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Gerard Gallant says Rangers' penalty kill wasn't as bad as it looked in opener

Rangers head coach Gerard Gallant watches the game action during the second period of an NHL preseason hockey game against the Islanders, Saturday, Oct. 9, 2021, in Bridgeport, Conn. Credit: AP/Mary Altaffer

One game into the season, the Rangers were second to last in goals allowed and at the bottom of the league standings in penalty-killing, having allowed three power-play goals in six times shorthanded in Wednesday night’s season opening 5-1 loss in Washington to the Capitals.

But as his team prepared to get back on the ice and take on the Dallas Stars Thursday in their home opener at Madison Square Garden, Rangers coach Gerard Gallant insisted that, as far as the penalty kill goes, anyway, things weren’t nearly as bad as they looked.