You could say the Rangers were desperate on Saturday, what with being 0-for-2019, 0-for-Barclays Center history and 0-for-this week’s home-and-home against the Islanders.
But coach David Quinn said he prefers the word “urgent,” because “desperate” has too negative a connotation. Call it want you will, but he did admit, “We’ve been getting more urgent with every mounting loss, that’s for sure.”
For one day, the reeling, rebuilding Rangers could enjoy their flight to Columbus a tad less desperate and/or urgent, thanks to a 2-1 victory over the Islanders that ended a five-game losing streak this month and a seven-game losing streak in Brooklyn.