Here are your keys to the game for the New York Rangers' matchup with the Washington Capitals.

Ride The Momentum: The Rangers got a huge win Saturday afternoon, crushing the Philadelphia Flyers, 5-2. The Rangers can use the momentum they've gained from the win over the Flyers this afternoon against the Capitals. The Rangers are 7-2-1 in their last 10 games, and are entering a tough stretch of play against some of the better teams in the NHL. They will have an opportunity to beat another one of those teams tonight.

Don't Underestimate The Capitals: Washington is a struggling hockey team right now, there's not debating that. The Capitals are 4-3-3 in their last 10 games, and are sitting in 9th place in the Eastern Conference. The catch? They're two points out of third place, since 63 points would be good for tops in their division. That makes the Capitals a dangerous team, and the Rangers can't take them lightly.

This is an abbreviated keys to the game, mainly due to the early start.

Don't Take The Foot Off The Gas: The New York Rangers have shown all year that they can truly dominate games, the only issue is that those spurts generally don't last the entire game. The Rangers' win over the Lightning and loss to the Devils were perfect examples of the Rangers dominating for a period, but not playing at the level they wanted to before then. The Flyers want a win against the Rangers, bad, so New York needs to come out flying and keep it going for 60 minutes.

All Hail The King: Henrik Lundqvist tends to be a busy man when the Rangers take on the flyers. Today doesn't figure to be any different. Lundqvist gets up for these types of games, which is good because the Rangers will need him against a tough Flyers squad. This falls on the defense as well. The Rangers' defensive corps need to keep the crease clear and make sure that Lundqvist can see everything that comes his way.

The New York Rangers will take to their home ice once again tonight as they face-off against the Tampa Bay Lightning. The Rangers are coming off of a very heartbreaking loss to the New Jersey Devils on Tuesday evening. With that said, here are tonight's keys to the game.

Let Anger Fuel The Engery: Pretty sure every single Ranger fan across the globe was annoyed at the controversial call that wound up costing the Rangers a point on Tueday. Also, the players themselves are pretty up tight about it as well. They've done it in the past, and they can do it again tonight, they need to use their anger from last game, and let it carry them tonight. I can see them having a huge turnaround game tonight.

Power Play Issues: According to John Tortorella, they worked on the power play in practice once again yesterday afternoon. He stated that it looked better then the first time that they had worked on it. So hopefully, they can FINALLY put a puck in the net tonight, with the man-advantage. Specials teams can single handily win games, as we saw on Tuesday night as well.

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The New York Rangers will face-off against their second Atlantic Division rival this week, which will be the New Jersey Devils, tonight at MSG. On Sunday, the Rangers came away with a very exciting 5-2 victory, which marked the start of a great day for New York Sports. Tonight will be another tough game for the Rangers, as the Devils are crawling up the standings pretty quickly. With that said, here are tonight's keys to the game.

Remain Physical: Last game against the Philadelphia Flyers, and pretty much matched them hit for hit the entire afternoon. This type of play is perfect for divisional games, and it is what makes them that much more interesting. They need to keep that up tonight, as the Devils are not an easy team to face either. While remaining physical, they also need to play smart as well.

Tone Down The Penalties: This was pretty evident against the Flyers, but the Rangers cannot afford to be giving teams constant power plays. The Devils have a decent power play, as they have Ilya Kovalchuk who can bomb it from the point at any given moment. With that said, the Rangers need to keep themselves out of the penalty box tonight, and stick to how they play hockey.

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The New York Rangers and the Philadelphia Flyers will face-off for the first time since the Winter Classic. It seems as if the Rangers are bringing back the Winter Classic feel, as they will be sporting the jerseys in which they wore in the classic. With that said, here are today's keys to the game.

Amp Up The Physicality: This game is going to be nothing but physical, and the Rangers cannot afford to fall behind. The Rangers are known for their grinding style of game, and this game is no different than any other game. The Rangers need to come out hitting bodies, and being physical throughout the game. The Flyers won't back down, so they need to keep it up for a full 60 minutes.

Score On The Power Play: The Rangers dedicated a full 40 minutes at practice to their struggling power play. Hopefully John Tortorella went over some key components at practice, and they can put it on show this afternoon. If the Rangers are given chances in this game, they absolutely NEED to capitalize.

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The New York Rangers will be in Buffalo tonight to face-off against the Sabres, following a very tough loss last night to the New Jersey Devils. The last time these two teams met, the Rangers came away with a 4-1 victory. Here are tonight's keys to the game.

Come Out Firing: The Rangers did this last night against the Devils, and got a handful of shots in the first 30 seconds of the game. They need to do that once again tonight, and set the tone very early. Even though this Buffalo team is near the bottom of the Conference, they still have some good, young talent that can score.

New Power Play Strategy: The Rangers power play didn't show any signs of improvement last night, and it's time to come up with a new plan of attack. They're current plan of entering in the zone and setting up is not cutting it. Maybe they need to resort to more of a shooting plan, and just fire it away. Even if it sounds worse, it's still better than their current plan of attack.

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Tonight will be the New York Ranger's first game back from the All-Star break, and it is against non-other than the New Jersey Devils. The Devils are starting to gain momentum after a slow start to the season, and this game is huge for the Rangers. With that said, here are tonight's keys to the game.

Start Early: After having having an entire week of rest, the Rangers need to come out flying tonight. There should be no reason if they are to start out slow, they had a week to get their legs back under them. With the Rangers holding onto the top spot in the East by just two points, every game is crucial.

Score On The Power Play: With the extended break, hopefully the Rangers and their coaching staff thought of a different approach to the power play. They're current approach has been lack luster at best. If the Rangers are given chances with the man-advantage tonight, they absolutely need to find the back of the net.

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Remember, folks, comment in this thread who you think will score the first Rangers goal, or if the Rangers will be shutout. I am tallying the correct answers throughout the season and seeing who gets the most correct.

The New York Rangers finish their "first half" of the season tonight, as they take on the Winnipeg Jets. The Jets are have lost their last two, one of which in overtime, so they are looking to rebound against the Rangers. The Rangers recently beat the Bruins in OT, after falling to the Penguins.

Here are the keys for the Rangers to beat the Jets:

-Don't Look Ahead- Being that this is the last game before a break, the Rangers could have an off night. The way to avoid that is to make sure to play with the same intensity as the Rangers did vs. Boston.

-Score On The Powerplay- Again, the power play is huge. The Rangers game winning goal was of the power play sort in Boston, and if the Rangers can score one or two tonight it will be huge.

-Find Consistent Offense- Not necessarily a key to just this game, but the line changing of late and struggles of the top line players is going to hurt the Rangers soon. Hopefully it won't be tonight.