Playoffs 2023-24 ECQF #4: Rangers @ Washington Capitals — Break Out the Brooms; It's Cleaning Time!

[Phil]

EASTERN CONFERENCE QUARTER FINALS
GAME #4 — 4/28/23

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Location: Capital One Arena — Washington, D.C.
Time: 8:00 PM
TV: MAX, MNMT, MSGSN, MSG
Radio: 98.7 FM, 107.1 FM, 710 AM, Sirius XM

USEFUL LINKS:

Coverage: @NYP_Brooksie • @StapeAthletic • @ColinSNewsday • @vzmercogliano • @MollieWalkerr

Team Official: @NYRangers • NYR on Instagram

Official Team Websites: nhl.com/rangers • nhl.com/capitals

 

GameCenter - here

Series Preview - here

 

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SERIES SCHEDULE:

  

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Team Leaders:

Goals:

Assists:

Points:

+/-:

PIM:

TOI/G (D):

TOI/G (F):

Vincent Trocheck, Chris Kreider (2)

Mika Zibanejad (4)

Mika Zibanejad, Vincent Trocheck (5)

Adam Fox, Jacob Trouba, Barclay Goodrow (+3)

Braden Schneider (10)

Adam Fox (21:59)

Vincent Trocheck (22:39)

Starting Lineup:^

Chris Kreider A / Mika Zibanejad A / Jack Roslovic
Artemi Pınarın A / Vincent Trocheck / Alexis Lafrenière
Will Cuylle / Alex Wennberg / Kaapo Kakko
Jimmy Vesey / Barclay Goodrow A / Matt Rempe

 

Ryan Lindgren / Adam Fox A
K'Andre Miller / Braden Schneider
Erik Gustafsson / Jacob Trouba C

 

^Subject to change

Starting Goaltender:

Igor Shesterkin
 

GS:

REC:

SV%:

GAA:

SO:

3

3-0-0

.933

1.67

0

Healthy Scratches:

Jonny Brodzinski, Louis Domingue, Adam Edstrom, Chad Ruhwedel, Zac Jones

Injuries, Suspensions, Misc:

Filip Chytil [LTIR] — He is risen?

Blake Wheeler [LTIR] — Leg snapped like a twig; Out for season

 

 

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Team Leaders:

Goals:

Assists:

Points:

+/-:

PIM:

TOI/G (D):

TOI/G (F):

Five of 'em (1)

Tom Wilson (2)

Tom Wilson (3)

Dylan McIlrath (+2)

Tom Wilson (14)

John Carlson (29:34)

Tom Wilson (20:58)

Starting Lineup:^

Alex Ovechkin C / Connor McMichael / T.J. Oshie A
Aliaksei Protas / Dylan Strome / Tom Wilson A
Max Pacioretty / Hendrix Lapierre / Sonny Milano
Beck Malenstyn / Nic Dowd / Ivan Miroschnichenko

 

Martin Fehervary / John Carlson A
Alexander Alexeyev / Dylan McIrath

Lucas Johansen / Trevor van Riemsdysk

^Subject to change

Starting Goaltender:

Charlie Lindgren
 

GS:

REC:

SV%:

GAA:

SO:

0

0-3-0

.864

3.77

0

Healthy Scratches:

Michael Sgarbossa, Nicolas Aube-Kubel

Injuries, Suspensions, Misc:

Nick Jensen [DTD] — Upper-body injury
Rasmus Sandin [DTD] — Upper-body injury

Vincent Iorio [DTD] — Upper-body injury; Shoulder was dangling

 

Ethan Bear [IR] — Personal reasons; out indefiniteely
Nicklas Backstrom [IR] — Hip injury

 

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QUOTE(S) TO NOTE:

“All the noise outside doesn’t always come in. I think [after Game 3] we were at the hotel just hanging out talking, no one’s really talking about [Matt Rempe’s hit] or hockey or anything that really goes into that. It’s just friends hanging out being together, and a lot of the outside noise, I guess, just stays outside."

— Jacob Trouba on the Rangers' focus and mentality going into game four

GIF to HYPE:

 

[Br4d]

8pm start is nice.  I'll be able to watch most of the game instead of just the second half.

