It is beginning to come into focus for this Rangers team, which seems to be gaining traction for the first time this season. Before discounting this first three-game winning streak of the season due to the nature of the opposition from the Sabres and Devils, keep in mind that the Blueshirts had gone 1-3 against those two teams prior to Tuesday.

“If you’re going to have a chance, you’re going to have to string together wins and you’ve got to go on some sort of streak or some sort of run,” coach David Quinn said following Saturday’s 6-3 victory over the Devils at Prudential Center that completed a two-game sweep in Newark. “We really hadn’t done that up until this point.

“We’re creeping up on the halfway point of the season so our guys realize what’s in front of us and they realize with each passing day you want to continue to gain momentum and move forward.”

Five teams are in front of the Rangers (10-9-3, 23 points) in the East Division, which is two too many for a playoff invitation. Pittsburgh, where the Blueshirts play their next two beginning on Sunday night, is one spot ahead with 27 points (13-9-1) while having played an extra game. The top four in the division — the Islanders, Capitals, Bruins and Flyers — have gained serious separation. Following Pittsburgh, the Rangers are scheduled for a pair of games in Boston.

“We’re obviously going to have a tough stretch of games in Pittsburgh and Boston and we’re going to have to elevate to another level,” said Ryan Strome, whose two goals Saturday included an empty-netter. “I think we’re on the right track to do that.”

The Blueshirts were able to consistently disrupt the Devils on their attempted breakouts and forays through the neutral zone in creating an abundance of turnovers. The Rangers also took advantage against a beleaguered Mackenzie Blackwood, generating multiple breakaways and odd-man rushes. For the first time in a spell, the Rangers looked fast because they played fast.

The offense, which was initially triggered by an end-to-end power play goal by Adam Fox just 2:06 into the match, rolled throughout the afternoon with significant contributions from both the Chris Kreider, Strome and Kaapo Kakko unit and the Kevin Rooney, Filip Chytil and Julien Gauthier combination.

Indeed, while Kakko, who had missed six games after contracting COVID-19, had surprising kick and sharpness in his first game since Feb. 18, Chytil’s return on Tuesday (after missing 14 matches with a broken hand) has both lengthened and added a new dimension to the lineup.

Speed, poise and a sense of confidence has permeated the 21-year-old Czech’s game, much in the way those elements were front and center to his fast start before he went down on Jan. 24 in the season’s fifth contest.

As the Rangers are currently set up with Kreider and Strome thriving as a matched set, there is every chance that Artemi Panarin will line up on Chytil’s left side when he returns to active duty, and no, there is no ETA on that as of this point. But a Panarin-Chytil pairing, perhaps with Gauthier or Rooney on the other wing, would both allow the Rangers a glimpse into the potential future while taking care of the present. If that’s the way they are constructed, the Rangers would have three alternate first lines and a much more balanced approach.

“I feel every shift that I am better,” said Chytil, who has been filling the winger’s role while his hand mends. “I think this was a good game from my side, but I think I could be way better.”

Chytil scored the 5-2 goal at 8:38 of the third on a backhand from the slot after having set up Rooney with a delicious backhand two-on-one feed for a 3-2 lead at 17:06 of the first, 1:55 after the Devils struck twice against a pedestrian Alexandar Georgiev within 17 seconds to negate the Rangers’ early 2-0 edge.

The 21st-overall selection of the 2017 draft, Chytil has bolstered his speed and his strength following a summer of intense workouts. He is still maturing physically, but perhaps he can become the size-and-strength center the Blueshirts require and covet.

“[My speed] is my strength, so I’m still trying to work on that because I can always be better,” Chytil said. “You see a lot of fast players in the NHL and I want to be one of them. And I feel bigger, working out almost every day, being in my best shape.”

K’Andre Miller had a strong game, Gauthier had some high points and Libor Hajek scored his first NHL goal in nearly two calendar years, since Mar. 9, 2019. When Jacob Trouba, close to a return, does get back, perhaps it will be at the expense of Jack Johnson rather than Hajek.

The kids are developing, the veterans are producing. The picture is coming into focus.