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| CAPITALS (16-3-4) at RANGERS (8-8-2) 8 p.m. ET; NBCSN, TVAS The GameNicklas Backstrom will miss his first game of the season when the Washington Capitals play the New York Rangers at Madison Square Garden on Wednesday. Backstrom, the Capitals center who has 18 points (four goals, 14 assists) this season, is out with an upper-body injury and considered day to day, coach Todd Reirden said. The Capitals are 8-0-1 in nine road games since Oct. 12. The nine-game road point streak is the longest in the NHL this season. The Rangers are coming off back-to-back road losses to the Tampa Bay Lightning and Florida Panthers. They are 3-1-1 in their past five home games. Players to watchCapitals forward Alex Ovechkin needs one power-play goal to tie Hockey Hall of Famer Teemu Selanne (255) for third place in NHL history. Rangers forward Artemi Panarin has 17 points (five goals, 12 assists) in an 11-game point streak, the longest of his NHL career. They said it"We've been pretty fortunate here over the years, not too many guys have been out of the lineup, but when someone did have an injury, the guys that came in did a phenomenal job. … It's a great opportunity for everybody to get out there and show what they can do." -- Capitals forward Tom Wilson "We've just got to avoid those mistakes where we think offense when we just have to manage the game. We went up 3-2 [against Florida] and as our tendency has been throughout the season we start cheating. … We've been addressing it." -- Rangers coach David Quinn Capitals projected lineupAlex Ovechkin -- Evgeny Kuznetsov -- Tom Wilson Jakub Vrana -- Lars Eller -- T.J. Oshie Richard Panik -- Michael Sgarbossa -- Travis Boyd Beck Malenstyn -- Chandler Stephenson -- Brendan Leipsic Michal Kempny -- John Carlson Dmitry Orlov -- Radko Gudas Jonas Siegenthaler -- Nick Jensen Braden Holtby Ilya Samsonov Scratched: Tyler Lewington Injured: Nicklas Backstrom (upper body), Nic Dowd (upper body), Carl Hagelin (upper body) Suspended: Garnet Hathaway Rangers projected lineup Artemi Panarin -- Ryan Strome -- Jesper Fast Chris Kreider -- Filip Chytil -- Pavel Buchnevich Brendan Lemieux -- Brett Howden -- Kaapo Kakko Tim Gettinger -- Greg McKegg -- Brendan Smith Libor Hajek -- Jacob Trouba Brady Skjei -- Tony DeAngelo Ryan Lindgren -- Adam Fox Henrik Lundqvist Alexandar Georgiev Scratched: Micheal Haley Injured: Mika Zibanejad (upper body), Marc Staal (ankle) Status reportHathaway was suspended three games by the NHL for a spitting incident involving Anaheim Ducks defenseman Erik Gudbranson on Monday. ... Malentstyn is expected to make his NHL debut after being recalled from Hershey of the American Hockey League on Wednesday. … Eller will move up from the third line to replace Backstrom. … Sgarbossa, who hasn't played in the NHL since the 2016-17 season, was recalled Wednesday and will take Eller's spot on the third line. … Gettinger will make his season debut after being recalled from Hartford of the AHL on Sunday. … Zibanejad will miss his 10th consecutive game. Stat packLundqvist is one win from tying Curtis Joseph (454) for fifth place in NHL history. … Carlson has 11 points (one goal, 10 assists) in a seven-game point streak. … Holtby is 10-0-1 in his past 11 starts, a stretch that started with a 5-2 win against the Rangers on Oct. 18. |
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Location: 17 miles from MSG | Kakko to Lemu for a nice chance |
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Location: 17 miles from MSG | The Garden ice looks slippery  |
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Location: 17 miles from MSG | Tony D showed some speed with a nice hustle back play |
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Location: USA | was nice defense by Deangelo...prevented any kind of serious shot |
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Location: 17 miles from MSG | Kaao and Lemu with another chance, but no shot |
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Location: USA | Howden line getting chances, finishing not a strong point so far |
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Location: 17 miles from MSG | skjei with 2 nice physical plays |
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Location: 17 miles from MSG | shots Caps 6-3 |
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Location: 17 miles from MSG | The official caught one in the mouth |
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Location: 17 miles from MSG | Furman South #44 a new ref |
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Location: 17 miles from MSG | Gettinger wearing #26 |
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Location: USA | Yeah, Rangers have looked pretty good, shots not a good indication of the flow of play |
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Location: 17 miles from MSG | Hank with a nice break away save |
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Location: 17 miles from MSG | Fish - 2019-11-20 8:31 PM
Yeah, Rangers have looked pretty good, shots not a good indication of the flow of play
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Location: USA | It's like Howden, Kakko and Lemieux have been playing for months together....really look a threat |
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| Rangers holding their own. Trouba takes a lick. |
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Location: 17 miles from MSG | Fish - 2019-11-20 8:35 PM
It's like Howden, Kakko and Lemieux have been playing for months together....really look a threat
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| That could be huge if that line gelled and could play together for a extended time, really sets up the other two lines with Zib, Strome, Panarin, Kreider, Chytil, and Buchnevich. |
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Location: 17 miles from MSG | outside post and a top of the x bar for the Caps |
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Location: USA | The Rangers have had several really grade A chances, and have not connected right in front cleanly |
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Location: 17 miles from MSG | dirty lip Oshie with ringing more metal |
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Location: USA | Power play for Rangers...who else in the box but Tom Wilson |
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| Who is this annoying doc emerick wannabe Washington announcer? |
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Location: USA | Shots 10-9 Caps after one, Lemieux had the best chances for the NYR and got 2 of those shots |
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Location: 17 miles from MSG | Rangers win the first period 0-0, shots 10-10 |
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| Three Chings lol. Wilson a bonehead.
