from Larry Brooks of the New York Post,

No team in the history of the Stanley Cup playoffs has ever come back from 3-1 deficits to win best-of-sevens in back to back seasons.

But now, the Rangers get the chance to make that history. The Rangers get to try to pull off the Houdini escape act they pulled last year against Pittsburgh in Round 2 again on Wednesday, when they will play Game 7 against the Caps at the Garden.

They have made it this far, have made it back to Game 7 in the wake of Sunday’s 4-3 victory here in which Henrik Lundqvist’s spectacular 42-save performance prevented the sky from falling on the Blueshirts, who nearly conspired to blow an early 4-1 period lead.

But they did not blow the lead. They would not go down. Lundqvist would not allow it.

Now, it is the day after tomorrow that is another day.

Wednesday.

Game 7. A chance to make history.

A chance to survive.

“I’m exhausted,” Lundqvist, his face bearing a sheen of sweat under a Broadway Hat appearing as battered as the goaltender, said after surviving an onslaught over the final 15:35 after his team took a three-goal lead.

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from Katie Strang of ESPN,