{"id":235604,"date":"2021-04-26T05:52:20","date_gmt":"2021-04-26T02:52:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/new-york-rangers-playoff-pulse-keeps-getting-stronger\/"},"modified":"2021-04-26T05:52:20","modified_gmt":"2021-04-26T02:52:20","slug":"new-york-rangers-playoff-pulse-keeps-getting-stronger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/new-york-rangers-playoff-pulse-keeps-getting-stronger\/","title":{"rendered":"#New York Rangers\u2019 playoff pulse keeps getting stronger"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#New York Rangers\u2019 playoff pulse keeps getting stronger<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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The Sabres gave the Rangers the puck, and the Blueshirts took it. The Sabres gave the Rangers time and space, and the Blueshirts took that, too. If you want to deduce that the Sabres gave the Rangers the game<\/a> at the Garden on Sunday night, well, the Rangers took that, as well.<\/p>\n

And so, after the 6-3 victory achieved against a team that allowed the Blueshirts to flaunt their skill without a heck of a lot of opposition, the Rangers have returned to the fringes of the playoff race, back to within four points of the Bruins for the final divisional invite after gaining four points on Boston within 48 hours.<\/p>\n

The B\u2019s, beaten by the Sabres on Friday and by the Penguins on Sunday afternoon, still hold two games in hand. They have nine to go, as opposed to seven for the Rangers, whose final two games are set to be played in Boston on May 6 and 8. The Bruins will still have two to play following that set, one at home against the Islanders before their finale in Washington.<\/p>\n

So the Rangers in essence need to pick up at least four points on the Bruins over the next five games and then sweep Boston in regulation time. Owning the regulation wins tiebreak, that would clinch a playoff spot.<\/p>\n

The Blueshirts have another at the Garden on Tuesday against the Sabres, then a pair against the Islanders in a home and home, before two at the Garden against the Capitals preceding the trip<\/a> to Boston.<\/p>\n

The Bruins have another in Pittsburgh on Tuesday, two at home against the Sabres and two in New Jersey \u2014 read that and weep \u2014 before the Rangers come to town.<\/p>\n

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Kaapo Kakko and the Rangers easily handled the Sabres on Sunday.<\/figcaption>
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There are other configurations for the Rangers, who could leave Boston with a one-point, two-point or three-point lead and then hope the Bruins don\u2019t sweep their final two, but that would take the club\u2019s fate out of its own destiny. Which is just the situation at this very moment.<\/p>\n

\u201cObviously that means something to us to get the [Bruins] score before the game and have it be in your favor so you want to take advantage of the opportunity,\u201d said Mika Zibanejad, who recorded his third hat trick of the season, all within the last 22 games. \u201cI thought we did.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe only thing we can control is trying to win [our] games, as clich\u00e9 as it sounds, and see how far that takes us. That\u2019s our mindset right now, just focus on the next game and move on from there.\u201d<\/p>\n