Washington Capitals (16-3-4 36pts) v. New York Rangers (8-8-2 18pts)
Game Recap:
At the legendary Madison Square Garden the Washington Capitals look to continue their winning ways as they take on the New York Rangers for the second time this season. In the first period, the majority of the period would feature a lot of back and forth between the two clubs. Beck Malenstyn, who is making his NHL debut, would have a really great opportunity to break the scoreless tie, but Henrik Lundqvist would shut the door to keep the game tied at zero. in the final five minutes of the period Lundqvist would be bailed out by his friend the posts as the Capitals would hit the pipe three times. Then with 34 seconds left, Tom Wilson would get called for boarding to give the Rangers the extra man advantage to start the second period.
In the second period the Rangers would be able to take advantage of the powerplay as Kaapo Kakko would do a great job of feeding Artemi Panarin to break the scoreless tie and take the 1-0 lead. The Capitals would gain a powerplay opportunity of their own, and while they would get some quality chances, the Capitals would not be able to capitalize on their extra man advantage. In the final seconds of the period Alex Ovechkin would be called for tripping Panarin, and the Rangers will start the third with the man advantage.
In the third period the Rangers would not be able to convert on the Ovechkin penalty, but Dmitry Orlov would be called for high sticking and Artemi Panarin would strike for his second of the game on the powerplay to give the Rangers the two goal lead. Then 23 seconds later Pavel Buchnevich would score his third of the season to grow the Rangers lead to three. However, on a Brendan Smith tripping penalty Evgeny Kuznetsov would get the Capitals on the board to cut the Rangers lead back to two, but in the latter half of the third period Brett Howden would get on the board to reclaim the three goal lead for the Rangers and secure the 4-1 victory.
Lineups:
Washington Capitals:
Alex Ovechkin — Evgeny Kuznetsov — Tom Wilson
Jakub Vrana — Lars Eller — T.J. Oshie
Richard Panik — Michael Sgarbossa — Travis Boyd
Beck Malenstyn — Chandler Stephenson — Brendan Leipsic
Michal Kempny — John Carlson
Dmitry Orlov — Radko Gudas
Jonas Siegenthaler — Nick Jensen
Braden Holtby
Ilya Samsonov
Scratched: Tyler Lewington
Injured: Nicklas Backstrom (upper body), Nic Dowd (upper body), Carl Hagelin (upper body)
Suspended: Garnet Hathaway
New York Rangers:
Artemi Panarin — Ryan Strome — Jesper Fast
Chris Kreider — Filip Chytil — Pavel Buchnevich
Brendan Lemieux — Brett Howden — Kaapo Kakko
Tim Gettinger — Greg McKegg — Brendan Smith
Libor Hajek — Jacob Trouba
Brady Skjei — Tony DeAngelo
Ryan Lindgren — Adam Fox
Henrik Lundqvist
Alexandar Georgiev
Scratched: Micheal Haley
Injured: Mika Zibanejad (upper body), Marc Staal (ankle)
First Period:
WAS Penalty – 19:26 – Tom Wilson 2 minutes for Boarding
End of 1st
Second Period:
NYR PPG – 1:14 – Artemi Panarin (10) from Kaapo Kakko (3) and Adam Fox (6)
NYR Penalty – 7:02 – Greg McKegg 2 minutes for Tripping
WAS Penalty – 19:52 – Alex Ovechkin 2 minutes for Tripping
End of 2nd
Third Period:
WAS Penalty – 2:32 – Dmitry Orlov 2 minutes for High Sticking
NYR PPG – 3:57 – Artemi Panarin (11) from Kaapo Kakko (4) and Ryan Strome (13)
NYR Goal – 4:20 – Pavel Buchnevich (3) from Filip Chytil (2) and Brendan Lemieux (6)
NYR Penalty – 6:08 – Brendan Smith 2 minutes for Tripping
WAS PPG – 07:24 – Evgeny Kuznetsov (10) from John Carlson (28)
NYR Goal – 13:34 – Brett Howden (3) from Pavel Buchnevich (14) and Chris Kreider (6)
NYR Penalty – 16:32 – Brendan Lemieux 5 minute major for Fighting
WAS Penalty – 16:32 – Tom Wilson 5 minute major for Fighting
NYR Penalty – 16:32 – Brendan Lemieux (Chris Kreider) 2 minutes for Roughing
End of 3rd
Next Up:
Washington (16-4-4 36pts) v. Vancouver (10-8-4 24pts)
NY Rangers (9-8-2 20pts) @ Ottawa (10-11-1 21pts)
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