It’ll be the Rangers against the Ottawa Senators in the Eastern Conference semifinals, beginning later this week.
The Senators, who finished second in the Atlantic Division behind Montreal, eliminated the Boston Bruins on Sunday, winning Game 6 of their opening round series 3-2, and will have home-ice advantage against the Blueshirts when the best-of-seven series begins, possibly as soon as Wednesday in Ottawa.
The last time the Rangers, who ousted Montreal on Saturday, faced two teams from Canada in the first two rounds was 80 years ago. In 1937, the Rangers played the Toronto Maple Leafs and the Montreal Maroons and won all four games, but lost to Detroit in the Stanley Cup Final.