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WASHINGTON \u2014 So listed here are the Rangers simply over a yr later, carrying the same 2-0 series lead<\/a> into Sport 3 of the primary spherical.\u00a0
It\u2019s a distinct season, a distinct opponent and totally different circumstances, however the Blueshirts are face-to-face with the identical alternative they grossly underdelivered on final season en path to a stinging seven-game defeat by the hands of the Devils. 
To the Rangers, that’s for the skin world to make a giant deal about. 
As a result of contained in the locker room, the Rangers aren\u2019t permitting themselves to see any correlations to previous disappointments.
There\u2019s too distinct a distinction between the then and now to take action. 
\u201cI feel there\u2019s a distinct really feel within the locker room,\u201d Jimmy Vesey mentioned after follow at MSG Coaching Heart on Thursday earlier than the workforce caught a flight to Washington. \u201cWe all know what we’ve to do, how we’ve to play [and we\u2019re] a yr older and I\u2019d say a little bit extra organized this yr. 
\u201cWe\u2019re up 2-0, nevertheless it\u2019s nonetheless the NHL, it\u2019s going to be a tough series.<\/a> It\u2019s at all times hardest to shut a workforce out.\u201d
This Rangers core is aware of that final assertion higher than most.
They weren\u2019t simply in the identical spot a yr in the past, additionally they blew the 2-0 collection lead they took over the Lightning within the Japanese Convention last two years in the past. 
In truth, the Rangers haven\u2019t taken a 3-0 lead in a playoff collection since they swept the Atlanta Thrashers within the first spherical in 2007.
The Thrashers at the moment are the Winnipeg Jets, to place that timeline in perspective.
And because it pertains to their historical past with the Capitals, the 2009 first-round matchup noticed the Rangers fail to capitalize on 2-0 and 3-1 collection leads earlier than Washington received in seven.
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That was the collection when head coach John Tortorella was suspended for Sport 6 after memorably squirting water and throwing the water bottle at a fan within the Washington stands throughout Sport 5. 
Historical past says the 2-0 series lead<\/a> hasn\u2019t bode properly for the Rangers, however gamers at the moment donning the group\u2019s crest care not for what historical past has to say.\u00a0
\u201cI don\u2019t assume as a participant you concentrate on [the past],\u201d Mika Zibanejad mentioned. \u201cThe opposite two collection that you just talked about [against the Lightning and Devils], we misplaced them. However I\u2019d somewhat be up 2-0 than down 3-1 like we have been towards Pittsburgh [in 2022], being down 3-2 towards Carolina that very same yr. I feel it\u2019s a brand new yr, new playoffs and we simply bought to maintain going.\u201d\u00a0
Sport 3 on Friday night time will current a brand new set of challenges, together with an much more determined Washington workforce that will probably be trying to take the Rangers out of their sport any means they’ll. 
The simplest and easiest method to try this can be to take the bodily route, one that might frustrate the Rangers or bait them into conditions that would go away them weak.
Tom Wilson already began main that cost in Sport 2, however Matt Rempe and the Rangers might want to maintain their heads about them. 
It\u2019s true, the Rangers have by no means had a dynamic like they do now.\u00a0
They didn\u2019t have Peter Laviolette as a coach. 
Solely three different Rangers groups received the Presidents\u2019 Trophy, together with the 1994 Stanley Cup champions. 
If the Rangers are going to take something from the previous, let or not it’s the feelings they by no means wish to really feel once more. 
\u201cIn all probability simply going by means of it and having that feeling after final yr,\u201d Vesey mentioned of what they’ll take away from the Devils collection. \u201cIt\u2019s a distinct workforce this yr. We\u2019ve bought new faces, gamers, employees, coaches, so it\u2019s a distinct workforce. We’ve got that have and be taught from it.\u201d
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