All the Rangers needed was one goal. They needed it to extend the game, the series, their season. They did it once, in a frenzied final two minutes of regulation, and then they did it again in overtime.
The Rangers edged the Washington Capitals by that familiar score, 2-1, when Ryan McDonagh wristed a shot past Braden Holtby at 9 minutes 37 seconds of the extra session.
The Capitals were en route to becoming the scourge of New York, banishing the Islanders and then the Rangers from the postseason, until Chris Kreider tied the score with 1:41 left in regulation.