WASHINGTON — Rick Nash led the Rangers with 42 goals this season but had yet to find similar success in postseason play. Nash scored just once in the team’s first 10 playoff games and not at all through the first five games of this second-round series against the Washington Capitals.
Nash finally ended that frustration with a crucial goal in Game 6 on Sunday night. He scored 54 seconds into the third period to give the Rangers a two-goal lead on a night when they finally showed some punch on offense and tied the series at three games apiece with a 4-3 victory over the Capitals.