Rating the Rangers’ diverse array of playoff beards

As the Rangers advance in their quest to capture their first Stanley Cup since 1994, so do their scruffy playoff beards.

The traditional postseason exercise in hirsuteness — where superstitious hockey players cease to shave until their team is eliminated or wins it all — always separates the men from the boys.

We look at some of the more interesting fuzzes the Broadway Blueshirts — who take on the Montreal Canadiens Thursday at Madison Square Garden — are sporting and compare them to their usual mugs.

Henrik Lundqvist

The heartthrob goalie — who is known for his dapper style — alternates between wearing a sophisticated, well-groomed beard and some healthy scruff.

But the 32-year-old’s bushy wild playoff beard has turned him from Cary Grant to mountain man. Regardless of his facial hair situation, the Swede always looks like he’s walked out of the fashion pages of GQ.

Martin St. Louis

St. Louis, a former member of the Tampa Bay Lightning was a late addition to the Rangers’ roster, but this seasoned 38-year-old is anything but a late comer when it comes to growth.

Flecked with gray and robust, St. Louis’ bushy beard makes him look like the elder statesman on skates.

Brian Boyle

This year’s postseason beard is a vast improvement on the 6-foot-7 center’s previous attempts. Boyle has always sported a sculpted goatee with an Inigo Montoya ’stache, but now he’s growing out some mutton chop action.

Although the sides are still sparsely populated with stubble, we give Boyle the most improved award.

Chris Kreider

Baby-faced Kreider sure can score, but it doesn’t seem like he can grow a full beard yet. So we’ll give the handsome 23-year-old an A for effort for making a creepy Guy Fawkes goatee look kind of snappy.

Brad Richards

The 34-year-old center isn’t the reddest of the red, but his Brillo pad beard is representing for the gingers.

Richards — who recently got engaged to model Rechelle Jenkins who is pregnant with the couple’s first child — has the bushiest beard on the squad and, if the Rangers make the Stanley Cup finals, Richards might be eligible to join “Duck Dynasty.”

Carl Hagelin

With his sparkling blue eyes, blond locks and chiseled cheekbones, the 25-year-old Swede looks like a poster boy for his home country. But his barely there stubble would make him ill-suited for a Gillette razor campaign.

Perhaps a Stanley Cup win would put some more stubble on his smooth face.

Derick Brassard

The 26-year-old is no stranger to a little sexy stubble, but with a full, robust facial beard normally seen on veterans, Brassard has taken to the playoff beard like a burgeoning Ted Kaczynski.