NHL Note - Washington Capitals Niskanen, Matt

Dec 9, 2017 - 8:48 AM D Matt Niskanen scored the go-ahead goal with 3:32 remaining in the Capitals' 4-2 victory over the Rangers on Friday night. With the score tied 2-2, Alex Ovechkin fired from the point. Henrik Lundqvist made the save, but Niskanen, in front of the net with Wilson rather than at the point, poked home the rebound. "Backstrom and Ovechkin were coming high, so I was running out of space to stand," Niskanen said. "It's a little rotation play that a lot of teams run now and we've been doing it for a couple of years. It's the first time it's worked out for me." It was the first goal of the year for Niskanen, who missed 13 games earlier in the season with an upper-body injury.