Rangers fall in OT to the Caps 5-4

Maybe its a cold stretch. Maybe its fatigue. But Henrik Lundqvist is allowing a lot of rubber to cross the line. Tonight marked the 3rd time in the last four games, that he allowed 4 or more goals. Albeit it was on 35 shots, Henrik hasn't been the Henrik we all know and love. He was great in the first period only allowing 1 goal on 17 shots. He allowed 4 goals on the next 18 shots, and a very savable one at that, that gave the Caps a 4-3 lead in the third. Brendan Shanahan did all he could, scoring one and dishing out 2 assists. Martin Straka, doubled his goal output scoring twice to give him 4 on the season.

"I'm not sure if I'm disturbed or perturbed. We just weren't very smart," Rangers coach Tom Renney said. "I thought we handled the puck poorly, we managed it poorly, we had disjointed line changes, we had defensemen caught out for 2-minute shifts because we couldn't get out of our own end."

That should also, be put into effect, as what Renney said was dead on. Seemingly every period, the Rangers were caught up in their own end for one and a half to two minutes at a time. The Rangers got caught on a slow line change in the 2nd, when Alex Ovechkin had a breakaway, but was denied against Lundqvist. Ovechkin scored his 22nd of the season after a deflection off a Mike Green slapshot. And once again Jaromir Jagr wasn't that great....shocking.