NEW YORK (AP) Alex Ovechkin and the Washington Capitals used a fast start to end a perfect road trip.Ovechkin scored his NHL-leading 45th
goal and the Capitals extended their winning streak to four games with a 4-2
victory over the New York Rangers on Monday night.T.J. Oshie
Mathew Barzal Jersey , Matt Niskanen and Evgeny Kuznetsov also scored for Washington, which went 3-0 at Detroit, Montreal and Madison Square
Garden.Nicklas Backstrom, who had four assists in a win over Montreal on
Saturday, added two more to give him 44 this season. Philipp Grubauer made 28
saves.”Tonight we got really loose in the second two periods there, they really
took it to us,” Oshie said. ”Without Grub, we might be in overtime right
now.”Washington increased its lead to five points over two-time defending
Stanley Cup champion Pittsburgh for first place in the Metropolitan
Division.”We’ve still got to keep going and keep getting points every night,”
Oshie said.Lias Andersson scored in his NHL debut and Mats Zuccarello added a
goal for the Rangers.Andersson, at 19 years
http://www.islandersfanproshop.com/authentic-nick-leddy-jersey , 164 days, became the youngest player in team history to score in his NHL debut.
He broke the mark set by Mike Allison (19 years, 195 days) on Oct. 9, 1980, at
Boston.”It feels good, obviously,” Andersson said. ”It’s always fun to score and
especially in your first NHL game, so it was fun.”The Capitals scored four goals
in the first period and cruised from there.”I think we jumped in right away,”
Ovechkin said. ”I think we had pretty good chances in the first couple of
shifts. Osh scored, Nisky’s goal is pretty sick. How he scored
Womens Wayne Simmonds Jersey , it was pretty impressive.”Oshie gave the Capitals a 1-0 lead 2:50 into the game with his 18th of the season. Backstrom
skated the puck into the zone and had three Rangers near him when he passed to
an open Oshie at the right faceoff circle and he beat Alexandar Georgiev with a
wrister.Niskanen made it 2-0 just 2:23 later. Kuznetsov skated with the puck at
the blue line and sent a backhand pass to Niskanen, who had plenty of time to
score his seventh of the season at 5:13Ovechkin scored on a one-timer on the
power play from his favorite spot in the left faceoff circle at 8:54. Georgiev
was pulled after allowing three goals on six shots.Ondrej Pavelec replaced him
and made 26 saves. It was Pavelec’s first appearance since Feb. 9 against
Calgary.Kuznetsov finished off the dominant first period with a short-handed
goal at 16:39.”We talked about this road trip,” Capitals coach Barry Trotz said.
”We’ve had really terrible starts. We put a lot of emphasis on the first period,
obviously. We were able to get their goaltender out and obviously built a
lead.”
