This is a night on which worlds collide, when Rangers Past confronts Rangers Present while Rangers Future remains an embryonic concept.
And this 2017-18 Garden finale is a night for old times’ sake to merge with “Auld Lang Syne” because Dan Girardi and Ryan McDonagh are coming back home.
Sing no sad songs, though, for the sidekicks who had about as good a run on Broadway as Max Bialystock and Leo Bloom. For they come to town with their new team from Tampa Bay locked in a battle for the Eastern Conference’s first seed while their old team can only bemoan the fates while its competitive nature costs it percentage points almost by the day in the lottery drawing.