Rangers stifling Alex Ovechkin on way to 1st-round advantage over Capitals

There is shutting down an opposing player and then there is what the New York Rangers have done to Washington Capitals superstar Alex Ovechkin over the first two games of their first-round playoff series. Ovechkin is one of the purest snipers hockey has ever seen — one who is never shy to shoot the puck. Ovechkin's slow start heaps on the concern for a team that was already considerable underdogs against the Presidents' Trophy-winning Rangers.