The situation for the "Washington Capitals" is becoming increasingly critical: this is already their sixth loss in the last seven games, significantly complicating the team's chances of making the playoffs.
The team captain, Alexander Ovechkin, was unable to break his goalless streak, which has reached eight games, and he has not scored points in the last five games. Nevertheless, he continued to be active on the ice, delivering body checks. "Washington" managed to take the lead thanks to goals from John Carlson, Dylan Strome, and Alexey Protas, but in the third period, the "Rangers" responded with five unanswered goals, with the decisive goal scored by Alexis Lafrenière from a pass by Artemi Panarin.
