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Teams of destiny create their own. It’s time for the Rangers to do that tonight. It’s time for the Rangers to lay down a Game 6 hammer on the Caps and put an end to this conference semifinal.
This isn’t as much about creating breathing space before the Eastern finals as it is about playing with authority, not allowing a vulnerable opponent to get off the mat and, ultimately, showing the finish required of champions.
It’s about the Rangers picking up not only where they left off in Monday’s memory-making Game 5, 3-2 overtime victory that registered Seven Point Six on the Richards Scale (the time of Broadway Brad’s tying goal was changed yesterday from 19:53 to 19:52 because there were 7.6 seconds showing on the official clock)...
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