The Rangers will kick off thier series on Sunday at 3 PM, and then play Game Two on Tuesday night at 7 PM.
After the completion of the regular season, the NHL released their first round playoff schedule.
The New York Rangers will kick off their series against the Washington Capitals on Sunday at 3 PM and then play the second game of the series on Tuesday at 7 PM at Madison Square Garden.
Of note, there are no back-to-backs in the series and there is a significant break between Game 4 and Game 5 (Sunday/Wednesday).
Meanwhile the full slate was released as well.
If we were to predict the Blueshirts and Caps lineups we would go with the following:
Rangers projected lineup
Chris Kreider -- Mika Zibanejad -- Jack Roslovic
Artemi Panarin -- Vincent Trocheck -- Alexis Lafreniere
Will Cuylle -- Alex Wennberg -- Kaapo Kakko
Jimmy Vesey -- Barclay Goodrow -- Matt Rempe
Ryan Lindgren -- Adam Fox
K'Andre Miller -- Braden Schneider
Erik Gustafsson -- Jacob Trouba
Igor Shesterkin
Jonathan Quick
Capitals projected lineup
Alex Ovechkin -- Connor McMichael -- T.J. Oshie
Aliaksei Protas -- Dylan Strome -- Tom Wilson
Max Pacioretty -- Hendrix Lapierre -- Sonny Milano
Beck Malenstyn -- Nic Dowd -- Nicolas Aube-Kubel
Martin Fehervary -- John Carlson
Alexander Alexeyev -- Dylan McIlrath
Trevor van Riemsdyk -- Vincent Iorio
Charlie Lindgren
Darcy Kuemper