The Rangers host a second straight Western Conference dance partner in the second of a four game homestand when they skate against the Anaheim Ducks in the teams’ first of two season meetings on Tuesday night.
The Rangers are a team on the mend at home. They’ll have to keep working hard to establish the kind of home ice dominance that we’re used to seeing. Having suffered a spate of mid-season injuries, a bout of goaltender porosity (which had some people walking ledges and others grabbing pitchforks) and a rhythm-defying stop ‘n go schedule in January, they’re embarked on a home-friendly stretch of their schedule.