The New York Rangers struggled with penalties and a lack of power-play production in their 7-4 loss to the Washington Capitals. The Capitals capitalized on their opportunities while the Rangers failed to convert any of their chances.
The Rangers have been penalized at least eight minutes in each of their past eight games, including six straight with 10 or more. On Saturday, the Capitals capitalized on two of their power play s, while the Rangers didn't score on any of their opportunities. 'Just got to honestly look at the penalties that we're taking, see if there's anything — if it's the aggression, if it's the reaching,' Mika Zibanejad said. 'There's always something that leads to the penalties.
Definitely, that doesn't help. I feel like that kind of comes and goes in waves, but that's definitely something that will benefit and help us if we stay out of our zone.' On the Capitals' second stretch with the man advantage, after Brett Berard sat in the box for holding, Washington scored to tie the game at one-all at the end of the first period. Quick was furious and immediately voiced it to the refs, presumably because of all the traffic in and around the crease or Alex Ovechkin getting tangled up with Quick's stick leading up to the goal. Additionally, just 13 seconds after Sam Carrick pulled the Rangers within one, 3-2, in the second period, Ryan Lindgren was called for a delay of game for flipping the puck over the glass. Washington ultimately went 2-for-4 with the man advantage on Saturday while fending off all four of the Rangers' opportunities. After taking a timeout to further assess the goal, however, the Capitals successfully challenged for offside. The review took quite some time, but it was determined that the play was offside. 'It's too many this year for us,' Chytil said. 'Like for our line, it's already the third or fourth goal which they take away from us and it's like three goals from that they take away from him,
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