The smallest player on the ice came up huge and the resilient Rangers are going to the second round of the Stanley Cup playoffs.
Mats Zuccarello, who led the team with 59 points during the season, scored twice in the second period on Saturday — one on the struggling power-play — to rally the Rangers to a 3-1 victory in Game 6 at Madison Square Garden and eliminated the Montreal Canadiens from the postseason.
It was the third straight win for the Blueshirts, who will next face either the Ottawa Senators or the Boston Bruins. The Senators lead the series 3-2 with Game 6 on Sunday afternoon in Boston.