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Location: 17 miles from MSG | Rranger - 2019-11-20 8:50 PM
Three Chings lol. Wilson a bonehead.
He is, but once he gets 2 minutes he takes a free borderline shot at Buch knowing they will never call a second penalty. Free hits on the Russian. |
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Location: 17 miles from MSG | Panarin with a PPG , so far worth the money 1-0 |
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| Buchnevich was not happy. |
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| Strome could have walkedright in there. |
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Location: 17 miles from MSG | Caps with constant interference |
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| Nice pp by Panarin. Rangers have had some goodpuck movementon the pp for awhile now,.
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Location: 17 miles from MSG | Howden needs to gain some weight |
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Location: 17 miles from MSG | Blockehead kreider with 2 weak passes in front of hank |
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Location: USA | McKegg with an offensive tripping call in a one on one situation, not a good one to take |
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Location: 17 miles from MSG | looks like a weak call on McKegg by the rookie ref |
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| Rangers getting bounced all over the arena tonight. |
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Location: 17 miles from MSG | 4th pipe |
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| McKegg didn’t have to do much to get that penalty. |
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Location: 17 miles from MSG | Rranger - 2019-11-20 9:20 PM
McKegg didn’t have to do much to get that penalty.
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Location: USA | Do wonder about the ice, been a lot of misplays tonight...from both teams, might just be that there's not much time to do anything, but seems like there's been some unforced errors too |
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| It’s pretty tight out there not a lot of room. Washington is a pretty polished group. |
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Location: USA | Kakko a shift there with Chytil and Kreider...will be worth watching to see if it's a one off |
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Location: 17 miles from MSG | Howden Smith Lemu out there now |
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Location: USA | Smith now out with Howden and Lemieux....Buchnevich sitting? |
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| I think Strome would say he’s playing the best hockey of his NHL career. |
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Location: 17 miles from MSG | gettinger with a shot!!!! |
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Location: 17 miles from MSG | Rranger - 2019-11-20 9:35 PM
I think Strome would say he’s playing the best hockey of his NHL career.
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Location: 17 miles from MSG | effin interference again by the caps |
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Location: 17 miles from MSG | ovechkin interfered and then tripped Lemu, only charged with the trip |
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Location: USA | Lemieux another good chance, and then the Rangers on their heels for about a minute before Ovechkin takes an offensive-zone tripping call |
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| x10003q - 2019-11-20 6:38 PM
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I think Strome would say he’s playing the best hockey of his NHL career.
Quick, trade him
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| Big third coming up. End this Cap streak over the Rangers. |
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| I really like Howden line, Lemieux is going to keep working his ass off until he adds some offence to his game. |
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Location: 17 miles from MSG | not much of a PP. This pp is a lost opportunity |
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Location: 17 miles from MSG | another pp for the rangers |
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Location: 17 miles from MSG | Panarin off a Kakko shot rebound 2-0 |
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| Yeah baby, watch the drops Braden. |
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| Nice work by Chytil and Buch. |
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Location: 17 miles from MSG | Chytil looks like he belongs in the NHL now |
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| McKegg has to shoot that one off the pass.
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McKegg has to shoot that one off the pass.
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Location: 17 miles from MSG | Howden finally finds himself alone in front of holtby off a blind pass from Buch 4-1
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| Howden needed that goal, should give his confidence a boost. He’s had a good game. |
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Location: 17 miles from MSG | Lemu holds his own with Wilson |
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| Lemieux did well in that tilt with meathead. |
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| Lemieux being able to do that makes Haley all the more expendable.
