While the Rangers opened the scoring late in the second period of Game 1, it was the Capitals who ended up victorious, scoring 3 unanswered goals in the third. Game 2 saw Braden Holtby and Henrik Lundqvist shut the door for 68 minutes of game play. 8 minutes into overtime, Mike Green blasted home a shot from the point that beat Lundqvist and extended the Caps series lead. A par of 4-3 wins at home helped New York get back into the series and make it a best-of-three. In Game 5, Brian Boyle helped the Rangers take the lead less then a minute into the game. It took until about midway through the second for Joel Ward to tie it up for the Caps. In overtime, Mike Ribeiro (who was the Rangers best penalty killer at the end of Game 4) got redemption with the winning goal. Game 6 went back to the goalies, as only Derek Brassard found the scoresheet, tying the series back up. Game 7 was all Rangers. Credit to Lundqvist for another shutout, as he kept all 35 Caps shots-on-goal out for the 5-0 win. The New York Rangers beat the Washington Capitals in seven game, setting up an Original 6 matchup in the next round against the Boston Bruins.
Games
New York Rangers 1
Washington Capitals 3
New York Rangers 0
Washington Capitals 1 (OT)
Washington Capitals 3
New York Rangers 4
Washington Capitals 3
New York Rangers 4
New York Rangers 1
Washington Capitals 2
Washington Capitals 0
New York Rangers 1
New York Rangers 5
Washington Capitals 0
Three Thoughts On The Series
- Presenting: The greatest GIF to ever be GIF-ed (for now).
- Ovechkin apparently played with a hairline fracture on his foot, or so the refs would have you think.
- Oates does have youth, but I find it hard to see Torts losing a fight.
Lundqvist with 2 shutouts in Games 6 and 7 were a huge reason the Rangers were able to advance.
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| (Image via Associate Press) |
Play Of The Series
The one-touches on Derek Stepan's goal would make it THE play here, but the GIF in the link covers that. From the same game, the seconds it takes from when Holtby has the puck to when Richards scores could summarize the series.
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