Capitals Vs. New York Rangers Recap: February 24, 2019
The Capitals beat the New York Rangers 6:5 on Sunday. Statistically, Phoenix Copley had 26 saves, but that would not be enough as the Rangers were leading in the first quarter.
The Washington Capitals stand at 35-21-7 and are currently in second place in the Metropolitan division. The New York Rangers are 27-26-9 and in seventh place in the Metropolitan division.
During the first period Chris Krieder scored his 26th goal of the season at 21 seconds into the period. Capitals assistant captain Nickolas Backstrom scored his 14th goal of the season at 18 minutes and 42 seconds in the first period. A few minutes later Michal Kempny scored his 6th goal of the season assisted by Brett Connolly (18th assist of the season) and Andre Burakovsky (11th assist of the season) at 19 minutes and 3 seconds. During the seconds period, Capitals Tom Wilson scored his 17th goal of the season assisted by Lars Eller (20th assist of the season) and Jakub Vrana (20th assist of the season) at 5 minutes and 9 seconds. Also, during the second period Rangers Brady Skeji scored his 5th goal of the season at 18 minutes and 18 seconds. Rangers Jimmy Vessey scored his 15th goal of the season at 18 seconds in the third period. During the third period Capitals Nic Dowd scored his 6th goal of the season at 2 minutes and 35 seconds. Nickolas Backstrom second goal of the game at 3 minutes and 1 second. Rangers Vladislav Namesikov scored his 8th goal of the season at 6 minutes and 1 second. Brady Skeji scored his second goal of the game at 19 minutes and 29 seconds assisted by Kevin Shattenick (18th assist of the season) and Mika Zibanejad (36th assist of the season) at 19 minutes and 29 seconds. In overtime, Evgeny Kuznetskov of the Capitals scored his 16th goal of the season assisted by Alex Ovechkin (28th assist of the season) and Dimitri Orlov (15th assist of the season) at 4 minutes and 20 seconds.
With a win, the Capitals play the Ottawa Senators on Tuesday at Capital One Arena.
