NASHVILLE — You can earn points for losing games in the NHL, and the Rangers have been doing that quite a bit lately. And it is getting old in their locker room.
“We’re losing a lot of close games — overtimes, shootouts,’’ goaltender Henrik Lundqvist said after the Rangers lost in a shootout to the Philadelphia Flyers in the last game before the Christmas break. “It drains you a little bit, I’m not going to lie. It’s real tough. You feel like you’re doing the right things, but it’s not paying off.’’
In the nine games they had played before Saturday night’s visit to the Nashville Predators, the Rangers went to overtime in six of them.