Jakob Chychrun, Aliaksei Protas and Pierre-Luc Dubois scored, Logan Thompson made 18 saves and the NHL-leading Washington Capitals beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 4-1 on Saturday night for their fourth consecutive victory.

There was something vintage about this, about the way Chris Kreider faded toward the high slot after the Rangers won a faceoff midway through the third period Thursday.

Strictly speaking in numbers; yes the New York Rangers, who currently occupy the eighth wild card spot for playoff contention in the Eastern Conference, can mak

No. 31 then closed out the evening by denying Adam Fantilli and Marchenko to give the Rangers their first shootout win in a game that ended 0-0 after overtime since they defeated the Washington Capitals on Dec. 27, 2017. They are 5-3 all-time in such games, including 4-2 at the Garden.

Jakob Chychrun, Aliaksei Protas and Pierre-Luc Dubois scored, Logan Thompson made 18 saves and the NHL-leading Capitals beat the Penguins

Vincent Trocheck scored the only goal of the shootout, Igor Shesterkin stopped 27 shots and New York Rangers beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 1-0.

The Edmonton Oilers signed veteran defenseman John Klingberg for the rest of the season. Follow this tracker for the latest NHL news.

Pittsburgh Penguins goaltender Alex Nedeljkovic scored the 19th goalie goal in the history of the National Hockey League.

Not long after media posted on social media that Sebrango would play because of a facial injury suffered by top defenceman Thomas Chabot in Tuesday’s 2-0 win over the New York Islanders, his mother received a call from her son that she may want to make her way to Ottawa.

The Daily is chock full of news and note son the New York Rangers and how they flipped the script on early-season failures, as well as taking a spin around the NHL, including another NHL record for Alex Ovechkin.

They’re now 3-4-3 since the Christmas break, partially due to a major uptick in quality chances allowed at five-on-five; they were at 2.18 per 60 heading into the holiday, fourth-best in the NHL. In the 10 games since, though, they’re over 2.5.

Vincent Trocheck was the lone scorer in a shootout win for the Rangers over the Blue Jackets on Saturday night.