After a painfully long summer, the New York Rangers got back on the ice for a real game that counted. After a season that went about as wrong as humanly possible, the team was looking to get off to a solid start. While New York ended up losing its first game 3-2 the style of play and level of effort was impressive against Nashville.
The Predators are one of the best teams in the entire NHL, so the Rangers hanging in the game as long as it did is a foundational performance. Meaning that the team can take meaningful steps going forward based on how it played especially in regards to what did and did not work.