Predators goaltender Juuse Saros makes a save against the Rangers in the second period of an NHL game at Madison Square Garden on Sunday. Credit: Kathleen Malone-Van Dyke
The heavy concentration of games may be starting to take its toll on the Rangers. Either that, or the step up in the quality of the opposition.
But what really got them Sunday night was the thing that coach Gerard Gallant has been bemoaning for a few days now – an inability to play a complete, 60-minute hockey game. Playing desperate hockey the last 25 or so minutes against the Nashville Predators was not enough, and the Rangers lost for the second time in three games, 1-0.