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Game Date:
02/24/2019
12:30pm EST
Lines:
New York +1.5
Washington -1.5
Total:
Over
6.5 (+100)
Under 6.5 (-120)
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NY Rangers and Washington Thread
Team Tweets & News Articles
The Washington Capitals appeared to be running on empty as they sputtered toward the end of their season-high six-game road trip. With under 24 hours to refuel after a grueling 12-day trek, the Capitals look to put it in gear on Sunday afternoon when they bid for their fifth straight victory versus the visiting New York Rangers. The Capitals boasted a 6-2-1 mark in their previous nine contests and had won three of five games on the road trip before dropping a 5-2 decision to Buffalo on Saturday afternoon. Continue to Article
February 23, 2019 6:24:pm EST
Forward Carl Hagelin has faced Alex Ovechkin and the Capitals so often in the playoffs, the speedy, defensive specialist didn't require an introduction upon practicing with his new teammates. ”It feels like I already know the guys on a personal level,” Hagelin said Friday after practicing for the first time with Washington after being acquired in a trade with Los Angeles a day earlier. ”I know what Washington is all about,” he added, referring to the six times he's faced the Capitals in the playoffs during his seven NHL seasons. Continue to Article
February 23, 2019 9:15:am EST
With many (most) teams around the NHL in need, and not enough right-handed blue-liners to go around, one of the most coveted was plucked off the market on Friday. The Washington Capitals acquired defenceman Nick Jensen from the Detroit Red Wings, in exchange for Madison Bowey and a 2020 second-round pick. The Capitals also receive a fifth-round pick in the transaction. Continue to Article
February 22, 2019 2:39:pm EST
David Backes didn't know what to think when Boston Bruins coach Bruce Cassidy called his number in the sixth round of a shootout Wednesday night against the Vegas Golden Knights. So, he didn't. Instead, Backes took instruction from teammate Brad Marchand, skated in stick side on veteran goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury and scored the game-winner low-glove side to lift Boston to a 3-2 win over the Golden Knights for the Bruins' season-high seventh straight victory. Continue to Article
February 21, 2019 2:13:am EST
Have a Caps question you want answered for next week's mailbag? Greg C. writes: Last year, we heard a lot about the Caps pulling on the rope together. There are a lot of nervous Caps fans out there over the way this season has gone and that has led to some speculation like this, that the team isn't all on the same page. Continue to Article
February 20, 2019 4:06:pm EST
