Per Sean Shapiro (no relation), the NY Rangers 1st round series against the NJ Devils will begin on Tuesday night with Game 1 at the Prudential Center. Game 2 will be Thursday night. There is no word on when Game 3 will be, at least not yet. The whole schedule will likely be announced over the weekend or after the last two games for the NHL season conclude tonight.
Good morning, here is the NHL playoff schedule to start next week pic.twitter.com/383BItFVUN
— Sean Shapiro (@seanshapiro) April 14, 2023
The Rangers would be at MSG for Games 3 and 4, which if sticking to the every other day schedule, puts them on Saturday and Monday. The wrinkle is that Saturday has a Billy Joel concert at MSG at night. They can move the concert, which is at least part of the warning process with springtime Billy Joel concerts. Or they can have the Rangers play an early afternoon game.
The risk with the latter option is a long game that goes into multiple overtimes, thus limiting the time the change over crew has to convert MSG to a concert arena by the 8pm show. It’s a tough spot for the Rangers, as the Knicks bookend the Billy Joel show with games on Friday night and Sunday afternoon.
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