New York Rangers (2-2-0 4pts) v. Washington Capitals (4-2-2 10pts)
Game Recap:
The Washington Capitals host the New York Rangers as they look to end their three game homestand with a possible 4 out 6 standing points, and early in the first period while on the powerplay the Capitals would strike as TJ Oshie would continue to jam at the puck, in front of the net, and due to the scrum would see a Rangers defensemen inadvertently kick the puck into the net to give the Capitals the 1-0 lead. Then 10 minutes later Pavel Buchnevich would strike on a Rangers powerplay to tie the game at one, but the Capitals would strike less than three minutes later as the as the returning Michal Kempny would one time a rebound past Henrik Lundqvist to give the Capitals the 2-1 lead going into the first intermission.
Then early in the second period Nic Dowd would score his first of the season after finding the rebound and shooting it into the wide open net for the 3-1 lead. But late in the period Artemi Panarin would score his third of the season to cut the Capitals lead back to one as the Capitals head into the second intermission with the 3-2 lead.
In the third period the physicality would pick up as both Brendan Smith and Garnet Hathaway would have a fight, but Smith would also get an addition two minutes for cross checking to give the Capitals the powerplay that would see TJ Oshie score his second of the game after he would tip a John Carlson point blast to give the Capitals the 4-2 lead. Then in the final thirty seconds of the game Hathaway would score the empty net goal to secure the Capitals the 5-2 victory over the Rangers.
Lineups:
New York Rangers:
Artemi Panarin — Mika Zibanejad — Pavel Buchnevich
Chris Kreider — Brett Howden — Kaapo Kakko
Brendan Smith — Ryan Strome — Jesper Fast
Greg McKegg — Lias Andersson — Micheal Haley
Brady Skjei — Tony DeAngelo
Libor Hajek — Jacob Trouba
Marc Staal — Adam Fox
Henrik Lundqvist
Alexandar Georgiev
Scratched: Brendan Lemieux
Injured: None
Washington Capitals:
Alex Ovechkin — Nicklas Backstrom — T.J. Oshie
Carl Hagelin — Evgeny Kuznetsov — Tom Wilson
Jakub Vrana — Lars Eller — Garnet Hathaway
Brendan Leipsic – Nic Dowd — Chandler Stephenson
Jonas Siegenthaler — John Carlson
Dmitry Orlov — Nick Jensen
Michal Kempny — Radko Gudas
Braden Holtby
Ilya Samsonov
Scratched: Tyler Lewington, Travis Boyd, Martin Fehervary
Injured: Richard Panik (upper body)
First Period:
NYR Penalty – 1:09 – Artemi Panarin 2 minutes for Slashing
WAS PPG – 2:24 – TJ Oshie (5) from unassisted
NYR Penalty – 4:11 – Brendan Lemieux 5 minute major for Fighting
WAS Penalty – 4:11 – Radko Gudas 5 minute magor for Fighting
WAS Penalty – 5:08 – Michal Kempny 2 minutes for Interference
WAS Penalty – 11:50 – Nicklas Backstrom 2 minutes for Tripping
NYR PPG – 12:25 – Pavel Buchnevich (1) from Mika Zibanejad (5) and Jacob Trouba (4)
WAS Goal – 15:16 – Michal Kempny (1) from Alex Ovechkin (4) and John Carlson (12)
NYR Penalty – 16:23 – Chris Kreider 2 minutes for Tripping
End of 1st – NYR – 1 WAS – 2
Second Period:
WAS Goal – 3:45 – Nic Dowd (1) from Dmitry Orlov (3) and John Carlson (13)
WAS Penalty Shot – 10:16 – Jakub Vrana – Saved by Lundqvist
WAS Penalty – 13:16 – Radko Gudas 2 minutes for Holding
NYR Goal – 16:56 – Artemi Panarin (3) from Chris Kreider (3)
End of 2nd – NYR – 2 WAS – 3
Third Period:
NYR Penalty – 9:20 – Brendan Smith (Artemi Panarin) 2 minutes for Cross Checking
NYR Penalty – 9:20 – Brendan Smith 5 minute major for Fighting
WAS Penalty – 9:20 – Garnet Hathaway 5 minute major for Fighting
WAS PPG – 10:18 – TJ Oshie (6) from John Carlson (14) and Nicklas Backstrom (6)
WAS Penalty – 11:42 – John Carlson 2 minutes for Slashing
NYR Penalty – 15:29 – Libor Hajek 2 minutes for Tripping
WAS ENG – 19:32 – Garnet Hathaway (2) from Carl Hagelin (2)
End of 3rd – NYR – 2 WAS – 5
Next Up:
Washington (5-2-2 12pts) @ Chicago (2-2-1 3pts)
NY Rangers (2-3-0 4pts) v. Vancouver (4-2-0 8pts)
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