The Rangers head into their Wednesday night series opener with the Washington Capitals with a big hill to climb. Of the 20 man roster that played in the final game of the season, only thirteen have played in the post season before.
Of those thirteen players, only four have played more than forty post season games, and only two – Chris Drury and Ruslan Fedotenko – have been on Cup winning teams.
Playoff Games
130 Chris Drury
105 Ruslan Fedotenko
101 Wade Redden
60 Vinny Prospal
51 Bryan McCabe
43 Todd White
30 Henrik Lundqvist
29 Marian Gaborik
27 Ryan Callahan (injured)
27 Dan Girardi
24 Sean Avery
23 Martin Biron (injured)
22 Wojtek Wolski
17 Brandon Dubinsky
17 Marc Staal
12 Erik Christensen
10 Derek Boogaard (injured)
6 Alexander Frolov (injured)
5 Steve Eminger
1 Artem Anisimov
0 Brian Boyle
0 Michael Del Zotto
0 Brodie Dupont
0 Evgeny Grachev
0 Matt Gilroy
0 Chad Johnson
0 Chad Kolarik
0 Ryan McDonagh
0 John Mitchell
0 Kris Newbury
0 Brandon Prust
0 Mike Sauer
0 Derek Stepan
0 Dale Weise
0 Jeremy Williams
0 Mats Zuccarello
PIT
CAR
CBJ
WSH
PHI