Washington Capitals vs. New York RangersApr 5, 2026

FinalSunday, Apr 5, 2026· Madison Square Garden

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
WSH	1	0	0	1		WSH	7	7	7	21
NYR	1	5	2	8		NYR	7	16	10	33

: WSH 46NYR 69
: WSH 1.71NYR 4.47
PP goals: WSH 0NYR 2
Hits: WSH 26NYR 23
Blocks: WSH 20NYR 13
PIM: WSH 23NYR 21
: WSH 35%NYR 65%

Fantasy takeaways

Generated from the play-by-play, shifts and season context. No opinions, just what changed.

New York Rangers rout Washington Capitals 8–1

New York Rangers beat Washington Capitals 8–1 at home. Will Cuylle (NYR) led the scoring with 3G 0A. NYR's first power-play unit (Trocheck, Zibanejad, Miller, Fox and Lafrenière) scored 2 power-play goals on 6 attempts in 3:31 together.

Points
Will Cuylle had a hat trick (3 points) on 6 shots in 12:58.Cuylle
Points
Adam Fox had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 1 shot in 19:31.Fox
Points
Mika Zibanejad had 3 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 19:54.Zibanejad
Points
J.T. Miller had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 14:58.Miller
Points
Vincent Trocheck had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 17:03.Trocheck
PP1
NYR's first power-play unit (Trocheck, Zibanejad, Miller, Fox and Lafrenière) scored 2 power-play goals on 6 attempts in 3:31 together.Trocheck Zibanejad Miller Fox Lafrenière
Luck
NYR scored 8 goals on 4.47 expected goals (69 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
Usage
J.T. Miller (NYR) played 14:58, −5:15 down on his 20:13 season average over 67 games.Miller

Shot map

Both teams on one rink, filtered by strength and period.

Shot map

Every attempt, sized by expected goals. Goals are rings, shots on goal dots, misses hollow, blocks crosses.

Strength

Period

Team

← WSH attacks left (bottom on phones)NYR attacks right (top on phones) →

NYR
WSH
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 115 of 115 attempts · NYR 69 · WSH 46

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

NYR
WSH
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

NYR pressure
WSH pressure
Goal
Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: WSH 17% of the game, NYR 47%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

NYR

WSH

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Head-to-head matchups

NYR skaters (rows) against WSH skaters (columns) at 5v5. Square size is time together; colour is xGF% from the NYR side.

Matchup matrix

NYR xGF% 4060square size = TOI together · blank = under 1:00

Sequence card

5-on-5 possession-chain numbers from the sequence engine (Draw Equity and control cover all situations).

Sequence card
Stat	WSH	NYR
	46	65
	1.54	3.72
	1.52	3.65
	5	12
	7	6
	23	13
	−0.087	+0.087
	17%	47%

Definitions: sequence xG, transition attempts, Draw Equity, control and the Pressure Index.

Lines used

Detected from who actually shared the ice, with time together. Percentages are the unit's share of shot attempts.

Washington Capitals

L1Wilson – Dubois – McMichael
5:2833% CF
L2Duhaime – Lapierre – Frank
4:5445% CF
L3Beauvillier – Sourdif – Leonard
3:4967% CF
L4Ovechkin – Strome – Protas
3:4144% CF
D1Fehérváry – Sandin
11:5955% CF
D2van Riemsdyk – Chychrun
11:5719% CF
D3Roy – Hutson
8:4338% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Wilson – Chychrun – Dubois – Leonard
3:0983% CF
PP2Ovechkin – Strome – McMichael – Sourdif – Hutson
2:2750% CF
PK1FWilson – McMichael
2:49
PK2FDuhaime – Protas
1:06
PK1DRoy – Fehérváry
4:14
PK2Dvan Riemsdyk – Sandin
1:34

Current WSH line combinations →

New York Rangers

L1Zibanejad – Lafrenière – Perreault
12:1530% CF
L2Chmelar – Sykora – Laba
10:2470% CF
L3Trocheck – Brodzinski – Cuylle
8:2663% CF
L4Miller – Sheary – Kartye
6:1971% CF
D1Schneider – Fortescue
13:3660% CF
D2Borgen – Robertson
13:2761% CF
D3Gavrikov – Fox
12:5465% CF

PP1Trocheck – Zibanejad – Miller – Fox – Lafrenière
3:31100% CF
PP2Brodzinski – Sheary – Gavrikov – Cuylle – Perreault
2:24100% CF
PK1FSheary – Laba
1:54
PK2FMiller – Kartye
1:34
PK1DGavrikov – Schneider
2:47
PK2DBorgen – Robertson
2:34

Current NYR line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

Box score

Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.

Washington Capitals

WSH skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Tom Wilson R	L1	0	1	1	-2	1	0.15	4	2	0	19:13	—	—	50	29
Connor McMichael L	L1	1	0	1	-3	1	0.15	0	3	2	17:12	—	—	20	14
Pierre-Luc Dubois C	L1	0	0	0	-3	1	0.18	1	0	0	16:44	—	—	40	23
Brandon Duhaime L	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.28	4	2	7	13:29	—	—	32	43
Hendrix Lapierre C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	2	1	5	10:33	—	—	41	59
Ethen Frank R	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.15	3	1	0	9:44	—	—	38	54
Ryan Leonard R	L3	0	0	0	-3	2	0.20	3	0	0	15:58	—	—	43	13
Justin Sourdif C	L3	0	0	0	-2	2	0.09	3	0	0	15:29	—	—	40	10
Anthony Beauvillier R	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	2	12:46	—	—	33	8
Alex Ovechkin L	L4	0	0	0	-1	3	0.25	2	0	0	17:26	—	—	46	36
Aliaksei Protas L	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.14	0	0	0	17:05	—	—	63	49
Dylan Strome C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	2	2	13:35	—	—	46	38
Rasmus Sandin D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	2	2	0	21:06	—	—	46	32
Martin Fehérváry D	D1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.02	1	1	0	18:59	—	—	58	53
Trevor van Riemsdyk D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	0	1	0	19:52	—	—	32	12
Jakob Chychrun D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.05	0	1	5	17:41	—	—	24	9
Cole Hutson D	D3	0	0	0	-4	0	0.01	0	1	0	18:38	—	—	47	24
Matt Roy D	D3	0	0	0	-3	0	0.00	0	3	0	18:00	—	—	48	41

