Day: April 22, 2008

It’s down to the Canadiens and Penguins for the Rangers opponent in the next round. If The Capitals complete their improbable comeback tonight, they’ll face the Penguins, and the Rangers will play Montreal. If the Flyers win, then the Rangers will head west to Pittsburgh.

Whatever the case, the Rangers will likely know who they face at around 9:30pm Eastern tonight…barring of course overtime.

Since the Penguins came into the league back in 1967-68, the two teams have met in the finals just three times. In each of those three series, the Penguins have come out victors, winning in 1989 4-0, again in 1992 4-2 on the way to their second Stanley Cup and again in 1996 by the tune of 4-1.

Only one player still in the NHL played in both those series, and ironically enough he now plays for the Rangers. Jaromir Jagr played in 1992 as a rookie, and teamed up with Mario Lemieux in 1996 to get 19 points between the two of them in just five games.