The Rangers were oddly positive after their unsettling 5-2 loss to the Blackhawks on Saturday night, which is likely all they could do to handle their current state.
, which is likely all they could do to handle their current state.
The Rangers, who are 14 points behind the division-leading Devils and out of a playoff spot, are slipping further into a puzzling storyline. The team that took the NHL by storm last season, when they finished second in the Metro and made it all the way to the conference final, is suddenly falling from grace in an inexplicable fashion.
Added Kreider: “It’s hard to lose a game like that and say that we’re doing some things well, but we’re certainly doing things better than we have been. You go through tough stretches over the course of a season. Obviously, we’re going through a very tough stretch right now. So, it’s up to us to flip the narrative and look back on this in a month or two and say that this was a good thing for us and that we started stringing together wins. Now, it’s the next game.
Before the Rangers took the ice against Chicago, Gallant called for his team to play with more urgency and energy, adding that he hadn’t seen that lately. But such play hasn’t been there since the first game of the season, in which the Rangers looked primed to pick up right where they left off last season, as they handily defeated the Lightning, 3-1.
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