So I’m excused from column duty today thanks to the busiest day sports day of the year approaching on Saturday, which means I can spend more time here dissecting what I saw – and what the Rangers saw and felt – during and after their last-second, 2-1 Game 1 defeat to the Capitals on Thursday night.
Coming out of Friday afternoon’s light, 20-minute practice in Greenburgh, here is what was seen and heard as the Blueshirts prepared for Game 2 on Saturday at 12:30 p.m. at the Garden:
FIERY COACH
Alain Vigneault gave one of his best press conferences of the season on Friday, after having the overnight to process and review film of Game 1.