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Charlie Lindgren(start)	L	33	25	8	.758	4.47	60:00

New York Rangers

NYR skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Mika Zibanejad C	L1	0	3	3	+1	2	0.22	1	3	0	19:54	—	—	36	67
Alexis Lafrenière L	L1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.17	0	0	0	18:06	—	—	39	61
Gabe Perreault R	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.21	1	0	0	15:55	—	—	36	59
Noah Laba C	L2	0	1	1	+2	2	0.16	2	0	5	15:38	—	—	74	82
Jaroslav Chmelar R	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.16	3	1	0	14:19	—	—	67	79
Adam Sykora L	L2	1	0	1	+1	3	0.54	1	2	0	13:36	—	—	69	79
Vincent Trocheck C	L3	1	1	2	+3	3	0.44	3	0	0	17:03	—	—	64	63
Jonny Brodzinski C	L3	0	1	1	+2	1	0.16	0	1	0	14:07	—	—	65	63
Will Cuylle L	L3	3	0	3	+3	6	1.20	4	0	9	12:58	—	—	70	74
J.T. Miller C	L4	1	1	2	0	2	0.39	1	1	0	14:58	—	—	68	77
Conor Sheary L	L4	1	0	1	+1	3	0.55	0	0	0	13:49	—	—	65	76
Tye Kartye L	L4	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	4	2	5	9:44	—	—	67	76
Braden Schneider D	D1	0	1	1	+4	2	0.02	0	1	2	20:10	—	—	57	65
Drew Fortescue D	D1	0	0	0	+3	0	0.00	1	0	0	17:53	—	—	56	68
Matthew Robertson D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.08	1	1	0	17:50	—	—	56	56
Will Borgen D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	17:24	—	—	59	54
Vladislav Gavrikov D	D3	0	1	1	+2	2	0.10	1	1	0	21:05	—	—	62	83
Adam Fox D	D3	1	2	3	+1	1	0.08	0	0	0	19:31	—	—	63	83

NYR goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Igor Shesterkin(start)	W	21	20	1	.952	1.71	60:00

Goal anatomy

Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.

Conor Sheary (NYR) 1st 0:23 · assists Tye Kartye, Adam Fox · Rebound · 38.5 mph shot.

Conor Sheary · 1st 0:23 · NYR

Play: rebound
Passes: 0
Shot: 38.5 mph
Distance: 5 ft
Type: rebound

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Connor McMichael · 1st 13:45 · WSH

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 1-on-0
Passes: 0
Shot: 74.1 mph
Distance: 20 ft
Entry to goal: 1.7 s

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J.T. Miller · 2nd 3:07 · NYR PP

Play: deflection
Passes: 0
Shot: 7.6 mph
Distance: 5 ft
Type: rebound

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Will Cuylle · 2nd 5:53 · NYR

Play: deflection
Passes: 4
Shot: 15.7 mph
Distance: 3 ft
Type: rebound

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Will Cuylle · 2nd 8:33 · NYR

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 1 (royal road)
Shot: 72.4 mph
Distance: 32 ft
Entry to goal: 5.0 s

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Adam Sykora · 2nd 13:22 · NYR

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 0
Shot: 53.8 mph
Distance: 7 ft
Entry to goal: 4.6 s
Type: one-timer

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Adam Fox · 2nd 18:27 · NYR PP

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 1
Shot: 50.5 mph
Distance: 57 ft

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Vincent Trocheck · 3rd 2:27 · NYR

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 0
Shot: 63.4 mph
Distance: 25 ft
Entry to goal: 2.4 s

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Will Cuylle · 3rd 19:28 · NYR

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 52.1 mph
Distance: 21 ft

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Methodology

Shot locations come from the NHL play-by-play, normalised so each shooter attacks the same way, then flipped so the home team attacks right. On-ice stats and lines come from the shift charts: a unit is the exact set of skaters sharing the ice, and CF% is the share of all shot attempts while they were out. Head-to-head cells are 5v5 time against each opponent. Expected goals and the Pressure Index appear as their models are released.

Washington Capitals vs. New York RangersApr 5, 2026

Fantasy takeaways

New York Rangers rout Washington Capitals 8–1

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Head-to-head matchups

Matchup matrix

Sequence card

Lines used

Washington Capitals

New York Rangers

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Washington Capitals

New York Rangers

Goal anatomy

Conor Sheary · 1st 0:23 · NYR

Connor McMichael · 1st 13:45 · WSH

J.T. Miller · 2nd 3:07 · NYR PP

Will Cuylle · 2nd 5:53 · NYR

Will Cuylle · 2nd 8:33 · NYR

Adam Sykora · 2nd 13:22 · NYR

Adam Fox · 2nd 18:27 · NYR PP

Vincent Trocheck · 3rd 2:27 · NYR

Will Cuylle · 3rd 19:28 · NYR