Rangers trounced by second-place Hurricanes in dud to start 2024
If 2024 is going to be the Rangers year, it did not start the way the club likely envisioned.
Opening the new year with a 6-1 loss to the second-place Hurricanes, the team on their heels in the Metropolitan Division, the Blueshirts suffered their fifth defeat of the season of four-or-more goals Tuesday night at Madison Square Garden.
This was just the 10th regulation loss of the season for a Rangers team that has been perched atop the NHL for weeks, but it was yet another trouncing in a season that has seen one too many of them.
When the Rangers do lose as few and far between as those losses have been they tend to lose mightily.
If the Rangers are looking for a New Years resolution, that may be a good place to start.
4Rangers goaltender Igor Shesterkn (31) defends the net during the second period on Tuesday night. Robert Sabo for NY PostA lot of it was probably self-inflicted, Rangers captain Jacob Trouba said. Just turnovers and not enough grind or real compete. Its whats going to happen when you play games like that. Theres no easy games, especially a divisional game at home. Theres no reason for us to show up and play that game.
The Canes did what the Canes do best.
And as a result, they left town just five points behind the Rangers (two games in hand) in the division.
With the loss, the Rangers also slipped out of first place in the NHL as the Bruins victory over the Blue Jackets pushed Boston ahead.
4 Hurricanes left wing Jordan Martinook (48) celebrates with his teammates after he scores a goal during the second period on Tuesday. Robert Sabo for NY PostCarolina was opportunistic all night and wore the Rangers down with its signature relentless forecheck. Led by Andrei Svechnikovs two-goal performance, the Hurricanes managed to score at perfectly timed moments to severely deflate the home team.
Thats all the Canes have been doing lately, as this was the third time theyve scored five or more goals in their last four games.
I think were capable of more, but theyre a good team that plays big and strong and physical and dont make a lot of mistakes and they didnt, head coach Peter Laviolette said. We had to take what they gave us or what we could generate.
4Rangers center Mika Zibanejad (93) falls to the ice during the first period on Tuesday. Robert Sabo for NY PostThe Hurricanes third goal, which came from Jordan Martinook at the 6:32 mark of the second period after a miscommunication between Erik Gustafsson and Braden Schneider, made it a 3-1 game and proved to be a backbreaker.
It may have been early on, but the Rangers were still trying to recover from giving up two power-play goals in the first period.
Chris Kreider notched the Rangers lone score when he tipped Troubas long shot from the top of the zone less than five minutes into the middle frame.
The goal not only tied the longest-tenured Rangers career-long point streak of seven games, but it was also Kreiders 166th goal at MSG to surpass Rod Gilbert for the most in the buildings history.
4Hurricanes left wing Jordan Martinook (48) reacts after he scores a goal during the second period against the Rangers on Tuesday. Robert Sabo for NY PostBut the Hurricanes just continued to pile it on in the third period, when the Rangers gave up three more goals while getting outshot 10-7.
The final frame will surely be a starting point for the Rangers when they return to practice on Wednesday.
If Im going to go after a period, its the third period. I hate it, Laviolette said. They played a simple game, they flipped it out, they put it behind us. We got caught turning pucks over and chasing down things, trying to chase the game. The third period was not who we are or who we want to be and thats where well focus.
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