New York Rangers Win Presidents’ Trophy, Clinch Home Ice Through Playoffs
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Len Redkoles/ NHLI via Getty Images(NEW YORK) — The New York Rangers won the Presidents’ Trophy and clinched home ice through the playoffs after their 4-2 win over the New Jersey Devils on Tuesday night.
New York has won five games in a row and picked up a league leading 111 points with the victory.
“It’s not an easy thing to do,” Rangers coach Alain Vigneault said. “You look at the teams still fighting to get into the playoffs. It’s a challenging thing. For our group, it’s one thing in the direction that we’re looking to get to.”
“I’m very proud of our group but we all know that we are going to be judged by what we do in the playoffs. So this is a first step and we’re going to get ready for the next one,” he continued.
Rangers defenseman Ryan McDonagh said, “It is a great accomplishment. Like any team, we had to handle adversity, injuries, ups and downs, travel, everything that goes about an NHL season. For us to clinch and say we won the regular season is a huge confidence boost. It’s a reassurance of what this team is capable of.”
The Rangers finished last year as the Eastern Conference champions, but fell to the Kings in the Stanley Cup Finals.
New York tied a franchise record for wins (52) and are one-point away from tying the franchise mark they set in 1993-94, the last time they won the Stanley Cup.
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