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The Rangers held a 1-0 lead for nearly two
periods before Ovechkin took over. He scored twice in just over
three minutes to give the Capitals a hard-earned victory.
New York had to play without coach David Quinn -- and assistants
Jacques Martin, David Oliver and Greg Brown -- for a second
straight game as they all are on the COVID protocol list. They
are expected to miss Saturday's game in Washington also.
Instead, Hartford Wolf Pack head coach Kris Knoblauch took over
for a second straight game. Associate head coach Gord Murphy and
associate general manager Chris Drury served as his assistants
The Rangers were coming off a 9-0 victory versus Philadelphia
and came up with several scoring chances in this contest,
outshooting the Caps 33-18.
Goalie Alexandar Georgiev had struggled recently but played well
for a second straight game. Georgiev posted a 26-save effort in
the Flyers' game and wasn't tested as much in this contest, but
still finished with 16 saves.
Washington goalie Vitek Vanecek continued his strong rookie
season with 32 saves and kept his team in the game until the
third-period rally. The Rangers tested him several times, and
Vanecek kept coming through.
Still, New York took a 1-0 lead 16:42 into the game when Artemi
Panarin beat Vanecek on a shot from the left circle. The Rangers
held that lead until Ovechkin came through in the third period.
Ovechkin worked his way through traffic and poked a rebound past
Georgiev with 6:42 left in the game, tying the score at 1. Then,
with 3:33 remaining, the Washington captain did it again,
flipping a backhand rebound of a John Carlson shot into the net
from nearly the same spot as the first goal.
Ovechkin now has scored goals in five straight games.
--Field Level Media
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