The New York Rangers can celebrate Christmas with a little extra enthusiasm after a five-goal third period carried them to a 7-3 victory over the Washington Capitals at Capital One Arena on Tuesday night.
Goals by Taylor Raddysh and Alexis Lafreniere 68 seconds apart turned one-goal deficit into a 4-3 lead. Vincent Trocheck then sandwiched two goals around an empty-netter by Artemi Panarin to ensure that the flight back home would be a happy trip for a team that finished a stretch of seven games in 11 days with a 4-3-0 record, with the four wins coming in the final five games.