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The New York Rangers are taking on the Washington Capitals inside Madison Square Garden Wednesday night. The Rangers are coming off a 4-0 shutout win over the New York Islanders Monday and are 31-26-4 on the season.

Tom Wilson fought Brady Tkachuk late in the first period, scored on the power play in the second and assisted on Martin Fehervary’s goal in the third to help the Washington Capitals end their season-worst losing streak at three games by beating the Ottawa Senators 5-4 in a shootout.

Tkachuk tied it with 1:08 left with a 6-on-4 goal to get the Senators a point. The Capitals killed off their seventh minor penalty of the game in overtime when they were whistled for too many men on the ice.

Tom Wilson fought Brady Tkachuk late in the first period, scored on the power play in the second and assisted on Martin Fehervary’s goal in the third to help the Washington Capitals end their season-worst losing streak at three games by beating the Ottawa Senators 5-4 on Monday night in a shootout.