Goal breakdown: Rangers embarrassed in Ottawa…again

The Rangers came into last night’s game looking to build off a win against Washington on Wednesday night. Instead, they got utterly dominated by an inferior team. The Rangers were crushed in the first period, surrendering 87% of the expected-goals in the period. It was a miracle that they came out of the period only down 2-1 thanks to a weird Jacob Trouba goal.

In a game that the Rangers were looking to grow on a win against a playoff team, they fell flat on their collective faces. The Blueshirts’ process is terrible, and once again couldn’t stop an opposing rush through the neutral zone. The Rangers are historically bad when it comes to the possession game and allowing high quality chances…