The Rangers returned home to Madison Square Garden to take on the Edmonton Oilers Saturday afternoon. The Rangers had the unenviable task of shutting down Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl. They sort of did, but they could not stop the explosive offensive of... Evan Bouchard and Dylan Holloway.
Alexis Lafrenière put the Rangers up 1-0 early in the first. Skating down the right side, Adam Fox found the former first overall pick parked in the crease, and the young winger made no mistake redirecting the pass into the net. It was his first goal in 11 games. There was no additional scoring in the first period, or at least none that counted–a Rangers powerplay goal was overturned when video replay revealed Artemi Panarin was offsides.