Adam Huska of the Rangers looks on as the Avalanche celebrate a goal in the second period at Madison Square Garden on Wednesday. Credit: Jim McIsaac
It was a test, and the Rangers flunked it in a big way.
But the good news is that it was not even a mid-term, merely a bad early December night at the office for a tired team playing its No. 4 goaltender against one of the more dangerous offensive teams on Earth.
So after Wednesday night’s 7-3 flop against the Avalanche, the Rangers’ mantra boiled down to this: We’re on to Buffalo, where on Friday night they will meet the Sabres as they seek to begin a new winning streak.