TONIGHT'S GAME
The Rangers play their fifth game of the 2019-20 season and conclude a back-to-back set tonight, Oct. 18, against the Washington
Capitals in a Metropolitan Division matchup at Capital One Arena (7:00 p.m. ET - TV: MSG Network, Radio: ESPN 1050 AM). New
York is concluding its first back-to-back set of the season tonight. The Rangers have 13 back-to-back sets during the 2019-20 season;
the team had 11 back-to-back sets in both 2017-18 and 2018-19. Only two Eastern Conference teams have fewer back-to-back sets
than the Blueshirts in 2019-20.
RANGERS VS. CAPITALS
- All-Time: 97-96-18-11 (53-44-9-5 at home; 44-52-9-6 on the road)
- 2019-20: Tonight's game is the first of four meetings between the Rangers and Capitals, and the first of two meetings between the two teams at Washington. Following tonight's game, the Rangers and Capitals will face each other on the following dates: Nov. 20 (at MSG), Mar. 5 (at MSG), Mar. 26 (at Washington).
- 2018-19: The Rangers posted a 0-1-3 record (0-1-1 at home; 0-0-2 on the road). All four games were decided by two or fewer goals, and three of the four contests were decided in either overtime or a shootout. The Rangers tallied at least three goals in three of four games in the season series. Brady Skjei tied for first among all skaters with three goals in the season series, while Chris Kreider (two goals, two assists) and Mika Zibanejad (one goal, three assists) each recorded four points in four games.
- All of the last nine meetings between New York and Washington have been decided by two or fewer goals. In addition, 12 of the last 13 games between the Rangers and Capitals have been decided by two or fewer goals, and seven of those 13 meetings have been decided by one goal.
- Four of the last five meetings, and five of the last seven meetings, between the Rangers and Capitals have been decided in either overtime or a shootout.