Capitals drop fourth in a row

The Washington Capitals lost their fourth game in a row with their latest setback on Sunday afternoon being a 5-2 loss to Cup contenders New York Rangers.

There is just five games left in the season. Next up is a Thursday night road game at the Montreal Canadiens.

This was a game I was glad I didn’t go to as Rangers fans took over. Instead of the usual red in the stands there was the Broadway blue. K’Andre Miller struck first at 13:17. Alexis Lafreniere made it 2-0 at 15:19. Rangers led in shots after one 9-6.

In the second Kaapo Kakko made it 3-0 one minute into the period. The Caps finally got on the board with Dylan Strome’s career high 19th goal of the season at 13:23. Alex Ovechkin and John Carlson had the assists.

3-1 Rangers was the score after 40 as shots were even at eight apiece in the second.

At 5:53 in the third, Vladimir Tarasenko made it a 4-1 game. Aliaksei Protas got one back for the Capitals at 11:44 for his fourth goal of the season but that was as close as they would get. Carlson and Nicklas Backstrom had the assists.

At 14:14 Mika Zibanejad sent the New Yorkers back home happy with a power play goal. The Rangers led in shots 17-14 in the third period and 34-28 overall.

Frustrations boiled in the third period to the point where Rangers owner Tom Wilson got in a fight after Alex Ovechkin got tossed from the game. Ovechkin had a clean hit earlier in the game but Barclay Goodrow wasn’t having it. Ovechkin cross checked Goodrow. Wilson and Goodrow dropped the gloves. Martin Fehervary also got in his first fight.

Hey if the Caps won’t make the playoffs let’s have fun and fight some people while we’re at it. I guess that’s the mindset of the guys on the ice because they should just forfeit these five games.