to 6-3 win over eliminated Rangers

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