The Tampa Bay Lightning have already faced their Eastern Conference Final opposition three times this season.
The Lightning defeated the New York Rangers in all three meetings, including twice at Madison Square Garden, where the Bolts will open the series with Games 1 and 2 on Saturday and Monday, respectively.
Tampa Bay outscored the Rangers 15-7 over those three games, but the Lightning are expecting a much different opponent this time around.
“I’m not sure when we played them we saw their best,” Lightning head coach Jon Cooper said. “I know we played extremely well when we played them.