<p>Mika Zibanejad was hurt against the Islanders, and the Rangers have three games left to lock up&nbsp;the&nbsp;Metropolitan Division and Presidents&#39;&nbsp;Trophy. How much will health play a role going forward. NewsdayTV&#39;s Colin Stephenson reports.</p>




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Artemi Panarin's power-play goal in the third period broke a 2-2 tie for the Rangers. Alex Ovechkin was held without a point in a playoff series for the first time in his career.

Rangers advance to second round with sweep of Capitals

"It's not like we flipped a switch going into the playoffs,'' said the coach, whose team had the third-best power play and third-best penalty kill in the regular season.

Success of Rangers' special teams not a surprise to Laviolette

The Rangers coach had his game face on hours before the Blueshirts tried to close out the Capitals in Game 4 Sunday night.

Laviolette has done a good job at keeping his players and himself focused

Matt Rempe's crushing hit on Trevor van Riemsdyk angered the Capitals, but Rempe chose to not fight Tom Wilson. "It's hard to say no sometimes, if that makes sense,'' he said.

Rangers' Rempe continues to impact playoff games while playing the villain

The Rangers had one power-play goal in four attempts. Their penalty kill was 6-for-6 and scored a shorthanded goal.

Rangers in charge, 3-0, with another win over Caps

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Islanders need to go on one of those streaks that have been characteristic of the team since Patrick Roy took over.

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"The challenge now is for us not to feel good about ourselves, to not change," Thibs said.

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