In the aftermath of the Maple Leafs’ second-round elimination by the Panthers, the endlessly creative Sean McIndoe of The Athletic ranked every one of Toronto’s 29 playoff defeats since the team’s 2017 return to the playoffs following nine misses over the previous 10 seasons.

A few days later, a question on the @nyrangersmuse Twitter account asked, “If you change the result of ANY Rangers game in NHL history, which game would it be and why?”

A plurality of responses cited the 2-0 Game 7 defeat to the Lightning in the 2015 conference finals. A number pointed to the 3-2 Game 6 overtime elimination loss to the Devils in the 2012 conference finals. Regrets were expressed over the Game 3 preliminary-round elimination at the hands of the Islanders on J.P. Parise’s goal at 0:11 of overtime in 1975.

There were references to Game 2 of the 1979 Cup final in which the Rangers, who had won the opener at the Montreal Forum, took a 2-0 lead before losing 6-2 en route to a five-game series defeat. Some identified the Game 5 double-overtime elimination by the Kings in the 2014 final and others the best-of-five elimination by the Islanders in Game 5 of the 1984 first round on Kenny Morrow’s OT winner.