When the blueprint is blurred, when mistakes are costly and the mental baggage of losing is as heavy as the suitcases and equipment carried from planes to hotels to rinks on the road, just one thing is left for the Rangers.
“All we can do is get ready for the next game . . . go back to the drawing board,” said Rangers coach Alain Vigneault, who cancelled a scheduled practice on Wednesday just hours after his frustrated team dropped their third consecutive game on this four-city West Coast swing, 6-3 to the Anaheim Ducks. It also was their sixth loss in the last eight games, their worst tailspin since the 1-5-2 start hat opened the season.