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Alex Ovechkin scored the opener and set up the winner when he
centered the puck from behind the net to Ward, who beat Rangers
goaltender Henrik Lundqvist along the ice.
Ward's goal was the second-latest winner in NHL playoff history.
Jussi Jokinen scored with 0.2 seconds left for the Carolina
Hurricanes against New Jersey Devils in 2009.
It was the second big play of the game by Ovechkin, who scored
late in the first period to give the Capitals a 1-0 lead that
held until the final five minutes when New York fourth-line
winger Jesper Fast equalized.
Ovechkin's goal came when he unleashed a wrist shot from the top
of the left face-off circle that beat Lundqvist, who was
screened on the shot, high to the stick side.
The puck was out of the net so quickly some fans were not sure
it was a goal.
Ovechkin nearly made it 2-0 early in the second when his wrist
shot whistled past Lundqvist but the puck rang off the crossbar.
Despite playing a key role in the winning goal, Ovechkin said he
did not see it go in.
"I'll be honest with you," Ovechkin said. "I didn't see what
happened there on the puck. Obviously, you see them celebrating,
so (I knew) it went in the net."
(Compiled by Andrew Both; Editing by Peter Rutherford)
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