Nearly half the game had gone by before the Rangers found their own game Saturday night. But the Blueshirts couldn't close the deal.

The NHL-leading Rangers have had a heck of a run in the 2023 portion of the 2023-24 season, but with 47 games, so much has yet to happen.

After wins in his last three starts, though, Shesterkin has created a potential turning point for his season.

Aside from Jonathan Quicks goaltending, the usually dependable aspects of the Rangers game did not deliver in a 4-3 loss to the Panthers on Friday night, in front of a Rangers South sold-out crowd of 19,723 at Amerant Bank Arena.

Jonathan Quick turned back the clock on Friday night, and the Rangers reaped the rewards early on in their game against the Panthers.

Its not just that the Rangers came up short by 4-3 in Fridays Garden matchup with Edmonton, its that they never made life too difficult for the Oilers.

For all the positive adjustments the Rangers have made to their overall game since head coach Peter Laviolette took over, the clich, old habits die hard can still ring true for a team thats core has been together long enough to have a telling track record.

Kaapo Kakko has resumed skating less than a month after suffering a left leg injury in an awkward fall on Nov. 27 against the Sabres.

The Oilers scored four goals in the third period to post a 4-3 win against the Rangers, after the home team defended a one-goal lead for a majority of the game in front of an invested and reactive Friday night crowd at Madison Square Garden.