He had performed admirably, arguably the Washington Capitals’ best player Sunday afternoon at Madison Square Garden. But in what became a goaltending duel between Grubauer and New York’s Henrik Lundqvist, Grubauer and the Capitals were bested, 2-1, by the Rangers. “It could have been 5-0 [Rangers] in the first.”Instead, it was tied in the third period until the Rangers took a lead with 11:23 left in the game. They peppered Lundqvist with 22 shots on goal while limiting the Rangers to 11 of their own over the final two periods. As Sunday’s game went on, the Capitals started to feel like the team they were before their vacation from the ice.

Source: Washington Post February 19, 2017 20:21 UTC