Adam Fox at Rangers practice on Jan. 15, 2021. Credit: NY Rangers/Nick Homler
Yes, Thursday night’s embarrassing no-show loss to the rival Islanders at the Garden in the season opener for both teams was just one game, the first in a compressed 56-game 2020-21 season.
Rangers coach David Quinn, though, was determined to do everything he could to make sure it was just the one bad game.
"We can't let one game turn into two bad ones,’’ Quinn said Saturday, before the Rangers again hosted the Islanders at the Garden in a do-over opportunity presented to them by the NHL’s coronavirus-adjusted schedule.