Panthers' Vladimir Tarasenko facing former Rangers teammates

Panthers head coach Paul Maurice seems to have an anecdote to share about every player he's coached and coached against, but when it came to his trade-deadline pickup and ex-Ranger Vladimir Tarasenko, the story most worth telling took place during a time when they were on opposing benches in a playoff game. It was the first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs in 2019, when Maurice was the head coach of the Jets and they squared off with Tarasenko and the Blues. After the visiting team triumphed through each of the first four games, Winnipeg had a 2-0 lead in Game 5. Igor Shesterkin and K'Andre Miller defend against Vladimir Tarasenko during the first period of the Rangers' 3-0 Game 1 loss to the