SUNRISE, Fla. — Alexis Lafreniere, more than most people, knows what it’s like to struggle under pressure.
That is what makes Sunday — what makes these playoffs and this season as a whole — so transformative for the former No. 1 overall pick, who is now wearing that title with a flourish that did not exist a year ago.
As the conference finals took another turn, with the Rangers winning 5-4 in overtime in Game 3 to take a 2-1 series lead, Lafreniere was in the center of the proceedings in all the right ways for a Rangers team that looked overmatched for much of the afternoon.
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