With 43 games to go before Tuesday’s faceoff, the Rangers were four points out of a playoff spot with one game in hand– and will have to have to leapfrog six teams to secure that second

Filip Chytil scored twice and Brett Berard, Adam Fox and Ryan Lindgren each earned two assists to lift the visiting New York Rangers to a 6-2 rout of the Chicago Blackhawks on Sunday.

Here are some takeaways from the Rangers' dominant 6-2 victory against the Blackhawks. The New York Rangers received a much-needed confidence boost after defeatinf the Chicago Blackhawks 6-2 on Sunday afternoon. Less than 10 minutes into the contest, the Blackhawks scored a goal, putting the Rangers in an early hole.