The New York Rangers celebrated some of their most famous moments and saves on “Miles and Milestones Night” – then went out and made the wrong kind of history against the New York Islanders.
The Rangers fell to 0-6-1 at Madison Square Garden when they were shut out for the fifth time at home, losing 5-0 to their archrivals. The Isles got two goals from Bo Horvat and a 33-save performance by Ilya Sorokin, who outplayed his friend and rival, Igor Shesterkin, with his best game of the season.
The Blueshirts (7-7-2) started fast but couldn’t beat Sorokin early, paid dearly for a couple of defensive lapses that turned into goals in the first period, lost the special-teams battle and played most of the last two periods in front of a sellout crowd whose silence was interrupted only by spurts of booing.