The Washington Capitals (1-1-0) finish their two-day road trip to the New York area on Sunday night. They will visit the New York Rangers (2-1-0) at Madison Square Garden in Manhattan.
The puck drops at 7:00 p.m.
The Capitals are coming off their first win of the season one day ago. They faced the other New York team in the Islanders and left with a 4-2 victory.
Aliaksei Protas scored two goals and recorded an assist, as his three-point night matched his single-game career best. Martin Fehervary and Ryan Leonard also scored for Washington last night.
The Capitals will finish up the first of 14 sets of games on back-to-back nights this season. Washington has 15 wins on the back half of back-to-back games since Spencer Carbery took over as head coach in 2023-24. This stat ranks the Caps fourth in the NHL over that span.
Meanwhile, the Rangers are also playing their second of back-to-back games. New York crushed the Penguins in Pittsburgh 6-1 on Saturday night. The contest marked Rangers head coach Mike Sullivan’s return to Pittsburgh after taking the New York job this past offseason.
Adam Fox recorded two goals and three points in the blowout win, while ex-Capital Taylor Raddysh also scored. Goalie Igor Shesterkin notched 18 saves for his second win this year.
Expected Capitals Lines
Forwards
Connor McMichael – Dylan Strome – Alex Ovechkin
Aliaksei Protas – Pierre-Luc Dubois – Tom Wilson
Anthony Beauvillier – Hendrix Lapierre – Ryan Leonard
Brandon Duhaime – Nic Dowd – Justin Sourdif
Defensemen
Martin Fehervary – John Carlson
Jakob Chychrun – Trevor van Riemsdyk
Rasmus Sandin – Matt Roy
Goalie
Charlie Lindgren
Expected Rangers Lines
Forwards
Artemi Panarin – Mika Zibanejad – Alexis Lafreniere
Will Cuylle – J.T. Miller – Conor Sheary
Juuso Parssinen – Noah Laba – Taylor Raddysh
Adam Edstrom – Sam Carrick – Matt Rempe
Defensemen
Vladislav Gavrikov – Adam Fox
Braden Schneider – Will Borgen
Matthew Robertson – Urho Vaakanainen
Goalie
Jonathan Quick
How to Watch
TV: Monumental Sports Network
Radio: 106.7 The Fan, Capitals Radio Network
