Day: May 31, 2022

The Rangers are going to the Eastern Conference Final!  This has been a remarkable year for the New York Rangers, qualifying for the playoffs and winning their first playoff series for the first time since 2017.  And now, returning to the Eastern Conference Final for the first time since 2015, when they were denied a return to the Stanley Cup Finals by the Tampa Bay Lightning.

It’s a remarkable run, for a team that seems to defy the odds, coming back to win 27 of their 52 regular season wins.  Coming back from 1-3 and 0-2 series deficits in the playoffs – including after trailing 0-2 in Games 5 and 6 of the first round against Pittsburgh.  In Raleigh, they broke a seven game winning streak by the home team in their building.