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Article: Rangers ignite listless power play; New York nets pair of goals with extra man.(SPORTS)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- April 16, 2009
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Byline: Ben Goessling, THE WASHINGTON TIMES
Before Game 1 of the Eastern Conference quarterfinals, the thinking went that the Washington Capitals' special teams would, at worst, be able to grind out a stalemate against the New York Rangers' power-play and penalty-killing units.
The Capitals' power play, rife with snipers, was the second-best in the league this season, while the Rangers had the best penalty-kill unit in the NHL. OK, so you hope to get one goal from the man advantage and call that a success. The Rangers' power play? That didn't seem worth much worry.
New York scored on just 13.9 percent of its chances during the regular season, ...