Schedule and 2010-11 Results
Regular Season Records: Washington 48-23-11=107pts, New York Rangers 44-33-5=93pts
Game 1 on Wednesday, 13 April: N.Y. Rangers lose at Washington, 2-goals-1 (OT)
Game 2 on Friday, 15 April: N.Y. Rangers lose at Washington, 2-goals-nil
Game 3 on Sunday, 17 April: Washington loses at N.Y. Rangers, 3-goals-2
Game 4 on Wednesday, 20 April: Washington wins at N.Y. Rangers, 4-goals-3 (2OT)
Game 5 on Saturday, 23 April: N.Y. Rangers lose at Washington, 3-goals-1

SERIES NOTES:

Post-series assessment: The Washington Capitals defeated the New York Rangers 4-games-1 in MLB/NBA/NHL best-of-7 playoff series 1122. With their series 1122 win, the Washington Capitals improve their best-of-7 NHL playoff series record to 10-19 overall and 7-11 in the Preliminary round. With their series 1122 loss, the New York Rangers see their best-of-7 NHL playoff series record fall to 24-35 overall and 8-6 in the Preliminary round. The win order posted by the victorious Washington Capitals in series 1122 was WWLWW: Series 1122 thus becomes the 12th NHL Preliminary-round series, the 37th NHL series (all rounds), and the 101st MLB/NBA/NHL series (all rounds) to follow this win order to completion. The Washington Capitals with their series 1122 victory improve their best-of-7 NHL playoff series record to 6-4 in series which they led 3-games-1; the four losses are the most among MLB/NBA/NHL teams which had held 3-games-1 leads in best-of-7 playoff series. In series 1122 Game 4, the Washington Capitals trailed by three goals in New York as late as 2:46 into the third period. In the history of best-of-7 NHL playoff games from 1939 through 2010 inclusive, road teams down three goals as late as 2:46 into the third period had a game record of only 3-242 (.012). Also in series 1122 Game 4: In taking a 3-goals-nil lead over the Washington Capitals, the New York Rangers tallied their second and third goals only seven seconds apart; the two Rangers goals were the fastest in a best-of-7 NHL playoff game by one team since the Colorado Avalanche scored two goals seven seconds apart in series 711 Game 3 at home against the Detroit Red Wings in their 1996 NHL Semifinals series - Detroit won the game, Colorado, the series.

Pre-series assessment: In the 2010-11 regular season, Washington finished 14 points ahead of the New York Rangers. From 1939 through the 2010 NHL Finals, when NHL teams led their best-of-7 playoff series opponents by 14 regular-season points, they have posted an 11-7 (.611) best-of-7 series record in those series against those opponents. MLB/NBA/NHL best-of-7 playoff series 1122 is the 59th best-of-7 playoff series for the New York Rangers, and the 29th for Washington. In best-of-7 playoff series, the New York Rangers have a 24-34 series record, an 8-5 Prelim-round series record, and a 26-32 Game 1 record, while Washington has a 9-19 series record, a 6-11 Prelim-round record, and a 17-11 Game 1 record. Series 1122 is the sixth best-of-7 meeting between the New York Rangers and Washington; Washington won three of the previous five best-of-7 series between the two.