The New York Rangers played one of their most satisfying games of the season, defeating the Washington Capitals in a game that they could easily lost just two weeks ago. They took the lead and held it with a dedicated forecheck, excellent goaltending, timely scoring and another outstanding penalty kill. They overcame some horrific refereeing, a fluke goal and a classic Ovechkin slapshot to win.
The Rangers’ defense is getting better and better. That despite the fact that they had a new third pairing of Tony Bitetto and Libor Hajek. Trouba was a physical presence and K’Andre Miller continues to play like a veteran. The Adam Fox-Ryan Lindgren tandem continues to excel as well.
David Quinn was pleased with the effort. “I like how hard we’re defending, good sticks in the d-zone. We did a good job managing the game…we had guys step up. we earned he win tonight. We deserved the two points.
Every game it seems like a new hero stands up for the Blueshirts and in this game it was Tony Bitetto who scored a highlight second period goal. It was an unexpected result from an unexpected player. There were no bad Ranger players in this game, it was a true team effort and they deserved the two points.