Rangers leading Capitals series thanks to Mika Zibanejad and limiting …

This Rangers-Capitals series is tilting, at least in part, in the way one star on each team is performing: While Mika Zibanejad, the player of the game in Game 2, is soaring for the Blueshirts, Washington’s Alex Ovechkin has been mostly invisible.

No wonder the Rangers are up, two games to none, in the best-of-seven first-rounder. New York edged the Caps, 4-3, Tuesday night at Madison Square Garden. Zibanejad’s play is not the only reason the Rangers are ahead, of course.

But he really stood out in Game 2, whether it was picking Ovechkin’s pocket to force a turnover and start a sequence that led to a shorthanded goal or scoring on the power play to give the Rangers their first lead in yet another comeback victory.

Zibanejad even created havoc on the penalty kill long before setting up K’Andre Miller’s second-period shortie, generating several first-period chances that made it feel like a shorthanded goal was inevitable.

“Mika’s been awesome for us, especially these last two games, doing a lot of different things for us, on the power play, the PK, five-on-five, at the end of the game, the beginning of the game, whatever you want to say,” Miller said. “He’s really been a special player for us and we’re grateful to have him.”

Just how special he’s been was on display on Miller’s goal. Zibanejad surprised Ovechkin, who had the puck near center ice. Zibanejad took the puck away and started toward the Caps goal. He passed the puck to Chris Kreider, who drew heavy Capitals attention, and Kreider gave the puck back to him. Then Zibanejad slid the puck to a trailing Miller, who scored, giving the Rangers a 4-2 lead they’d need.

“I don’t get how Mika sees me there,” Miller said. “It’s an unreal play by him. And Kreids taking off three of their guys, bringing all the attention to him, and I was just sneaking in down the pipe and tried to get something on it.”

Overall, the night saw Zibanejad pot his seventh career power-play goal in the…