Highlights and lowlights from the Rangers’ 3-0 Game 1 loss to the Panthers on Wednesday night in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Final:
1. Matthew Tkachuk
Florida’s superstar was everywhere in this one, scoring the opening goal, laying hits and making his impact felt all over the ice.
2. Sergei Bobrovsky
The players in front of Bobrovsky made his night easy, but the netminder was sterling whenever called into action, including a toe save on Mika Zibanejad as time expired in the second period.
3. Aleksander Barkov
Barkov, the Selke Trophy winner, was all over the place defensively, doing the bulk of his work against a Rangers’ top line that never seemed to get going.
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Key stat
14:23: Time elapsed between shots on goal for the Rangers after the 1:55 mark of the second period.
Quote of the Day
“It boils down to playing north-south hockey. … That’s the kind of hockey they played and we didn’t.”
— Chris Kreider