The Rangers came into last night’s game looking to build off a win against Washington on Wednesday night. Instead, they got utterly dominated by an inferior team. The Rangers were crushed in the first period, surrendering 87% of the expected-goals in the period. It was a miracle that they came out of the period only down 2-1 thanks to a weird Jacob Trouba goal.
In a game that the Rangers were looking to grow on a win against a playoff team, they fell flat on their collective faces. The Blueshirts’ process is terrible, and once again couldn’t stop an opposing rush through the neutral zone.