\t\t\t\t\tGame information\/links<\/p>\n
Date<\/p>\n
Sunday, April 5, 2026<\/p>\n
Venue<\/p>\n
Madison Square Garden<\/p>\n
Game preview<\/p>\n
Don\u2019t look now, but it\u2019s another regular-season Game 7! Tonight, the Washington Capitals are in Madison Square Garden to take on the New York Rangers in another must-win game.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe know our backs are against the wall here,\u201d Connor McMichael<\/a> said after Saturday\u2019s emphatic 6-2 victory over the Buffalo Sabres<\/a>. \u201cIt seems like we\u2019ve got to run the table, and that\u2019s what we\u2019re prepared to do.\u201d<\/p>\n The Cockroach Caps<\/a>, as termed by Brandon Duhaime<\/a>, will look to stay alive against a Rangers team that is clicking currently. They\u2019ve won four of their last five games. Rookie Gabe Perreault<\/a> recorded his first NHL hat trick last night in a 4-1 win over the Detroit Red Wings.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n The Capitals will field the same lineup, but there will be one major change. After 10 straight starts, Logan Thompson<\/a> will sit and yield the net to backup Charlie Lindgren<\/a>. The Outlaw, who has not started since a huge road win over the Sabres on March 12 (29 saves), has a 9-7-3 record this season with a 3.29 goals-against average, a .886 save percentage, and one shutout.<\/p>\n The 32-year-old backstop has been nearly unbeatable against the Rangers in the past, winning five of six games and posting a 1.49 goals-against average, a .946 save percentage, and two shutouts. He has already beaten them twice this season, too, including a 35-save shutout on October 12.<\/p>\n At the other side of the ice, Igor Shesterkin<\/a> will get the start for the Rangers.<\/p>\n While Washington needs a win, they\u2019ve already gotten more help from teams in front of them as the Detroit Red Wings lost 5-4 in regulation to the Minnesota Wild earlier in the day. The Capitals would leap over them with a victory. Depending on the results of the games featuring Philadelphia and Ottawa tonight, it\u2019s possible the Caps could end up in the second wild-card spot with two points against NYR.<\/p>\n The stakes are HUGE.<\/p>\n Tonight\u2019s game is on national television airing on ESPN. The action will also be animated and simulcast on Disney+ and ESPN+ for the Inside Out Classic.<\/a> Read more here.<\/a><\/p>\n Goalie matchup<\/p>\n Stats<\/p>\n .886<\/p>\n .912<\/p>\n -1.0<\/p>\n +21.5<\/p>\n Record<\/p>\n 9-7-3<\/p>\n 24-17-6<\/p>\n \ud83d\udc25<\/p>\n \ud83d\udc85<\/p>\n Comment below. Refresh for live updates during the game. The thread will be closed shortly after the game is completed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Game information\/links Date Sunday, April 5, 2026 Venue Madison Square Garden Game preview Don\u2019t look now, but it\u2019s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":542835,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5111],"tags":[5,3328,35,5190,5193,4,36],"class_list":{"0":"post-542834","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york-rangers","8":"tag-hockey","9":"tag-new-york","10":"tag-new-york-rangers","11":"tag-newyork","12":"tag-newyorkrangers","13":"tag-nhl","14":"tag-rangers"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116354557721053155","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/542834","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=542834"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/542834\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/542835"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=542834"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=542834"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=542834"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}