Rempe, Rangers Frustrating Capitals Physically in First-Round Series

The looks on the faces of the Washington Capitals, including forwards Alex Ovechkin and Tom Wilson, said so much. Throughout Game 2 of their opening-round playoff series against the New York Rangers, both players – and several of their teammates – wore expressions of frustration and ire as the Blueshirts recorded a 4-3 victory April 23 that gave them a two-games-to-none-lead. For all the struggles that Washington has had dealing with the Rangers' significantly deeper roster through the first 120 minutes of this postseason clash, it's the Blueshirts' physicality that had to come as a shock to the Caps, a perennially big and brawny outfit that's given their opponents to the northeast plenty of problems over the years.