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9 hours agoGame preview: Washington Capitals vs New York Rangers at Madison Square Garden
The Washington Capitals face a must-win Game 7 against the New York Rangers to keep their playoff hopes alive.
On the Commanders' signing DT D.J. Davidson, a source indicates the team is planning on running some defensive sets with three bigs, so adding more depth in that area was a big reason for the signing. Davidson has nose/DT flex, and imagining him playing alongside Tim Settle is attractive.
📸: RMNB Justin Sourdif gave Capitals fans one of the most fun individual efforts of the season, recording five points and scoring his first career hat trick against the Anaheim Ducks. Sourdif had fantastic chemistry with Connor McMichael and Ryan Leonard in their first game together. Now the question becomes - Can the Young Guns 2.0 keep it up against a usually-stingy defensively Dallas Stars team.
Jacob Chychrun has looked even better than he did last year when he signed his $9M extension. Well, Chychrun hasn't regressed at all, already surpassing his goals and points totals from last year; and he looks more comfortable defensively this season. Any fears people had that the Caps were buying high on an unproven player should be allayed by now.
The US and Canadian women are headed for yet another gold-medal clash, Wilson is beloved by all people far and wide, and more in today's Caps Clips. Your savory breakfast links: The American women defeated Team Sweden 5-0 yesterday, and for the seventh time in Olympic history will face Team Canada in the gold medal game on Thursday. [AP, NPR, Olympics] Meanwhile, after earning first-round byes, the US and Canadian (and Slovakian and Finnish) men will have to wait until the end of today's games to see who they'll face in the quarterfinals. [Olympics]