The Rangers broke even at five-on-five during their fruitless visit to Florida last week that produced regulation defeats in Tampa and Sunrise. But while scoring six goals at full strength against the Lightning and Panthers on Thursday and Saturday, respectively, the Blueshirts were outscored 7-0 on special (easy for you to say) teams.
And so on Monday, the Rangers drilled down on penalty-killing at practice in the wake of that unit being torched for seven goals on 10 disadvantages down south. The Rangers rank 29th in the NHL with a 72.9 percent penalty-kill efficiency after finishing 27th with 78.