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Pramit Singh
<h1>Match Report: Capitals vs Rangers</h1>
<h2>Rangers propel in OT on Stepan's goals, 2-1 over Capitals</h2>
<h2>Rangers propel in OT on Stepan's goals, 2-1 over Capitals</h2>
NEW YORK (AP) Make the versatile Rangers play a Game 7 and they don't even jump. Dump them into a 3-1 gap in a playoff arrangement and they just work harder. What's more, win.
Derek Stepan scored 11:24 in extra time, lifting New York past the Washington Capitals 2-1 and into the Eastern Conference finals Wednesday night.
''We have a decent gathering that keeps their minds about them and resists the urge to panic,'' said Stepan, who was mobbed by his colleagues along the glass as Madison Square Garden shook from the salud. ''There is no genuine frenzy. We simply go out and play. We simply see what happens and we simply play hockey.''
Stepan's wrist shot from the left wing after he won a faceoff - an irregularity for the Rangers - topped the rebound. The Rangers are the main group to win arrangement in the wake of trailing 3-1 in progressive years, doing likewise to Pittsburgh in the second round in 2014.
''It's an extremely unique win,'' said Henrik Lundqvist, who made 35 spares and turned into the third goalie to win six Game 7s, joining Patrick Roy and Martin Brodeur.
New York, which had the NHL's best record this season, will confront Tampa Bay for a spot in the Stanley Cup finals, where the Rangers lost to Los Angeles the previous spring. The arrangement starts Saturday at the Garden.
Alex Ovechkin scored in the first period for Washington, which has lost five Game 7s in the same number of tries when driving an arrangement 3-1. Kevin Hayes tied it in the second.
Despite the fact that the Rangers were severely defeated ahead of schedule in extra minutes, Lundqvist stood tall with eight recoveries as the Capitals couldn't find that triumphant touch. That is something the Rangers appear to possess in a seventh diversion: New York has won six consecutively, including the last three arrangement against Washington.
''It's difficult to truly clarify,'' said Dan Girardi, whose shot from the point prompted Stepan's victor. ''We were down and it appeared as though we were depressed, and we figured out how to creep back in this arrangement and win one diversion at once. We knew coming into this horse shelter in Game 7 anything could happen and it went last minute.''
It was the Rangers' fourth extra minutes win in the same number of tries this year, all by 2-1 scores. It was a savage completion for Braden Holtby, who was heavenly all arrangement and made 37 spares Wednesday night.