For the Rangers, it's Season on the Brink, Part II.
They managed to win three straight elimination games in the second round to advance to this Eastern Conference final, but with a 2-0 Game 5 loss to the Lightning at Madison Square Garden Sunday night, the Rangers will need to win two more to stay alive as they trail the series 3-2.
Valtteri Filppula and Steven Stamkos each scored in the second period.