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Chris Drury scored his first goal since opening night, and Henrik Lundqvist earned another shutout as the Rangers went on their first winning streak of the season by beating the Washington Capitals 2-0 on Thursday night. Lundqvist made 31 saves and has been a big reason why the Rangers have done well early in the year.
Henrik has allowed 20 goals in playing all 12 games and already has three shutouts this season, 10 in his three-year NHL career. New York (5-6-1) has won 2 straight and is 3-1 on its six-game homestand despite scoring a league-low 21 times during the young season.
Lundqvist made back-to-back monster saves late in the second period, and robbed Viktor Kozlov in the first with a big pad stop that had the young center shaking his head. The crowd chanted his name as the final seconds ticked off.
Michal Rozsival added a goal for the Rangers in the third period, on a 5-on-3 power play.
Washington had a chance to get back into it with under 8 minutes left when defenseman Fedor Tyutin was given a double minor for hooking and slashing. The Rangers were 4-for-4 on the penalty kill and have allowed only one goal in their last 27 short-handed situations.
The Capitals lost for the seventh time in nine games following a 3-0 start that had them thinking of getting back to the playoffs for the first time since 2003. They have already dropped both this season's road meetings with the Rangers in a three-week span.
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Olie Kolzig was sharp in making 26 saves for Washington, which hasn't won at Madison Square Garden since 2004. He even shook off being run into several times, including a collision with Drury in the first period that flattened Kolzig on his back.
Drury, who was signed along with Scott Gomez to a big free-agent contract in the summer, got the shaft of his stick on a drive by rookie defenseman Marc Staal in the second period to give the Rangers a 1-0 lead at 6:47.
It was the first NHL point for the 20-year-old Staal, whose brothers Eric (Carolina) and Jordan (Pittsburgh) are already star forwards in the NHL.
Drury had the winning goal and two assists against Florida in his Rangers debut but then fell into the scoring slump that has plagued the entire New York team. Jaromir Jagr has only two goals this season, and Brendan Shanahan has three -- two of which came Tuesday night in a 3-1 win over Tampa Bay.
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