March 14 vs Rangers at Madison Square GardenTime: 7:00TV: ESPN Radio: 106.7 FMWashington Capitals 32-28-7 PP% 20.5(20th) PK% 82.9(6th) Faceoff% 49.6(18th) New York Rangers 37-19-10 PP% 23.3(9th) PK% 79.3(17th) Faceoff% 49.1(21st)Caps anticipated lines: Sheary 73 - Kuznetsov 92 - Wilson 43
Mantha 39 - Backstrom 19 - Smith 16
Snively 91 - Strome 17 - Oshie 77
Protas 59 - Dowd 26 - Aubé-Kubel 96
Sandin 38 - van Riemsdyk 57
Fehervary 42 - Jensen 3
Irwin 52 - Alexeyev 27
Kuemper 35
PP1: Oshie, Backstrom, Kuznetsov, Sandin
PP2: Wilson, Strome, Mantha, van Riemsdyk
scratched:
Lindgren 79 - backup
Carlsson 18
Ovechkin 8 - lower body - day to day
Milano 15 - flu
IR/LTIR:
Brown 28 - knee
Hagelin 62 - hip
Carlson 74 - face/head
Rangers anticipated lines: Panarin 10 - Zibanejad 93 - Tarasenko 91
Kreider 20 - Trocheck 16 - Kane 88
Lafreniere 13 - Chytil 72 - Kakko 24
Vesey 26 - Goodrow 21 - Motte 14
Miller 79 - Trouba(C) 8
Mikkola 77 - Fox 23
Harpur 5 - Schneider 4
Shesterkin 31
Halak 41 - backup
tonight’s zebras: Francis Charron 6, Garrett Rank 7
Derek Nansen 70, Bryan Pancich 94
https://www.nhl.com/capitals/news/caps-tangle-with-rangers-at-msg/c-342188756scoring summary1st period: Zibanejad from Tarasenko at 4:09
Aubé-Kubel(4) from Protas(8 and Irwin(3) at 14:29
Zibanejad from Panarin and Shesterkin at 14:45
Kane PPG from Fox and Trocheck at 18:46
2nd period: Trouba from Trocheck and Kane at 4:09
Irwin(2) from Oshie(14) and Sandin(24) at 12:08
3rd period: Dowd(12) from Strome(32) at 11:48
Vesey ENG unassisted at 17:49
Caps lose 5-3