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The Rangers dressed 13 players this afternoon that were 25 years old or younger, the most number I can think of in recent memory. Those baby Rangers gave the defending Stanley Cup champs a run for their money, playing spirited hockey in a 3-2 shootout loss. Four of those 25 and younger players recorded points in the game, so the future is looking bright.

As for the game, the Caps pretty much owned the puck from the start of the second period, and it was the Alex Georgiev show, stealing a point for the Blueshirts. Georgiev made 37 saves, including 20 in the second period for a stellar performance. In the end, Washington’s skill won out, and Georgiev’s fun attempt to stop Alex Ovechkin’s shootout winner at least made us laugh.

Rangers 1, Caps 0

This was some tenacious forechecking by the entire Ryan Strome, Jesper Fast, and Chris Kreider line. Matt Niskanen lost Strome as he cut to the net after the puck wound up on Kreider’s stick. Easy feed to the slot and Strome finished.

Caps 1, Rangers 1

Carl Hagelin’s centering feed got stopped by Libor Hajek, but with Georgiev already moving to his right and the puck staying put, Hagelin was able to put the bad angle carom into the net.

Caps 2, Rangers 1

There really isn’t a defensive breakdown here. Marc Staal pressured Andre Burakovsky after his cut to the middle and ensured he didn’t get his shot off from the high slot. Instead his shot from the top of the circle beat Georgiev through a screen. It happens.

Caps 2, Rangers 2

This is some effort by Filip Chytil in front to get the rebound over to Pavel Buchnevich for the tying goal. It looks like John Carlson lost Buch in the process.

Shot Heatmap

The Caps owned the puck for the most part, peppering Georgiev from a lot of high danger areas. The kid stood tall.

The Rangers travel a lot coming up, with a game in Dallas Tuesday as the starting point of seven games in 12 nights, all of which require lengthy flights to get there. This is basically what Western Conference teams do regularly. Let’s see how these kids hold up.

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