{"id":455915,"date":"2022-06-01T07:21:57","date_gmt":"2022-06-01T04:21:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/rangers-facing-biggest-nhl-playoff-test-yet-in-lightning\/"},"modified":"2022-06-01T07:21:57","modified_gmt":"2022-06-01T04:21:57","slug":"rangers-facing-biggest-nhl-playoff-test-yet-in-lightning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/rangers-facing-biggest-nhl-playoff-test-yet-in-lightning\/","title":{"rendered":"#Rangers facing biggest NHL playoff test yet in Lightning"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a23e9d545d1a\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a23e9d545d1a\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/rangers-facing-biggest-nhl-playoff-test-yet-in-lightning\/#%E2%80%9CRangers_facing_biggest_NHL_playoff_test_yet_in_Lightning%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Rangers facing biggest NHL playoff test yet in Lightning&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CRangers_facing_biggest_NHL_playoff_test_yet_in_Lightning%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Rangers facing biggest NHL playoff test yet in Lightning&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Of course the competition is going to get tougher as the playoffs progress, but the Rangers are staring down the throat of the beast of the NHL in the Eastern Conference final, which will begin at the Garden on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>The Lightning are a ferocious team that is gunning for its third consecutive Stanley Cup, which if accomplished would make them the first club to do so since the Islanders\u2019 dynasty in the 1980s. With scoring threats on every line, a two-way defense corps and an instinctive competitor in goal, Andrei Vasilevskiy, the Lightning are at the top of the NHL food chain.<\/p>\n<p>Toronto, which was arguably one of the best squads in the East coming into the playoffs, pushed Tampa Bay to seven <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a>s before losing its seventh-straight playoff <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">series<\/a> since 2004. Part of the curse that has hovered over the Maple Leafs for years has been drawing the Lightning in Round 1.<\/p>\n<p>In the second round, the Lightning made the Panthers look like house cats in a four-game sweep, during which Florida scored a single goal in each of the first three games before Vasilevskiy shut them out in the series-clincher.<\/p>\n<p>If the Rangers were considered even with the Penguins and underdogs against the Hurricanes, many probably think they\u2019re in way over their heads in the upcoming bout with the Lightning.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTime will tell,\u201d Ryan Strome said of going up against Tampa Bay, which is a seasoned group in comparison to the Rangers, who are experiencing this together for the first time. \u201cI think the last month we\u2019ve really understood what it takes to win and how hard that commitment is to winning.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019re a good team, they\u2019ve done it for a reason. They\u2019ve proven time and time again. But our job is to try to knock them off.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>These Rangers, however, have the type of intangibles that can allow them to overcome just about anything. Every championship club in any sport has a special dynamic \u2014 and the Rangers have just that. Oh, and they have Igor Shesterkin, who is probably the only goalie who can go save-for-save with Vasilevskiy.<\/p>\n<p>After clinching the second-round series in Raleigh, N.C., on Monday night, Adam Fox talked about the Rangers\u2019 team-bonding <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trip<\/a> at the beginning of the season and how incredibly close the group has become. There\u2019s an extraordinary way about how the young players look up to the veterans, and there\u2019s an endearing way about the veterans\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>reciation of the young players.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"712\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/1241010907-e1654048123776.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Rangers forward Chris Kreider scores a goal and celebrates in Game 7 of the second round of the 2022 Stanley Cup Playoffs against the Hurricanes on May 30, 2022 at PNC Arena in Raleigh, North Carolina.\" class=\"wp-image-22482631\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/1241010907-e1654048123776.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/1241010907-e1654048123776.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/1241010907-e1654048123776.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Rangers forward Chris Kreider celebrates after scoring a goal in Game 7 against the Hurricanes.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">NHLI via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>They compete for one another, believe in one another and that camaraderie comes through in their play. Those factors can\u2019t be coached, but can make a team a champion.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it\u2019s everything,\u201d Chris Kreider said of the Rangers\u2019 belief in themselves. \u201cGuys love playing with this group. It\u2019s a really tight-knit group. You see everyone trying to do the little things to help us win hockey games because you want to keep playing.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignright\">\n    <\/aside>\n<p>At this point, given how the Lightning have dominated in recent playoffs, maybe that\u2019s exactly what it\u2019ll take to beat Tampa Bay.<\/p>\n<p>The last time the Rangers faced the Lightning in the playoffs was the last time they made it to the conference final, back in 2015 when they lost to Tampa Bay in seven games. Kreider pointed out that the Rangers had all the experience in that series, having played in six Game 7s since 2012, but they still lost in that winner-take-all final contest.<\/p>\n<p>The Rangers will have to be better than their best selves to defeat the Lightning. But if the NHL has learned anything about this group over the course of this season, it\u2019s that the Rangers can make it happen.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think experience matters and having guys who have been there and know what it takes to win matters,\u201d Kreider said. \u201cAt the same time, we had those guys on our team [in 2015]. At the end of the day, it\u2019s a hockey game. It\u2019s a 60-minute battle between 20 guys on one side and 20 guys on the other side.\u201d\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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