Washington Capitals defeated the New York Rangers 4-0 in the regular season game of the National Hockey League (NHL). The meeting was held at the “Madison Square Garden” stadium in New York.
Thus, the capital team won their sixth game in a row, repeating the franchise record for this indicator. Prior to that, the Capitals had won six consecutive away games in April 1984.
Markus Johansson, Erik Gustafsson, Lars Eller and Conor Shiri scored goals for Washington. Russian forward Evgeny Kuznetsov provided an assist.
Thus, Washington ranks fifth in the NHL Eastern Conference standings with 44 points. Rangers are in seventh place in the same conference with 43 points.
Former New York Rangers head coach Gerard Gallant judicial After losing to Washington, his team was trash.