Rangers-Penguins series begins Tuesday at Madison Square Garden
New York Rangers and the Pittsburgh Penguins fight at the end of a game in New York, Thursday, April 7, 2022. The New York Rangers won 3-0. Credit: Noah K. Murray
Games 1 and 2 of the Rangers’ first-round playoff series against the Pittsburgh Penguins will take place Tuesday and Thursday at Madison Square Garden before the series shifts to Pittsburgh’s PPG Paints Arena for Games 3 and 4 next Saturday and Monday, May 9, according to the schedule released by the NHL on Saturday.
Games 5, 6, and 7 of the best-of-seven series will take place Wednesday, May 11, Friday May 13, and Sunday May 15, if the games are necessary. Games 5 and 7 would be at the Garden, Game 6 would be in Pittsburgh.
All games in the series will be broadcast locally on MSG Network and nationally by either TNT or ESPN. ESPN has Games 1 and 4, and TNT has Games 3 and 4, with Games 5-7 to be determined at a later date. Games 1-4 will all start at 7 p.m., with the starting times for Games 5-7 to be announced.
The Rangers beat the Penguins in three of four regular season meetings this season, losing 1-0 in Pittsburgh on Feb. 26 and winning the last three games, 5-1 at the Garden March 25, 3-2 in Pittsburgh March 29 and 3-0 at the Garden April 7.
Rest before the battle
The Rangers took Saturday off and will return to practice Sunday. When they host Game 1 on Tuesday, it will be their first home playoff game since May 9, 2017 against Ottawa… Seven players were called up from the AHL Hartford Wolfpack on Saturday: Forwards Tim Gettinger and Lauri Pajuniemi, defensemen Zac Jones, Nils Lundkvist, Matthew Robertson, Jarred Tinordi and goaltender Keith Kinkaid. The Wolfpack did not make the playoffs … Chris Kreider, who had a career-high 52 goals, including 26 power play goals, three shorthanded goals and 11 game-winning goals, became the only player in NHL history to have 50 or more goals, 25 or more power play goals, three or more shorthanded goals and 10 or more game-winners in a season.
Colin Stephenson covers the Rangers for Newsday. He has spent more than two decades covering the NHL and just about every sports team in the New York metropolitan area.
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