There are a few things you shouldn’t do when you play a team that has lost six games in a row. You shouldn’t give that team almost ten minutes of power play time in the first period. You should also not start that parade to the penalty box with a five minute major.
But that’s precisely what the Rangers did. And not content to do that just in the first period, they took three more penalties in the second period that led to a pair of two man advantages for the Avalanche.
To their credit, the Rangers gave up two goals during that first power play and then hung on, killing penalties and keeping the game close.