NHL Playoff Schedule: Rangers vs. Capitals Schedule

I feel like we've danced this dance before, no?

The schedule for the New York Rangers' second round match up with their all-too-familiar foes, the Washington Capitals, has been released. As many of us were already expecting and anticipating, Game One will be played on Thursday night at the Garden. Once again the Rangers will have to find a way to contain the machine that is Alex Ovechkin, Nicklas Backstrom, and the Caps' power play in order to take another step towards lifting the Cup.

This will be the fifth time in seven years that the Blueshirts and Caps have crossed paths in the postseason. There might not have been much of a rivalry between these franchises ten years ago, but given all of…