Every game this season is a benchmark for the New York Rangers. They have another in Philadelphia on Friday and again in Washington on Saturday. The Rangers went into this game with numerous question marks. They answered all of those questions emphatically with a dominant 5-0 shutout win.
The holiday might have kept some fans from watching this game and that is a shame as it was one of the most satisfying wins of the last two seasons. The eight game losing streak to the Isles is just a memory. Right off the opening faceoff the Rangers broke into the Islander zone and got lucky.