After the upsetting loss to the Boston Bruins in which they gave up a three goal lead to lose in regulation, the Capitals took a rare one game stop in New York City. The Capitals also, for the first time in years, went with 11 forwards and seven defensemen. The strangeness of the lineup didn’t help though as they fell to the Rangers 2-4 (with an empty netter).
Capitals lines vs NYR (11F/7D):
Ovechkin-Backstrom-Wilson
Vrana-Oshie-Panik
Hagelin-Dowd-Hathaway
Sgarbossa-Sprong
Chara-Carlson
Dillon-TvR
Orlov-Jensen
Sigenthaler
Vanecek— Samantha Pell (@SamanthaJPell) February 4, 2021Plus: Seeing that classic Ovechkin goal was just so darn good to see (and moved him further up the list of all-time goal scorers).