5 Things to Know: Rangers vs. Panthers

• Tonight at Madison Square Garden the Rangers faceoff against the Florida Panthers for the third time this season

• New York is 5-5-0 in the last 10 games

• The Blueshirts are 19-15-2 at The Garden in 2016-17

• The Rangers currently own the first Wild Card slot in the Eastern Conference with 90 points

• Rangers’ forward, Chris Kreider tallied an assist for the third game in a row Monday vs. Tampa

• No. 20 enters tonight’s tilt with two goals and three assists for five points in his past four games

• Kreider has two goals in two games vs. the Panthers this season and begins the night with 26 goals and 22 assists for 48 points.

“We played the right way in the first period. We advanced pucks, we got pucks in their end and we had good possession time and some good opportunities, which we didn’t do in the second and the third. We barely had any looks, any possession time.”

 — Rangers’ coach, Alain Vigneault following Monday’s 3-2 loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning

Rangers’ forward, Tanner Glass was selected by the Florida Panthers in the 2003 NHL Entry Draft and played parts of two seasons with the Panthers (2007-08 and 2008-09).

Rangers’ center, Mika Zibanejad looks forward to the last 12 games of the season, hoping the Blueshirts can put together a full 60-minutes consistently down the stretch.