The Rangers not only survived this Wednesday Night of Living Dangerously but felt pretty darn good about themselves when it was all over.

That’s what a 6-3 victory over the Lightning at the Garden filled with tumult, insults, stick work, multiple fights, attempted intimidation and playoff-style animosity — if not hatred — will do for you.

“We know what kind of team we have. We have each other’s back,” Ryan Lindgren said after jumping into a fray, throwing punches and rolling around with Anthony Cirelli after Igor Shesterkin had been pitchforked by Alex Killorn past the midpoint of the second period. “We don’t back down from anyone.”

This, of course, marked Lindgren’s return after missing 17 of the previous 18 games with a left shoulder injury. Engaging in combat might not have been the most prudent course of action. Then again, no one has ever suggested Lindgren was prudent.

“I know, but if I’m back in, I’m going to play the game the way I want to play,” said Lindgren, who suffered no ill effects from the tussle. “I’m going to do what I can to jump in.

“It was fun to be out there.”

The final countdown has begun and now with four games remaining in the season for a Blueshirts squad that is 11-2-2 over the last 15 games, the first priority is to remain heathy. Well, you can’t have everything.

Because just 7:37 into this lit match(stick), Jacob Trouba was forced from the game with an upper-body injury resulting from an awkward corner collision initiated by Corey Perry.

The captain, named winner of the Rod Gilbert Award as Mr. Ranger prior to the game, has been deemed, “day-to-day,” by head coach Gerard Gallant and accompanied the team on its trip to St. Louis and Columbus that begins Thursday.

It is, of course, impossible to Bubble Wrap these athletes. There is nowhere to hide. It is impossible to be careful out there.

“If you’re thinking that way, that can have a reverse effect,” said Vincent Trocheck, who threw down with Perry late in the second period. “If you try to be careful, chances are you will wind up on the wrong side of things.”

The Rangers believed that Lindgren’s return would make them whole. Not quite. For the Blueshirts played this one without Patrick Kane, who sat out with a lower-body issue. It is hardly a leap to suggest that this is related to the hip issues with which Kane has dealt with for more than a year. The hierarchy chose to be safe rather than sorry.

It is not particularly important when Kane is able to play, only that he comes back at as close to 100 percent as possible so that he can make a difference.

He has not done that through his first 16 games wearing the Blueshirt.

Kane’s absence meant that the Rangers dressed seven defensemen. That became serendipitous when Trouba went down. Instead of being forced thereafter to rotate five, the club moved Harpur beside Braden Schneider and shifted Niko Mikkola to K’Andre Miller’s right side while keeping the Lindgren-Adam Fox tandem intact.

By the way, Lindgren rolling around with Cirelli came just about three minutes after Fox had speared Perry after the Tampa Bay agitator encroached one time too many on Shesterkin. Who says Fox wears a white collar?

The Rangers built a 3-0 lead within the first 10:21 and were able to withstand the Lightning’s charge after the score narrowed to 3-2 at 7:10 of the second period. But only 15 seconds later, Tyler Motte raced in alone to beat Andrei Vasilevskiy for his second goal of the night to restore a multi-goal edge.

When the Lightning came back to 4-3 at 11:37 on the play that set off the Lindgren-Cirelli fracas, the Rangers steadied before adding a pair in the third period with goals from Chris Kreider — his second of the night, 35th of the year, and 264th of his career, moving into fifth place on the all-time franchise list — and Artemi Panarin.

Kane’s absence opened a slot on the first power-play unit that was filled more than capably by Vladimir Tarasenko.

Indeed, with the Blueshirts going 2-for-5 with the man-advantage, Tarasenko might keep that spot when Kane returns. We’ll see.

This was a challenge for the Rangers. It was accepted and met. The big guys came through — Mika Zibanejad had three assists — and the team’s toughness, grit and heart were there in heaping doses.

“When you’re building a team, standing up for each other goes a long way,” Trocheck said. “That goes whether it’s Game 1 or Game 82. That’s almost important.

“We knew what we needed. We needed to play a hard game. And we did.”