Through two games, we’ve seen two extremes from the Rangers. They were atrocious in the opener, then played the most complete game we’ve seen in a while in the second game. While the games were polar opposites, there was one consistent – lazy stick penalties by the NY Rangers.
In the first game against the Isles, the Rangers took an incredible nine penalties. Of those nine, four were stick penalties, plus one too many men and one unsportsmanlike. That’s six bad penalties. In the second game, the Rangers cut the number of penalties in half (that’s good!