Rangers pushing back, keeping composure versus Capitals already setting important playoff tone

It was about 30 seconds after Matt Rempe had sent the Garden into euphoria by scoring the first goal of the playoffs when Washington's Vincent Iorio attempted to carry the puck out of the Caps' end up the right side. But that's when the unfortunate Iorio ran into Alexis Lafreniere, who was on a puck-hunting expedition. Lafreniere buried the defenseman into the wall, picked up the loose puck while his foe lay prone and sent the puck to Vincent Trocheck who gave it to Artemi Panarin, who then beat Charlie Lindgren from the right dot for a 2-0 lead at 4:50 of the second. It was the most notable hit of Lafreniere's five that matched Jacob Trouba for the club lead in that category. It was a reminder