Whether the Penguins open the playoffs next week at home or on the road is out of their hands. All they can control, as Mike Sullivan likes to say, is what they can control.
For them, that means a win tonight against the Rangers would seal a first-round matchup against the Islanders. Which team has home-ice advantage will depend on what the Islanders do against the Capitals in Washington. And should the Penguins lose and the Hurricanes beat the Flyers, the Penguins would face the division-champion Capitals.
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