Capitals at Rangers 11/20/19 - NHL Picks & Predictions

On Wednesday, the Washington Capitals head to the Big Apple in search of their third straight victory when they play the New York Rangers. The Capitals defeated the Anaheim Ducks in their most recent outing 5-2. Alex Ovechkin scored for the Capitals, while Garnet Hathaway was given a game misconduct for spitting at an opponent during a brawl. Washington is 16-3-4 with 36 points.

Alex Ovechkin leads Washington in goals scored with 15, while John Carlson is the assists leader with 26 and points leader with 34. Braden Holtby is 11-1-3 with goals against of 2.91 and save percentage of .906. Washington is scoring an average of 3.74 goals per game while allowing an average of 2.96 per game.

The Rangers look to snap a two-game losing streak when hosting the Capitals on Wednesday. New York lost to the Florida Panthers 4-3 on Saturday in their most recent outing. Artemi Panarin, Tony DeAngelo and Ryan Strome scored for the Rangers in the loss. Henrik Lundqvist made 26 saves in net. With the loss the Rangers fell to 8-8-2 and 18 points.

Artemi Panarin leads the Rangers in goals scored with nine, in assists with 14 and in points with 23. In net, Henrik Lundqvist is 4-4-1 with goals against per game of 3.54 and saves percentage of .905. New York is scoring an average of 3.33 goals per game, while allowing an average of 3.61 per game.