NEW YORK — Ok’Andre Miller scored two objectives and added an help to steer the New York Rangers to a 5-1 win over the Washington Capitals on Wednesday evening.
Igor Shesterkin made 25 saves for New York (24-8-1), which has received consecutive video games and five-out-of-six.
Alexis Lafreniere, Artemi Panarin and Braden Schneider additionally scored for the Rangers, and Mika Zibanejad – taking part in in his 800th NHL sport – added two assists.
Washington fell to 17-10-5 with the loss. Anthony Mantha scored the Capitals’ lone aim, and Darcy Kuemper stopped 26 photographs.
For Washington and New York, it was their first sport after the NHL’s three-day vacation break. And as such, within the first interval, the longtime Metropolitan Division rivals appeared like two groups who had been returning to sport motion with out having practiced.
Mantha opened the scoring at 4:12 within the second interval by whipping a shot from the highest of the left circle which beat Shesterkin quick aspect.
The aim was the eleventh of the season for Mantha, and prolonged his level streak to 4 video games.
Washington’s lead lasted for lower than three minutes.
Miller tied the sport 1-1 at 7:03 by lifting a backhander over Kuemper’s stick.
New York took a 2-1 lead on Panarin’s energy play aim 5:05 later. The Rangers left-winger one-timed Vincent Trocheck’s feed from the left faceoff dot over Kuemper’s glove.
The Rangers completed the sport 1-for-3 on the person benefit, and killed each Washington energy performs. New York additionally outshot Washington, 31-26.
Schneider prolonged the result in 3-1 simply 40 seconds after Panarin’s go-ahead aim when his floater from simply contained in the blueline beat Kuemper stick aspect.
A majority of the Capitals’ scoring possibilities had been comparatively innocent, nevertheless, Shesterkin needed to make a spectacular sliding save on Ivan Miroshnichenko’s tip 6:24 into the third to maintain the lead at 3-1.
Miller’s second of the sport stretched the benefit to 4-1 30 seconds after Shesterkin’s cease.
Lafreniere’s tenth aim of the season at 11:15 ended the scoring.
UP NEXT
Capitals: Visit the New York Islanders on Friday.
Rangers: Visits Florida on Friday.