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| Flashes of good solid hockey are becoming more and more prevalent. This team’s play is on a steady growth. Slower than we would all like but very evident. Another night where a lot of guys were pulling on the oars, a nice effort. |
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Location: NYC & Charlotte, NC | Rranger - 2019-11-20 10:49 PM
Flashes of good solid hockey are becoming more and more prevalent. This team’s play is on a steady growth. Slower than we would all like but very evident. Another night where a lot of guys were pulling on the oars, a nice effort.
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| This team showed some moxie last night. The young guys are developing confidence and a bit of an attitude. So cool to watch. Reminds me of the late 70's and early 80's group.
Kreider and Trouba are stepping up in the leadership roles. Kreider's hip check on Wilson, just before the fight with Lemieux, was a nice message being sent by a player who has not used his size and strength enough in his career. Perhaps he's waking up. Only took him 8 years.
The Caps targeted Buchnevich, Howden and Hajek all game. I thought they stood up well against some big guys who knocked them down. They refused to back down and never shied away from further contact. They took hits to make plays, and Howden got the last laugh with the goal that sealed the game. Their maturation is going well.
Lemieux is the player I've wanted on this team for years. If he wasn't a Garden favorite before last night, he is now after his fight with Public Enemy #1, Tom Wilson. That is shaping up to be a great rivalry within the rivalry with those two guys. |
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| PV29 - 2019-11-21 8:24 AM
This team showed some moxie last night. The young guys are developing confidence and a bit of an attitude. So cool to watch. Reminds me of the late 70's and early 80's group.
Kreider and Trouba are stepping up in the leadership roles. Kreider's hip check on Wilson, just before the fight with Lemieux, was a nice message being sent by a player who has not used his size and strength enough in his career. Perhaps he's waking up. Only took him 8 years.
The Caps targeted Buchnevich, Howden and Hajek all game. I thought they stood up well against some big guys who knocked them down. They refused to back down and never shied away from further contact. They took hits to make plays, and Howden got the last laugh with the goal that sealed the game. Their maturation is going well.
Lemieux is the player I've wanted on this team for years. If he wasn't a Garden favorite before last night, he is now after his fight with Public Enemy #1, Tom Wilson. That is shaping up to be a great rivalry within the rivalry with those two guys.
I caught myself thinking he was Claude Lemieux watching him skating last night, very similar. Brendan was a helluva a get for Gorton one that will be remembered for a long time, he’s got a tremendous future with so much more growth to come in his game. I think he’s got 25 goal a year potential and he could get there playing with Howden and Kappo. Definitely a exciting kid line to get Ranger fans excited. Plus it leaves Zib, Strome, Chytil, Kreider, Buchnevich, and Panarin to make up two more solid lines. |
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| scthockey2294 - 2019-11-22 7:31 AM
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This team showed some moxie last night. The young guys are developing confidence and a bit of an attitude. So cool to watch. Reminds me of the late 70's and early 80's group.
Kreider and Trouba are stepping up in the leadership roles. Kreider's hip check on Wilson, just before the fight with Lemieux, was a nice message being sent by a player who has not used his size and strength enough in his career. Perhaps he's waking up. Only took him 8 years.
The Caps targeted Buchnevich, Howden and Hajek all game. I thought they stood up well against some big guys who knocked them down. They refused to back down and never shied away from further contact. They took hits to make plays, and Howden got the last laugh with the goal that sealed the game. Their maturation is going well.
Lemieux is the player I've wanted on this team for years. If he wasn't a Garden favorite before last night, he is now after his fight with Public Enemy #1, Tom Wilson. That is shaping up to be a great rivalry within the rivalry with those two guys.
I caught myself thinking he was Claude Lemieux watching him skating last night, very similar. Brendan was a helluva a get for Gorton one that will be remembered for a long time, he’s got a tremendous future with so much more growth to come in his game. I think he’s got 25 goal a year potential and he could get there playing with Howden and Kappo. Definitely a exciting kid line to get Ranger fans excited. Plus it leaves Zib, Strome, Chytil, Kreider, Buchnevich, and Panarin to make up two more solid lines.
He is THE perfect bottom 6 winger in today’s NHL.
20 goal potential, gritty, responsible
Just reminds me of a Claude, Bickell, Hollweg, Prust hybrid
You can give him shifts with Panarin, Kakko, Buchnevich for protection & he will hold his own. Couldn’t be more pleased.
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