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New York Rangers come up short in a 5-2 loss to the Capitals

By Steve Paulus

WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 18: Henrik Lundqvist #30 of the New York Rangers makes a save against T.J. Oshie #77 of the Washington Capitals in the first period at Capital One Arena on October 18, 2019 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Patrick McDermott/NHLI via Getty Images)
WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 18: Henrik Lundqvist #30 of the New York Rangers makes a save against T.J. Oshie #77 of the Washington Capitals in the first period at Capital One Arena on October 18, 2019 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Patrick McDermott/NHLI via Getty Images) /
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WASHINGTON, DC – OCTOBER 18: Washington Capitals right wing T.J. Oshie (77) celebrates after scoring in the first period against New York Rangers goaltender Henrik Lundqvist (30) on October 18, 2019, at the Capital One Arena in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Mark Goldman/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
WASHINGTON, DC – OCTOBER 18: Washington Capitals right wing T.J. Oshie (77) celebrates after scoring in the first period against New York Rangers goaltender Henrik Lundqvist (30) on October 18, 2019, at the Capital One Arena in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Mark Goldman/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) /

My three players of the game

  1. Henrik Lundqvist kept the team in the game, especially in the second period. Not only did he stop a penalty shot, but he made a series of key saves.  Victimized numerous times by odd man rushes, Hank stood tall.   It seems like it’s last year all over again.
  2. Pavel Buchnevich was demoted to the second line and played like he didn’t like it.   He had three shots and scored the power play goal.  The bad part is the second line was victimized on on even strength and the empty net goal.
  3. The Brendans, both Smith and Lemieux, share the third star for their physical play.  They gave to the Capitals as good as they got and it was a good comeback for Lemieux and more of the same from Smith.

The official three stars

  1. T.J. Oshie
  2. John Carlson
  3. Michal Kempny

Next up

The Rangers have one day off and return with a 1pm Sunday match against the Vancouver Canucks.  The Canucks are off to a 4-2 start and will be playing back to back games.

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