Diseases have been cured. Animals have been cloned. Men have walked on the moon. But who will live to see the Rangers win another game at the Garden?
Diseases have been cured.
Animals have been cloned.
Men have walked on the moon.
But who will live to see the Rangers win another game at Madison Square Garden?
More than one month since being shut out by the Penguins on opening night on Broadway, the Rangers are still searching for their first home win of the season, having extended their incomprehensible Garden skid to seven games (0-6-1) — clinching the franchise’s all-time worst season-opening winless streak — in Saturday night’s 5-0 loss the Islanders, which also ended a five-game win streak against their rival.
After becoming the first team in NHL history to be held without a goal in its first three home games, the Rangers are now the first team in 98 years to be shut out in five of their first seven home games.
“I feel like we’re pressing, we’re getting away from our game, we’re gripping onto our sticks a little bit too much,” Mika Zibanejad said. “We’re professionals, we get paid, we’re supposed to be able to handle it, but we’re in it.
