First, the Rangers swept a New Year’s weekend home-and-home series against the two-time defending Stanley Cup champion Tampa Bay Lightning.
Then they beat two of the best players in the world, Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl.
So things already are coming in twos in 2022 for the Blueshirts, whose latest achievement came on Monday night at Madison Square Garden, where they beat McDavid, Draisaitl and the Oilers, 4-1.
The victory sent them off in style on a five-game road trip that begins in Las Vegas on Thursday night.
The Rangers improved to 22-8-4, while the Oilers (18-13-2) have lost 10 of their past 12 games, including one in overtime to the Islanders on Saturday.