NEWARK — You do keep score in preseason games, and you are playing to win. But the point of the preseason is to get the work you need to prepare for the regular season.

So when the Rangers found themselves on the wrong end of a five-on-three power play in the closing minutes of their preseason opener Sunday afternoon against the Devils at the Prudential Center, it actually wasn’t the worst thing for goalie Dylan Garand.

“The PK stuff was actually pretty nice to get some reps in there,’’ Garand said after the Rangers’ 5-3 victory . “We haven’t really done any of that in practice yet. It’s kind of early for that. So to get some game action with that was nice, and hopefully keep knocking the rust off and moving forward.’’

The Rangers held a 5-2 lead when Brennan Othmann was given a five-

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