Stating off it looked like it was going to be a long night for Rangers Fans as the Capitals took a 2-0 lead into the first intermission. But the Rangers battled back and Henrik Lundqvist stood tall to take down the 3-0-1 Capitals.
The Rangers goals came off the sticks of Brandon Pirri, Jimmy Vesey who picked up a power play goal and then his second of the game just 3 minutes later on a nifty move putting one past Braydon Holtby and finally Rick Nash with an empty net "nail in the coffin" with just 6 seconds remaining.
The Rangers showed what they were made of battling back from a 2-0 deficit, skating hard and never giving up against a Washington squad that was very strong on the forecheck and in the own end of the ice. Great team Win for the Rangers and and even better one for Rangers Fans.
The Rangers were without defenseman Dan Girardi, who skated this morning but was unable to play. Forward Pavel Buchnevich remained out of the lineup with back spasms
The Rangers return to action tomorrow night against the Arizona Coyotes. The first of a five game home stand.
FINAL GAME STATS
NEW YORK RANGERS 4 WASHINGTON CAPITALS 2
SOG: NYR 26 WSH 28
POWER PLAY: NYR 1/3 WSH 0/1
GOALTENDERS
New York - H. Lundqvist (26 SV)
Washington - B. Holtby (22 SV)
SCORING SUMMARY
1ST PERIOD
TIME TEAM DETAILS SCORE
01:33 Washington Lars Eller (1) ASST: Brooks Orpik (2) 0-1
14:49 Washington Alex Ovechkin (3) ASST: Evgeny Kuznetsov (2), Dmitry Orlov (2) 0-2
2ND PERIOD
TIME TEAM DETAILS SCORE
02:21 New York Brandon Pirri (2) ASST: J.T. Miller (2), Adam Clendening (1) 1-2
11:22 New York PPG - Jimmy Vesey (2) ASST: Rick Nash (1), Derek Stepan (3) 2-2
14:22 New York Jimmy Vesey (3) ASST: Mats Zuccarello (3), Mika Zibanejad (4) 3-2
3RD PERIOD
TIME TEAM DETAILS SCORE
19:54 New York EN - Rick Nash (2) ASST: Ryan McDonagh (4) 4-2
PENALTY SUMMARY
1ST PERIOD
TIME TEAM DETAILS
02:19 Washington Karl Alzner - High-sticking - 2 minutes
16:32 Washington Lars Eller - Slashing - 2 minutes
2ND PERIOD
TIME TEAM DETAILS
04:08 New York Mika Zibanejad - High-sticking - 4 minutes
10:37 Washington Matt Niskanen - Roughing - 2 minutes
3RD PERIOD
TIME TEAM DETAILS
No Penalties
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