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5 Things to Know: Rangers at Capitals

April 5, 2017

BY: DAVID KOLB
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NEW YORK RANGERS (47-26-6) @ WASHINGTON CAPITALS (53-18-8)
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The Rangers head to the Nation’s Capital to take on the best team in the NHL tonight.

1 Where They Stand

Rangers Stepan Capitals Backstrom Road 102216

Tonight, the Rangers travel to Washington to face the Capitals for the fourth time this season.
New York is 3-3-4 in the last 10 games.
The Blueshirts are 27-10-2 on the road during the 2016-17 season.
The Rangers currently own the first Wild Card slot in the Eastern Conference with 100 points.

2 Who's Hot

Derek Stepan picked up a pair of assists in Sunday’s 4-3 win over the Philadelphia Flyers.
The Blueshirts’ center takes the ice with five points in his last five games.
Stepan has 16 goals and 38 assists for 54 points, including two assists in three contests vs. the Capitals this season.

3 Say What?

“They’ve all been playing through certain bumps and bruises. So we can at this time give them a couple days here, but I’m not exactly sure how things are going to unfold here.”

— Alain Vigneault

4 Did You Know?

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Alex Ovechkin has recorded 44 points (29 goals, 15 assists) in 47 career games against the Rangers and has scored a goal in 11 of his last 13 games against New York (13 goals).

5 Must-See Video

Al Trautwig and Steve Valiquette break down the success of the Rangers’ power play

Arda’s Words on a Blog

Stray From The Path Guitarist Bleeds Rangers Blue

Arda’s Words on a Blog

Google “Tom Williams Stray From The Path” and the first image that comes up is the guitarist playing on stage in a New York Rangers Ryan McDonagh jersey. Tom himself did not know this, so he laughs when he hears of this for the first time. “That’s sick! It’s from Warped Tour, probably,” Tom tells […]

Apr 5, 2017

Rangers Game Report

Short-Staffed Rangers Battle NHL-Best Caps

Rangers Game Report

The Rangers are in the Nation’s Capital tonight to face the Caps for the fourth and final time in the regular season. The Blueshirts will take the league’s best road record of 27-10-2 into Verizon Center where the Capitals have the league’s best home record at 31-6-2. The Capitals closed out a five-game road trip […]

Dave Maloney

Apr 5, 2017

According to Carp

9 Observations As Playoffs Approach

According to Carp

1. It sure isn’t an easy closing three. The Rangers, who have had trouble manufacturing emotion and desperation recently, due to having their playoff seeding virtually locked up for weeks, will play three desperate opponents. Wednesday they’re in DC, where the Capitals are looking to lock down the Presidents’ Trophy and home-ice throughout the playoffs. […]

Rick Carpiniello

Apr 4, 2017