One Hundred Forty Five Minutes

The last time the Rangers scored a goal was 37 seconds into the third period against Boston 3 games ago. All in all, that is 145 minutes straight of scoreless hockey for the New York Rangers. It seems a lot worse than it actually is though. They played a solid third period against Boston and the best game of the year against the Devils. Last night though was a clunker. It was a trap game, and the Rangers couldn’t muster any quality chances on net against a rookie goalie.

The Rangers are going to have games like last night. It happens. It was the first time they lost a game in regulation since the Flyers game. That’s still a good streak, and it has vaulted the Rangers from out of the playoffs to the #6 seed. With back to back games against St. Louis and Montreal, it is essential that the Rangers take last night’s game as a bump in the road, and collect at least three points out of four.

Last night stunk, but no team wins them all.