The Washington Capitals (39-29-9) finished their weekend set of back-to-backs. They will visit the New York Rangers (32-26-9) at Madison Square Garden on Easter Sunday.
The puck drops at 7:00 pm ET.
In addition to the game being shown on ESPN, you can also watch Capitals-Rangers on Disney Channel, Disney XD and Disney+. There will be an alternate "Inside Out Classic" animated broadcast with characters from the Disney/Pixar film inside out.
The Capitals are off to a strong start with a 6-2 home win over Buffalo on Saturday. Washington opened the game with three goals against a Sabers team that had already clinched their spot in the playoffs since 2011.
The Capitals also got help from other teams to keep their playoff hopes alive with five games remaining. The team is now one point behind the second wild card spot in the Eastern Conference.
The Capitals' three first-period goals ended Buffalo netminder Alex Lyon's night early. Then Rasmus Dahlin and Beck Malensteen cut the Sabres' deficit to 3–2.
Nevertheless, Aliaksei Protas, Ryan Leonard and Tom Wilson scored three more goals to seal it for the Capitals. Logan Thompson also made his 10th consecutive start and stopped 37 of 39 shots that came his way.
Meanwhile, the Rangers have not achieved much this season under new head coach Mike Sullivan. While they enter Sunday's game in last place in the East, New York has gone 4-1-0 in their last five games.
The last time the Capitals visited Madison Square Garden was October 12, which was also the second half of a back-to-back set. Washington won 1–0 thanks to 35 saves by Charlie Lindgren and a second-period goal by Anthony Beauvillier.
Expected Capitals Rows
Ahead
Aliaksei Protas - Dylan Strome - Alex Ovechkin
Connor McMichael - Pierre-Luc Dubois - Tom Wilson
Anthony Beauvillier - Justin Sourdiff - Ryan Leonard
Brandon Duhaime - Hendrix Lapierre - Ethan Frank
defenseman
Martin Fehrvary - Rasmus Sandin
Jacob Chykrun - Trevor van Riemsdyk
Cole Hutson - Matt Roy
goalkeeper
charlie lindgren
logan thompson
Expected Rangers Lines
Ahead
Gabe Perreault - Mika Zibanejad - Alexis Lafreniere
Ty Carthaye - JT Miller - Connor Sherry
Will Quile - Vincent Trocheck - Johnny Brodzinski
Adam Sikora - Noah Laba - Jaroslav Chmeler
defenseman
Vladislav Gavrikov - Adam Fox
Drew Fortescue - Braden Schneider
Matthew Robertson - Will Borgen
goalkeeper
Igor Shesterkin
jonathan quick
how to see
TV: ESPN, Disney Channel, Disney XD, Disney+
Radio: 106.7 Fan/Caps Radio Network
