Only time will tell what kind of impact Patrick Kane can make on the Rangers, but the clock started Thursday night.
In the meantime, one of the NHL’s most loaded forward groups on paper jumped onto the ice at Madison Square Garden. The Rangers unveiled a top 12 that features a unique combination of high-end skill and grit, youth and veterans and a few of the biggest names in the sport sprinkled throughout. With less than 24 hours until the trade deadline, this is likely it for the Rangers.
Ottawa’s Derick Brassard celebrates after scoring his second goal of the game in the Rangers’ 5-3 loss to the Senators, spoiling Patrick Kane’s Blueshirts debut.But Ottawa scored two unanswered goals in the third period. It was almost three, but the Rangers challenged for offside and won. That left them 14:24 to net the equalizer. It never came.
After Chris Kreider opened the scoring in the first period with a shorthanded breakaway goal, the Senators scored twice in the span of 21 seconds in the middle frame to take a 2-1 lead halfway through the game. That’s the thing about this Rangers team. The defensive lapses can be costly in a hurry, but with the way these forward lines are arranged, it takes just as little time to make up for it.
Just imagine what the Rangers could do to a scoreboard if they can get their power play clicking on all cylinders.Robert Sabo for NY PostThe Rangers had four opportunities to try out their new power-play units, including a five-minute man-advantage in the first period. Kane stepped right into the top group along with Adam Fox, Panarin, Zibanejad and Kreider, while the second unit featured Trouba, Vincent Trocheck, Kaapo Kakko, Tarasenko and Filip Chytil.
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