The Rangers clearly are best with their backs against the wall. 

On Saturday night, for the fourth time in these playoffs, they played a game in which a loss would have meant the end of their season. And for the fourth time, they came through with a victory. 

Filip Chytil had two goals and Igor Shesterkin made 37 saves and had two assists as the Rangers beat the Carolina Hurricanes, 5-2, at Madison Square Garden in Game 6 of the teams’ second-round playoff series. 

The Rangers forced a Game 7 on Monday night at PNC Arena in Raleigh, North Carolina. 

“It didn’t surprise me,’’ coach Gerard Gallant said when asked about his team’s continued ability to capture must-win games in the postseason. 

“I knew we’d come out hard and play well. We jumped on them early and that was key.”

Without both of their trophy-winning aces — and three of their top six starters altogether — the undeterred Mets continued to rack up wins at Citi Field.

Max Scherzer joined fellow multi-time Cy Young winner Jacob deGrom on the injured list, but the Mets overcame a blown save by Edwin Diaz on Pete Alonso’s two-run homer in the 10th for an exhilarating 7-6 win over the Cardinals at Citi Field.

Diaz couldn’t preserve a 5-4 lead for starter Chris Bassitt in the ninth. With runners on the corners and two outs, third baseman Eduardo Escobar couldn’t come up with what was ruled an infield single for Paul Goldschmidt to tie the score. The go-ahead run against Colin Holderman in the 10th scored on a double-play grounder by retiring star Albert Pujols in likely his final at-bat in Flushing.

But with Francisco Lindor serving as the automatic runner at second base, Alonso crushed Cardinals closer Giovanny Gallegos’ 1-0 slider into the second deck in left for his third career walk-off homer.

Rich Strike made one of the most remarkable come-from-behind victories in the history of the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky.

Rich Strike entered the race as an 80-1 favorite to win and is the second-longest shot ever to win the Derby.

As the horses entered the final stretch, Rich Strike put up a furious push on the inside to pass Epicenter and Zandon, who were favored at 4-1 and 6-1, respectively.

A $2 bet on Rich Strike to win pays out $163.60. A $2 exacta bet pays $4,101.2, while a $1 trifecta bet pays $14,870.70 and a $1 superfecta pays out $321.500.10.