Artem Anisimov scored the first of three Rangers goals during a 3½-minute span early in the second period, and New York routed a frustrated Alex Ovechkin and the slumping Washington Capitals 7-0 tonight.
Henrik Lundqvist made 29 saves in his fifth shutout of the season and Ryan Callahan scored twice in the third period as the Rangers handed Washington its sixth consecutive defeat.
Mired in a scoring slump, Ovechkin got in a rare fight when he went toe-to-toe with New York’s Brandon Dubinsky in the second period.
After the two-time NHL MVP threw a hip check on Dan Girardi in the offensive zone, Ovechkin skated up ice and dropped his gloves to go at Dubinsky.