nhl Game Recap
Capitals Down New York 6-3 - Match Report
Washington skated to a 6-3 victory over New York on Monday in NHL action at Madison Square Garden.
The Capitals were a -113 favorite in the win. The combined score went OVER the total, which closed at 6.0.
Conor Sheary, Tom Wilson, Nicklas Backstrom, Nic Dowd, Daniel Sprong, and Garnet Hathaway each scored for the Capitals in the victory. Dowd opened the scoring for Washington.
Vitek Vanecek stopped 23 of 26 New York shots in the victory.
Mika Zibanejad(2), and Kaapo Kakko scored for the Rangers, finding the net behind Vitek Vanecek.
New York got a 34-stop effort from Igor Shesterkin in the loss.
On the power play, Washington went 0-for-1, while the Rangers were 1-for-4 with the man advantage.
New York lost the shots on goal battle to Washington by a margin of 40-26.