The Rangers were unable to take advantage of four power plays but snagged a point in an overtime loss to Washington.
It was just a couple of minutes after the halfway mark at the Garden and Tom Wilson was a very angry man and he was angry at none other than Matt Rempe after the Blueshirts’ folk hero had treated Alex Ovechkin badly, at least to his Washington teammate’s taste.
"But I think there's a lot of good things to take from that game." The Rangers (31-26-5) had won four of their previous five
Washington has all but run away with the Eastern Conference as one of the most dominant teams in the NHL this season, over which they have now swept the Rangers in all three of their meetings after Tom Wilson scored with 52.3 seconds left in overtime to take a 3-2 win Wednesday night at Madison Square Garden.
The Washington Capitals are no one-trick pony, and they proved that to the New York Rangers with a thriller of a win on Wednesday.