With the Philadelphia Flyers losing a point against the Ottawa Senators on Saturday afternoon, the New York Rangers officially clinched home ice advantage in the 2012 Stanley Cup Playoffs. If you recall, prior to the start of the season the team's common goal, within the locker room at least, was to earn home ice advantage by claiming a top-four spot in the Eastern Conference. So, essentially they've fulfilled their wish for the 2011-12 regular season, but one task still remains for this team before the start of the postseason in just over a week. A goal that they maybe didn't have their sights on in September.
That task is to clinch first overall in the East, and possibly the entire National Hockey League as well. Just four games will be played in the month of April prior to the start of the playoffs, and the first of those four will be played this evening against the Boston Bruins at Madison Square Garden. In those four games, they need any combination of three poin...
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