The Washington Capitals and New York Rangers meet in Game 2 of a best-of-7 Eastern Conference, 1st-round series Tuesday night. The Rangers lead the series 1-0. Puck drop from Madison Square Garden is scheduled for 7 p.m. ET (ESPN). Below, we analyze FanDuel Sportsbook’s'lines around the Capitals vs. Rangers odds, and make our expert NHL picks and predictions.
The Capitals and Rangers finished the 1st period 0-0 in Game 1, but Washington allowed three 2nd-period goals in less than a 3-minute span to fall 4-1 Sunday. D Martin Fehervary scored Washington’s lone goal as the puck deflected off his skate in front of the net.
New York made it 1-0 thanks to rookie C Matt Rempe, who is listed at 6-foot-7 and 241 pounds and is typically on the ice to be an enforcer rather than a goalscorer. LWs Artemi Panarin and Jimmy Vesey followed suit, and LW Chris Kreider added the Blueshirts’ 4th goal in the 3rd period.
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