They took care of Pittsburgh’s Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin in the first round. Now the Rangers will have their hands full with a familiar foe in Washington’s Alex Ovechkin.
When the Rangers and Capitals begin their second-round series Thursday night at Madison Square Garden, it will mark the fourth playoff series between the two in the last five years, and the fifth in the last seven.
While there are several players who have been through the most recent battles, there are only so many constants that date back to the 2008-09 first-round series, which Washington won in seven games.