joel ward

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The Washington Capitals will look for the close out when they travel to face the New York Rangers in Game 6 of their best of seven NHL Playoff series with a pro hockey game on Sunday afternoon. The Capitals and Rangers begin from Madison Square Garden in New York City at 4:30PM Eastern Time and CNBC will provide the live national television broadcast. The NHL game six odds from this pro hockey game has the home side New York Rangers favored by -135 odds with the return on the road underdog Washington Capitals at +125 odds. The goal total is lined at 5 goals. The Capitals take a 2-1 series lead off their 2-1 home overtime victory against the New York Rangers as a -125 betting odds favorite. The game finished under the total of 5 goals. Each team has won on home ice in this first round best of seven Eastern conference playoff series. New York struck first in game five as Brian Boyle scored at even strength at 53 seconds of the first period. Joel Ward strikes the equalizer on the power play at 7:44 of the second period. Mike Riberiro strikes home a rebound at 9:24 of the overtime period to put the Capitals within one win of the second rounds of the playoffs. Washington outshot the Rangers by a 35-25 margin and won 12 more face-offs. The Capitals converted on 1 of 2 power play opportunities on Friday while the Rangers go 0 of 4 on the man advantage. The Rangers won their home games in this series by identical 4-3 scores. Four of the five games have been decided by one goal with two overtimes games all won by Washington.