nhl Game Recap
Capitals Fall 5-2 Against New York - Game Recap
The Rangers earned a 5-2 victory over the Capitals on Sunday at Capital One Arena.
New York was favored by -124 and came through for bettors backing them. The game went OVER the consensus closing total of 6.0.
New York got goals from K'Andre Miller, Kaapo Kakko, Alexis Lafreniere, Vladimir Tarasenko, and Mika Zibanejad in the victory. Miller opened the scoring at 13:17 of the first period.
Igor Shesterkin stopped 26 of 28 Washington shots in the victory.
Dylan Strome, and Aliaksei Protas scored for the Capitals, finding the net behind Igor Shesterkin.
Washington got a 29-stop effort from Darcy Kuemper in the loss.
New York scored 1 times on 4 chances on the power play, while Washington went 0-for-2 with the man advantage.
Washington lost the shots on goal battle to New York by a margin of 34-28.
New York heads into a battle against the Lightning. Washington, meanwhile, will have their next action against Montreal.