Hey, at least the score wasn’t 7-0.
Shutout or not, the New York Rangers failed to pass an extremely important test on Sunday at Madison Square Garden when the Columbus Blue Jackets came to town. Actually, they were already in town as they beat up on the Islanders by that aforementioned final of 7-0 on Saturday. They simply went to Manhattan on Sunday to finish off the job.
John Tortorella’s squad outmuscled and outworked Alain Vigneault’s club from start to finish, resulting in a 5-2 victory.
Alexander Wennberg got the party started just 1:02 into the game with his 11th of the season:
Just 3:05 later, Jimmy Vesey and Rick Nash responded to knot up the game at one:
Jimmy Vesey MUST stay in the top six.