The Rangers are preparing to play Game 1 of the best-of-7 first round against the Washington Capitals at Madison Square Garden later today. Peter Laviolette speaks to the media of what to expect come playoff time: <div align='center' class='pl20 pr20'><blockquote class='twitter-tweet' data-lang='en'><a href='https://twitter.com/snyrangers/status/1782085191600668687?s=46'><div style='border:1px solid #CCCCCC;border-radius:10px;padding:20px;width:300px;'>Loading from Twitter ...</div></a></blockquote></div> There's always some ups and downs inside a playoff.. the overtime wins, the overtime losses, the tough losses, the tough wins... Laviolette also addresses the Rangers getting three days off entering the playoffs: <div align='center' class='pl20 pr20'><blockquote class='twitter-tweet' data-lang='en'><a href='https://twitter.com/snyrangers/status/1782086144408141901?s=46'><div style='border:1px solid #CCCCCC;border-radius:10px;padding:20px;width:300px;'>Loading from Twitter ...</div></a></blockquote></div> The first two days were just to get some rest... you can cover a lot of different parts of your system inside of a little three-day minicamp. All the pieces are in place to make this a short series, which would be huge for the Rangers to begin what they hope will be a long postseason.