"The Washington Capitals had hoped to head into the holiday break on a high note. Rookie Ryan Leonard was set to rejoin the lineup after losing seven games to a shoulder injury, giving them back a key piece of their forward corps, and a new set of lines had shown promise despite a loss in Detroit over the weekend. Facing the rival New York Rangers at home on Tuesday, the Capitals held a 3-2 lead through forty minutes."
""Call it 22 games ago...we're a .500 team in the Eastern Conference, which is sitting near the bottom," he said. "So we had to get ourselves back into the fight. We went on a run and ended up winning 10 of whatever it was. Now we've hit a bit of a skid where we're playing okay, but not getting the results that we need to. So, okay, you reset. We sit where we are. We are who we are."
The Washington Capitals returned rookie Ryan Leonard from a seven-game shoulder absence and adjusted lines after a loss in Detroit. Washington led 3-2 through two periods against the New York Rangers but allowed five goals in the final 11:50, falling 7-3. The team is 1-4-2 over its last seven games, has been outscored 14-28, and has surrendered five-plus goals four times during a tight Eastern Conference playoff race. January is expected to be a defining stretch because of a challenging upcoming schedule, and Leonard’s return should provide additional scoring help; he earned two assists in his first game back.
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