Capitals Tie Rangers in Preseason Action

The Washington Capitals skated to a 2-2 tie with the New York Rangers on Day 10 of the preseason. The Capitals dominated the game, but could not find the scoring touch for the winning goal. Washington is now 1-2-2 in the exhibition schedule.

New York started quickly in the first period when Orpik scored from Nash and Kilger at 2:02. Washington fought back and upped the tempo after the goal, and they finally scored at 15:31. Patrick Marleau netted the goal from Mikael Renberg. The Capitals outshot the Rangers 18-11 in the period.

The second period started with an early penalty to the Rangers when Blake ran Manny Legace in the Washington net. The Capitals made New York pay when Artem Chubarov scored from Todd Warriner and Michal Rozsival on the power play at 3:20. Both teams had another power play chance in the period, but neither could score with the extra man.

The action took a physical turn in the third period. First Zigmund Palffy and then Rob Blake took minors for Washington. Blake was also ejected after boarding Ribeiro and injuring him. A penalty to each team midway through the period setup a 4-on-4 situation where the Rangers tied the game. Lukowich was the scorer from Ponikarovsky and Vaananen at 10:31. Both teams took a pair of minors each after the goal, but nobody managed to scored the winning goal.

Legace stopped 23 shots for Washington. Mike Dunham made 36 saves for New York.

The Capitals are back in action on Day 11 in New Jersey.