The New York Rangers are locked into the first wild card into the Stanley Cup Playoffs from the Eastern Conference and will face the Montreal Canadiens in the first round. The Rangers, 3-4-4 in their past 11 games, are looking to fine-tune their game heading into the postseason. Goaltender Henrik Lundqvist will start; backup Antti Raanta will play Sunday against the Pittsburgh Penguins. "We know where we are in the standings," Lundqvist told the Rangers website. "It's not going to change, but I think the last week or so, the focus here is to try to go over everything, and take every game here as an opportunity to improve. It's not so much about getting the points, but it's getting solid efforts and to prepare yourself in the best way possible." The Rangers have the best road record in the NHL (27-11-2) and can match its record of 28 road wins in a season, set in 2014-15. "We have some things we want to work on and we have a chance to try to finish up strong here in the regular season and just try to feel good about ourselves, said center Mika Zibanejad, who will play at the Ottawa Senators for the first time since they traded him to the Rangers for center Derick Brassard on July 18. Coach Alain Vigneault needs one win to pass Jacques Martin (613 wins) for 14th place on the NHL all-time list.
