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Rangers badly need a win in Game 2

Neil Best

Neil Best first worked at Newsday in 1982, then returned in 1985. His SportsWatch column debuted on Sept.

PITTSBURGH — The Rangers really could use a win Saturday, much like every other team in the history of sports that lost the first game of a best-of-seven series.

The actuarial tables are straightforward on this. During the 11-year Henrik Lundqvist Era, the Rangers have won only one of six series in which they fell behind 2-0.

But the fact is, for this team the truism is truer than ever.

Start with the opponent.