Beginning with yesterday’s 7-2 loss against the Pittsburgh Penguins, the Rangers are going to play 10 games in a span of 18 days. Six of the next nine games on the schedule will be played on the road — where the Blueshirts have gone 6-10-2 this season. And four of the next nine games will be played against teams who are currently in a playoff position.
After this brutal stretch of the schedule, the Rangers will have nine days off, including the 2019 All-Star break. Following that, the Rangers play just 14 more games before the trade deadline arrives on Feb.