On the penalty kill side of the play, the Capitals' PK killed off all four shorthanded situations. The PK has rarely been an area of concern this season, so it's nice to see them stay consistent and keep the Rangers off the board there.

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Chris Kreider will not be in the lineup for the New York Rangers on Sunday afternoon. Things somehow keep getting worse and worse for the New York Rangers.

Speaking during ESPN's broadcast of the game on Saturday, former Rangers captain and six-time Stanley Cup winner Mark Messier did not hold back in his assessment of the team’s current state.

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The New York Rangers are trying to stay confident as their season continues to slip away. The Washington Capitals beat them 7-4 on Saturday to give them 16 losses in their past 21 games.

Dylan Strome, typically a man of many words, needed just a few to sum up the Washington Capitals’ win over the New York Rangers on Saturday afternoon at Capital One Arena.

Alex Ovechkin has been getting back in the swing of things since returning from a broken leg, and he's kept up his red-hot scoring pace. Ovechkin drove to the net and hung on to the puck before backhanding a feed past a diving Jonathan Quick for the eventual game-winning goal.