NEW YORK, NEW YORK - FEBRUARY 26: (l-r) Colin Blackwell #43, Chris Kreider #20 and Adam Fox #23 of the New York Rangers celebrate Kreider's second period goal against the Boston Bruins at Madison Square Garden on February 26, 2021 in New York City. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)
One of the beauties of this divisional format is that teams get to play each often. Under normal circumstances, after a beating like the New York Rangers inflicted on the Boston Bruins, they wouldn’t see each other again for weeks or even months. Now, they get to play each other barely 40 hours later.