R1G1April 21 vs Rangers at Madison Square GardenTime: 3:00TV: Monumental Sports, ESPNRadio: 106.7 FM, Capitals Radio 24/7Washington Capitals 40-31-11(WC2)New York Rangers 55-23-4(M1)Caps anticipated lines:Ovechkin(C)
8 - McMichael
24 - Oshie(A)
77Protas
21 - Strome
17 - Wilson
43Pacioretty
67 - Lapierre
29 - Milano
15Malenstyn
47 - Dowd
26 - Aubé-Kubel
96Fehervary
42 - Carlson(A)
74Alexeyev
27 - McIlrath
52van Riemsdyk
57 - Iorio
2Lindgren
79PP1: Ovechkin, Oshie, Wilson, Strome, Carlson
PP2: Ovechkin, Pacioretty, van Riemsdyk, Lapierre, Milano,
scratched:
Kuemper
35 - backup
Sgarbossa
23Miroshnichenko
63Johansen
46Sandin
38 - upper body - day to day
Jensen
3 - upper body - day to day
LTIR:
Backstrom
19 - hip - season
Bear
25 - player assistance - indefinite
Rangers anticipated lines:Kreider 20 - Zibanejad 93 - Roslovic 96
Panarin 10 - Trochek 16 - Lafrenière 13
Cuylle 50 - Wennberg 91 - Kakko 24
Vesey 26 - Goodrow 21 - Rempe 73
Lindgren 55 - Fox 23
Miller 79 - Schneider 4
Gustafsson 56 - Trouba 8
Shesterkin 31
Quick 32 - backup
today’s zebras:Kelly Sutherland 11, Pierre Lambert 37
Ryan Daisy 81, Devin Berg 87
https://www.nhl.com/capitals/news/caps-battle-rangers-in-game-1scoring summary1st period:no goals
2nd period:Rempe from Vesey and Goodrow at 4:17
Panarin from Trochek and Lafrenière at 4:50
Vesey from Goodrow at 6:23
Fehervary from Wilson and Protas at 7:31
3rd period:Kreider from Zibanejad and Roslovic at 16:17
Caps lose 4-1