It’s easy to pass blame in the Rangers five game loss during the second round of the playoffs. Before Blueshirt Nation lines up at the NHL offices to lynch the referees, though, look at the home team first.

With Philly winning in overtime 3-2 last night, the Rangers will now face the Penguins in Round 2 with games on Friday and Sunday in Pittsburgh and Games 3 and 4 at the Garden on Tuesday and Thursday.
Here’s the full schedule:
Game 1: Friday 4/25 at the Igloo 7 p.m.
Game 2: Sunday 4/27 at the Igloo [...]

Saturday’s games just made matters more complicated with Boston and Washington winning. This is good and bad for the Rangers, since they may get an opponent that’s tired and beaten up, but they still have to wait and won’t be able to prepare until those series are resolved.
That said, the Rangers now face the tricky situation where they will have [...]

Ok, the Rangers won a round and even though it’s a good thing to dispatch the Devils, the games will probably get a little harder from here on out.
For the next round, the Blueshirts will get three possible opponents depending on what happens in the two remianing series in the Eastern Conference.
The most likely opponent is the Pittsburgh Penguins, [...]

As expected, a tough period with a lot of his, a few scoring chances and no goals. Oh, there’s the penalty door issue too, but that seems to be fixed for now.
Changing things up, Brent Sutter put the Madden line out against Chris Drury, since No. 23 killed New Jersey on Wednesday. Otherwise, we saw something similar as [...]

We are back in Newark for Game 2 of the Eastern Conference Quarterfinals.
Tonight the Rangers will look to continue to take advantage of mistakes, nut must forecheck the puck into the Devils zone more. New Jersey will try to take advantage of the young New York defense, while keeping with the gameplan that worked in [...]

This hasn’t been officially announced yet, but the first two games are official
Game 1 - Wednesday 4/9 at 7 p.m in Newark
Game 2 - Friday 4/11 at 7 p.m in Newark
Game 3 - Sunday 4/13 at the Garden
Game 4 - Wednesday 4/16 at the Garden
Game 5 - Friday 4/18* at Newark
Game 6 - Sunday 4/20* at [...]

For those in Buffalo and in Canada who thought the series was over after Game 1, what are you thinking now?
A good solid win by the Rangers, who proved once again they can keep up with the Sabres, shift to shift.
Now, I know the question everyone is wondering: Did Daniel Briere score with 13.4 seconds [...]

Ok, I worked things out and I will be up in Western NY tomorrow for Game 1 and then on Friday for Game 2. So come back to the Blueshirts Scene as I will blog live from the pressbox.
Other thoughts as I pack and finish up my article on Mike Nylander for the Blueshirt Bulletin. [...]

Here’s the Second Round for the Rangers
Game 1: Wednesday 4/25 at Buffalo 7 p.m.
Game 2: Friday 4/27 at Buffalo 7 p.m.
Game 3: Sunday 4/29 at MSG 2 p.m.
Game 4: Tuesday 5/1 at MSG 7 p.m.
Game 5: Friday 5/4 at Buffalo 7 p.m.
Game 6: Sunday 5/6 at MSG 2 p.m.
Game 7: Tuesday 5/8 at Buffalo 7 p.m. 
Makes sense, [...]