Caps/Rangers Highlights:
My Thoughts:
*Tom Wilson ended up being the forward that came out for Andre Burakovsky to make his return to the lineup. Wilson had had a couple of games where he wasn't playing as well as he was before. But Barry Trotz has done this with all the young players this season.
*Alex Ovechkin played well and scored to bring the Caps within 1 goal, but again the Caps didn't even have a chance to tie the game with the penalties.
*Evgeny Kuznetsov scored his 4th of the season to get the scoring going for the Caps.
*The Caps had 21 shots in the 3rd period, and if you watched the game they were a totally different team in the 3rd then in the first two period. No doubt in my mind if the Caps played a solid 3 period game they would have atleast had the game go into overtime. Can't play one period and beat the Rangers. With that said they almost came back from it.
*Rick Nash is having again a great season, he scored two goals an assist and was the difference I guess. First goal was shot off him, second goal Holtby gets 9 out of 10 times. Not to take away from the player that Rick Nash is but he got a little bit of luck last night, but that's hockey.
*At the end of the day it's one regulation loss in the last 10 games, and the team was playing on back to back nights against a team that was sitting at home waiting for them. Not that New York is a bad team, we all know how good they can be. However, the Caps did not have their best on the ice last night for the entire 60 minutes. They came to play in the 3rd but that wasn't enough, but still a lot of positives about the Caps going into the Christmas break.
*The Caps are off until Saturday when they are in Pittsburgh to take on the Pens. Till then to all hockey fans out there have a safe and Happy Holidays! If you miss hockey don't forget a Episode 2 of the Epix Road to the Winter Classic series aired last night.
Whats Next: Sat. Dec. 27 at. Pittsburgh 7:30 p.m on NBCSN
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