Though they finally scored their first goal on home ice this season, the New York Rangers remain winless at Madison Square Garden after a disappointing 3-1 loss to the Minnesota Wild on Monday.
The Rangers (3-4-1) were shut out in their first three home games, and are now 0-4-0 at The Garden. They ended their home-ice scoring drought at 180 minutes, 57 seconds when Artemi Panarin hit the back of the net less than a minute into the game Monday.
It was a beauty of a goal, too. Each of the Rangers skaters on the ice touched the puck at least once, before Mika Zibanejad zipped a pass to Panarin, who wired his second goal of the season over Filip Gustavsson’s glove.