February 25 vs Rangers at Capital One ArenaTime: 1:00
TV: ABC/ESPN+
Radio: 106.7 FM
Washington Capitals 28-26-6
PP% 20.7(19th) PK% 81.9(9th) Faceoff% 49.8(18th)
New York Rangers 33-16-9
PP% 22.7(12th) PK% 79.3(16th) Faceoff%48.8(21st)
Caps anticipated lines: Ovechkin(C) 8 - Kuznetsov 92 - Wilson 43
Sheary 73 - Backstrom 19 - Smith 16
Milano 15 - Strome 17 - Oshie 77
Eller 20 - Dowd 26 - Aubé-Kubel 96
Gustafsson 56 - van Riemsdyk 57
Fehervary 42 - Jensen 3
Irwin 52 - McIlrath 25
Kuemper 35
PP1: Ovechkin, Backstrom, Kuznetsov, Oshie, Gustafsson
PP2: Strome, Milano, Wilson,
scratched:
Lindgren 79 - backup
Protas 59
Alexeyev 27
Johansson 90 - non covid flu
IR/LTIR:
Brown 28 - knee
Mantha 39 - upper body
Hagelin 62 - hip
Carlson 74 - face/head
Rangers anticipated lines: Kreider 20 - Zibanejad 93 - Vesey 26
Panarin 10 - Trochek 16 - Tarasenko 91
Lafreniere 13 - Chytil 72 - Kakko 24
Harpur 5 - Goodrow 21 - Motte
Lindgren 55 - Fox 23
Miller 79 - Trouba 8
Mikkola 77 - Schneider 4
Shesterkin 31
Halak 41 - backup
today’s zebras: Kelly Sutherland 11, Jake Brenk 26
Steve Barton 59, David Brisebois 96
https://www.nhl.com/capitals/news/caps-close-homestand-vs-rangers/c-341474004scoring summary 1st period: Oshie(13) PPG from Gustafsson(29) and Kuznetsov(37) at 4:25
Goodrow from Motte at 8:00
2nd period: Oshie(14) from Strome(26) and Gustafsson(30) at 3:16
Wilson(5) from van Riemsdyk(11) and Ovechkin(23) at 7:05
Milano(9) from Kuznetsov(38) and Oshie(10) at 12:52
Kuznetsov(10) from Aubé-Kubel(6) and Fehervary(8 at 18:19
3rd period:Kreider PPG from Fox and Zibanejad at 6:49
Kuznetsov(11) from Ovechkin(24) and Wilson(2)
Kakko from Kreider and Zibanejad at 19:32
Caps win 6-3
