The New York Rangers have found themselves in a 2-1 series hole, despite winning Game 1 and being up 3-2 in Game 2 with 18 seconds left to play.
Both games in Montreal were far better than whatever Game 3’s effort level was, although no one would consider those great games by the Rangers. Henrik Lundqvist has been leaned on heavily (and has been brilliant), and left out to dry often. The defense has been as much of an issue as we thought they’d be, but it doesn’t matter with the offense being relatively nonexistent.
There’s been a lot of talk about how the Rangers — and the coach is at the center of this -- are playing a much heavier game in this series than they have been all year.