After three straight home games without a goal to open the season — a drought no other team in NHL history has endured — the Rangers finally got some good news: They won’t be back at Madison Square Garden until Monday.
After three straight home games without a goal to open the season — a drought no other team in NHL history has endured — the Rangers finally got some good news: They won’t be back at Madison Square Garden until Monday.
They got blanked at the Garden by Pittsburgh in the season opener and suffered back-to-back shutout defeats to Washington and Edmonton this week and heard boos as their loss to the Oilers ended Wednesday.
But the Rangers continue to point to the number of chances they’ve generated, their solid defensive play and the fact it’s just three games at home as reasons to not make any significant changes.
And perhaps best of all, their next two games are on the road, Thursday in Toronto and Saturday at Montreal. The Rangers have outscored opponents 10-1 in two games away from the Garden.
“We’re generating a lot of high-quality looks and I do believe if we continue to generate the type of chances we have the last couple games, the puck will go in the net for us,’’ coach Mike Sullivan said following practice Wednesday in Tarrytown.