[RJWantsTheCup]

No reason to not get the sweep.  Caps are running out of defensemen  and have very little offense.  Lindgren’s mystique in goal has run out too.  Carlson is playing over 30 mins a game and is going to get tired eventually.  Just don’t let up.  

[Sod16]

It will be interesting to see whether the Caps are more interested in winning the game or chasing Rempe around.  This could get ugly if we're up by more than a goal in the third period.

[Valriera]

No reason we can’t sweep them but also you’d have to imagine the caps get one at home. Still, would love to take care of business here and go home 

[siddious]

 

LETS GO RANGERS!!!

 

Edited April 28 by siddious

[Br4d]

Obviously winning a game and moving on to the next round is what we want.

 

That said one of the downsides of the President's Trophy is that if we sweep all 4 rounds we'll never have a celebration at home.

[Dem]

Curb Stomp these fuckers out tonight! Hope the isles win a couple more n take it seven w double OT every night

Edited April 28 by Dem
Adding curb to the stomp for extra emphasis

[RangersIn7]

Finish these guys tonight!

 

LGR!

[siddious]

52 minutes ago, Br4d said:

Obviously winning a game and moving on to the next round is what we want.

 

That said one of the downsides of the President's Trophy is that if we sweep all 4 rounds we'll never have a celebration at home.

I’ll take that trade off any day

[Albatrosss]

5-1 Caps

Trouba with a cross ice pass

[phillyb]

[RangerDanger]

Play our game, dont get baited into the extracurricular crap, avoid penalties, and no injuries......we got this.

[phillyb]

3 hours ago, Br4d said:

Obviously winning a game and moving on to the next round is what we want.

 

That said one of the downsides of the President's Trophy is that if we sweep all 4 rounds we'll never have a celebration at home.

But the parade down Broadway counts. 

[Karan]

3 hours ago, RJWantsTheCup said:

No reason to not get the sweep.  Caps are running out of defensemen  and have very little offense.  Lindgren’s mystique in goal has run out too.  Carlson is playing over 30 mins a game and is going to get tired eventually.  Just don’t let up.  

 

 

[Dem]

25 minutes ago, phillyb said:

But the parade down Broadway counts. 

I'll be on the train to come up if that comes to pass!!

[Dem]

[4EverRangerFrank]

LFGR! Soooooooo ready for this game. Keep the workmanlike attitude going. 

[BlairBettsBlocksEverything]

Started boozing for a 9am soccer game so today is a marathon. 
LGR

[BrooksBurner]

1 hour ago, Karan said:

 

 

Major win for the Caps. Instead of a bad team, with the fortifications they will now upgrade to a bad team

[BlairBettsBlocksEverything]

2 minutes ago, BrooksBurner said:

Major win for the Caps. Instead of a bad team, with the fortifications they will now upgrade to a bad team

Yeah those are decent players. Not huge difference makers though. I put money on rangers in 5 but I think tonight my bet loses 

[BlairBettsBlocksEverything]

4 hours ago, Br4d said:

Obviously winning a game and moving on to the next round is what we want.

 

That said one of the downsides of the President's Trophy is that if we sweep all 4 rounds we'll never have a celebration at home.

Idk there’s a lot of good teams in the west I’m sure they could stretch it to 5 against us 

 

I’ll take 16-1 playoff record 

[RodrigueGabriel]

Interesting that both Florida and Carolina blew their clinch games yesterday, leaving NYR with the opportunity to be the only one of the 8 1st round series to sweep. That said, not a lock by any means. The Caps are going to want to goon it up to reassert themselves, but they're dead if they make too many trips to the box. Pressure is all on them. 

 

Sprung for the lower section (was not super pricey), so I'll be up close and personal. 

[Dem]

54 minutes ago, BlairBettsBlocksEverything said:

Started boozing for a 9am soccer game so today is a marathon. 
LGR

Can't say you drank all day if you didn't start in the morning!! Go after it Blair

[Dem]

43 minutes ago, BlairBettsBlocksEverything said:

Yeah those are decent players. Not huge difference makers though. I put money on rangers in 5 but I think tonight my bet loses 

Rempe will surely paralyze or concuss at least one of them by the end of the second