Talk about a nasty deja vu. The New York Rangers once again blew a multi-goal lead in the third period, this time in a 5-4 preseason loss to the New York Islanders on Thursday at Madison Square Garden.
The Rangers surrendered three unanswered goals in the final period Thursday and let a 4-2 lead evaporate into defeat. Two days prior, they lost to the Boston Bruins 5-4 in overtime after they carried a 4-1 lead into the third period.
“I think it happened two completely different ways,” Rangers coach Mike Sullivan explained postgame.