The fading and battered Rangers can’t sink any lower in the Metropolitan Division.
A 5-2 loss to the Predators on Saturday, coupled with the Islanders’ 4-3 win, left the Rangers at the bottom of the eight-team division, stuck at 55 points.
It was the fifth loss in the last six games for the Rangers, who also lost Marc Staal and Jimmy Vesey, injured from unpenalized head shots by Alexei Emelin and Filip Forsberg.
In the second period, Staal, who has suffered several concussions in the past, left the ice immediately after Emelin left his feet and slammed Staal’s head into the end boards with his elbow.