New York Rangers @ Washington Capitals

0-1-0, 0-1-0 Away

Final

	1	2	3	T
Rangers NYR	0	0	1	1
Capitals WSH	1	2	2	5

Washington CapitalsCapitalsWSH

1-0-0, 1-0-0 Home

Ovechkin scores twice, Capitals beat Rangers 5-1 in opener

— Alex Ovechkin moved a couple of steps closer to Wayne Gretzky's goals record, Hendrix Lapierre scored the first of his NHL career and the Washington Capitals made their season opener a great one for scoring instead of fighting.

Oct 14, 2021, 04:17 am - AP

		1	2	3	T
	Rangers	0	0	1	1
	Capitals	1	2	2	5

1st Period			NYR	WSH
4:39		T.J. Oshie (1) (Power Play) Assists: Evgeny Kuznetsov (1), Alex Ovechkin (1)	0	1

2nd Period			NYR	WSH
12:38		Justin Schultz (1) (Power Play) Assists: Alex Ovechkin (2), Evgeny Kuznetsov (2)	0	2
13:02		Hendrix Lapierre (1) Assists: T.J. Oshie (1), Conor Sheary (1)	0	3

3rd Period		NYR	WSH
2:37	Alex Ovechkin (1) (Power Play) Assists: Anthony Mantha (1), John Carlson (1)	0	4
9:13	Chris Kreider (1) (Power Play) Assists: Ryan Strome (1), Adam Fox (1)	1	4
12:01	Alex Ovechkin (2) (Shorthanded) Assists: Trevor van Riemsdyk (1), Evgeny Kuznetsov (3)	1	5

RANGERS

CAPITALS

Regular Season Series

WSH leads 1-0

Rangers
1
Capitals
5

Game 1

14/10

Capitals
1
Rangers
4

Game 2

25/2

Capitals
2
Rangers
3

Game 3

30/4

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Carolina	31	15	5	67
Pittsburgh	25	14	11	61
NY Islanders	27	18	5	59
Philadelphia	23	17	9	55
New Jersey	26	22	2	54
Washington	24	21	6	54
Columbus	23	20	7	53
NY Rangers	21	24	6	48

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New York Rangers @ Washington Capitals

Stars of the Game

Alex OvechkinLW - WSH

Hendrix LapierreC - WSH

Vitek VanecekG - WSH

Game Information

Ovechkin scores twice, Capitals beat Rangers 5-1 in opener

Shot Chart

Regular Season Series

WSH leads 1-0

2025-26 Metropolitan Division Standings

NHL News

Red Wings visit the Jets after Raymond's 2-goal game

Islanders host the Sabres in Eastern Conference play

Mammoth take on the Predators following Keller's 2-goal game