The New York Rangers have released a statement about the $5,000 fine Tom Wilson received for roughing Pavel Buchnevich on Monday.
In the statement, the team calls Wilson’s actions “dangerous and reckless” and declare they want George Parros removed from his role at the Department of Player Safety.
By Peter Hassett 2 years ago
The Washington Capitals played well shorthanded roster-wise and eventually took down the now fully eliminated New York Rangers 6-3. But, at what cost?
The Caps outshot the Rangers 40 to 26 and out-attempted them at five-on-five 46 to 31.
By Chris Cerullo 2 years ago
Alex Ovechkin returned to the lineup on Monday after missing the previous four games due to a lower-body injury. He didn’t last long before being forced to leave again.
Ovechkin skated one 39-second shift in the Capitals’ 6-3 win over the Rangers. As he attempted to check Artemi Panarin and then peel back up ice, Ovechkin’s right skate got awkwardly got tangled with the Breadman’s. Ovechkin, in discomfort, immediately left the ice and went down to the locker room where the Capitals announced he was out for the game.
So what happened?
By Ian Oland 2 years ago
The New York Rangers were officially eliminated from playoff contention after their 6-3 loss to the Washington Capitals on Monday. But after the game, much of their focus was on the second-period line brawl that saw the two teams scrum after a Vitek Vanecek goal-line save.
Tom Wilson caused the most havoc, punching Pavel Buchnevich in the head, body-slamming Artemi Panarin to the ice, and taunting the Rangers with a macho man routine from the penalty box. Panarin left the game with a lower-body injury and would not return.
The Rangers had harsh words for Wilson postgame.
Some corrupted bastardization of the Washington Capitals summoned an eldritch win over the New York Rangers on Monday night. In a hockey year that has been hockey weird, this game was downright spooky.
There were lot of goals from the shambolic revenants who think they still play Caps hockey. For starters, Nic Dowd scored a rush goal, and Conor Sheary added on with a nifty assist from Michael Raffl.
Mika Zibanejad ended the first period and began the second period with a pair of goals, as he always does against Washington. The Rangers took the lead off Kaapo Kakko’s stick, but Garnet Hathaway tied it up late.
Four minutes into the third period, Daniel Sprong pulled off some more elite moves to restore Washington’s lead. Our only good son Nicky Backstrom fended off two Rangers D to extend the lead. Tom Wilson added an empty-netter.
Caps win.
By Peter Hassett 2 years ago
The Washington Capitals and New York Rangers got in a line brawl in the second period after Vitek Vanecek went to the splits to make a goal-line stop on Pavel Buchnevich during a Caps penalty kill.
As the play was whistled dead, Tom Wilson punched Buchnevich in the side of the head as the Rangers’ forward laid defenseless and face down on the ice.
Things deteriorated from there.
By Ian Oland 2 years ago
Alex Ovechkin returned to the Capitals lineup for the first time in four games, but he’s already left the ice.
After taking one shift, Ovechkin left the game and went down to the locker room. The Capitals later announced during the first intermission that he would not return due to a lower-body injury.
By Ian Oland 2 years ago
Alex Ovechkin and John Carlson will return to the lineup against the New York Rangers on Monday after missing four and two games respectively. Both players had undisclosed lower-body injuries.
While that’s good news, the Capitals will still end up playing one man short tonight. TJ Oshie is missing the game due to personal reasons while Evgeny Kuznetsov and Ilya Samsonov were suspended by the team due to disciplinary reasons.
Here’s a head-scratcher: Forward Evgeny Kuznetsov and goalie Ilya Samsonov will not play in tonight’s game against the Rangers.
The Caps say the decision for them not to play was a “team decision” for “disciplinary reasons.”
Uh oh.
By Peter Hassett 2 years ago
The Washington Capitals and New York Rangers will do battle twice in a row in The Big Apple and the first of those two games is tonight. The big news is that the Caps and Rangers could be missing a combined seven regulars when they take the ice.
They’ll drop the biscuit at 7 PM and Peter has your recap.
By Chris Cerullo 2 years ago
