Just one week into their centennial season, the New York Rangers already did something that’s never happened in NHL history. With their 2-0 loss to the Edmonton Oilers at Madison Square Garden on Tuesday, the Rangers became the only team ever to go scoreless in its first three home games of an NHL season.
What makes this the more maddening is that the Rangers again were the better team in most areas of the game. It’s a similar script to what happened Sunday, when they were blanked 1-0 by the Washington Capitals at The Garden.
This time, they out-shot the Oilers 30-22, and out-chanced them 35-17 in all situations, per Natural Stat Trick.