The good news for the home team Wednesday night at Madison Square Garden was that Gabe Perreault recorded the first two-goal game of his NHL career. The bad news is that the New York Rangers already were losing 6-0 by time their prized rookie found the back of the net, and ended up on the wrong side of a 8-4 final against the Ottawa Senators.
The loss extended their current skid to five games (0-4-1) and dropped the Rangers (20-22-6) to two games under the NHL version of .500. They’re last in the Eastern Conference and remain stuck on five wins at MSG this season (5-13-4).