New York at Washington

The Washington Capitals dropped the first two in this series at home. Then, with their backs to the wall they went to New York and won easily 4-0. They completely outplayed the Rangers in game four, out-shooting them by 39-19. Unfortunately, they ran into a hot goaltender on the night, and were turned away in a 2-1 defeat. This is a team that has dropped more than two in a row at home only once all season, and I would expect the effort here to resemble games three and four. Like the Caps at home, the Rangers only managed to win three in a row on the road just one time during the regular season, and are just 9-22 in their last 31 as a road dog. The Caps are 37-16 in their last 53 home games, and they won't go down in this series without a fight. I'll go with the Caps here.