And so yet again there were the Rangers on defense for the third straight game with 21-year-olds Adam Fox, Libor Hajek and Ryan Lindgren; 24-year-old Tony DeAngelo; and 25-year-olds Jacob Trouba and Brady Skjei.
And here are the Rangers going against Ottawa at the Garden on Monday night seeking their third straight victory after limiting each of their previous two victims — Tampa Bay last Tuesday and Nashville on Saturday afternoon — to one goal apiece.
The last time the Blueshirts had limited opponents to one goal or fewer in consecutive games came just under a year ago in 2-1 and 5-0 victories over the Stars and Islanders, respectively, in the final two contests prior to Thanksgiving and the 3-6-5 crash that followed.