Rangers rookie Matt Rempe doesn't mind playing the villain role in the NHL playoffs

Matt Rempe stretched on the bench several minutes before warmups when the chants started. Then, every time he touched the puck during the game in Washington, the Capitals crowd booed Rempe, unhappy about a hit he made two nights earlier that injured defenseman Trevor van Riemsdyk and sparked more criticism about his play. “I’ve got no issue with it,” Rempe said last weekend.