Nick Holden (left) and Michael Grabner celebrate an empty-net goal at the end of the Rangers' 2-0 Game 1 win over the Canadiens on Wednesday in their first-round Stanley Cup Playoffs series.
Regarding the Rangers, who come home to the building in which they have lost five consecutive playoff games dating back to Game 2 of the 2015 conference finals by an aggregate score of 18-3, while at the same time going 4-4 away from the Garden:
1. So, then, Derek Stepan, would you then agree the pressure shifts to the Rangers for Sunday’s Game 3 on Broadway after allowing Friday’s Game 2 to get away with 17.