The New York Rangers (41-24-8) defeated the Florida Panthers (40-24-9) by a score of 4-2. For a box score, click here.
It wasn’t perfect, but the Rangers needed to find a way to get a win tonight and stop the bleeding from the west coast swing. They put together a nearly 60 minute effort tonight and found a way.
After allowing 52 shots in San Jose on Saturday, they badly needed a better defensive effort and they more or less got that by playing in Florida’s end of the ice more than their own.